1 August

Behind the scenes

 * 1904 - Daphne Heard (Martha Tyler in TV: Image of the Fendahl) was born.
 * 1929 - John Flint was born.
 * 1932 - Jolyon Booth was born.
 * 1937 - Ian Hogg (Josiah Samuel Smith in TV: Ghost Light) was born.
 * 1964 - "A Desperate Venture", Episode 6 of TV: The Sensorites, was first broadcast.
 * 2008 - Gertan Klauber (the Galley Master in TV: The Romans and Ola in TV: The Macra Terror) died.