27 October (people)


 * 1923 - Producer and script editor Peter Bryant was born.
 * 1925 - Controller of BBC One Paul Fox was born.
 * 1939 - Actor John Cleese was born.
 * 1945 - Actor John Kane was born.
 * 1945 - Writer Andrew McCulloch was born.
 * 1969 - Doctor Who creator Eric Maschwitz died.
 * 1991 - Writer Paul Erickson died.
 * 2008 - Actor Roy Stewart died.