1988 (people)


 * 1 January - Actor Ferdinand Kingsley was born.
 * 5 January - Actor Mandip Gill was born.
 * 16 January - Actor Robert Keegan died.
 * 29 January - Actor Catrin Stewart was born.
 * 4 March - Actor Joshua Bowman was born.
 * 23 March - Actor Reg Lye died.
 * 9 April - DJ and presenter A.Dot was born.
 * 23 April - Actor Alan Judd died.
 * 25 April - Actor Jonathan Bailey was born.
 * 3 May - Actor David Garth died.
 * 19 May - Actor Lily Cole was born.
 * 5 June - Actor Michael Barrington died.
 * 13 June - Actor Nathan McMullen was born.
 * 22 July - Actor Patrick Newell died.
 * 23 July - Actor Pippa Bennett-Warner was born.
 * 30 July - Actor Alexander Vlahos was born.
 * 10 August - Actor Jonny Dixon was born.
 * 23 August - Actor Amy Pemberton was born.
 * 30 August - Actor Ellis George was born.
 * 29 September - Colourist Enrica Eren Angiolini was born.
 * 11 October - Actor Roy Herrick died.
 * 14 October - Actor Mary Morris died.
 * 24 October - Actor Valerie Taylor died.
 * 25 December - Actor Alistair Fullarton died.
 * 25 December - Writer and Director Terence Dudley died.