This is a list of events related to British television in 1937.
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January
- 19 January – BBC Television broadcasts The Underground Murder Mystery by J. Bissell Thomas from its London station, the first play written for television.[1]
April
- 14 April – An exhibition snooker match between Horace Lindrum and Willie Smith is shown on the BBC. This is the first time that snooker is shown on television.[2]
December
- 31 December – 2,121 television sets have been sold in England.
1920s
- BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
- 1 January – Anne Aubrey, actress
- 9 January – Michael Nicholson, journalist (died 2016)
- 30 January – Vanessa Redgrave, actress
- 25 February – Tom Courtenay, actor
- 8 March – Justine Lord, actress
- 27 March – Alan Hawkshaw, theme tune composer (died 2021)
- 9 April – Valerie Singleton, presenter
- 11 April – Jill Gascoine, actress and novelist (died 2020)
- 26 April – Gareth Gwenlan, Welsh-born television comedy producer and executive (died 2016)
- 1 May – Una Stubbs, actress (died 2021)
- 12 May – Susan Hampshire, actress
- 19 May – Pat Roach, actor and wrestler (died 2004)
- 5 August – Carla Lane, comedy writer (died 2016)
- 6 August – Barbara Windsor, actress (died 2020)[7]
- 18 August – Willie Rushton, comedian, actor and writer (died 1996)
- 20 August – Jim Bowen, comedian and host (died 2018)[8]
- 2 September – Derek Fowlds, actor (died 2020)
- 5 September – Dick Clement, comedy scriptwriter
- 16 September – Bella Emberg, born Sybil Dyke, comedy actress (died 2018)[9]
- 14 November – Alan J. W. Bell, director and producer (died 2023)
- 17 November – Peter Cook, comedian and writer (died 1995)
- 27 November – Rodney Bewes, actor (died 2017)
- 29 November – Ingrid Pitt, actress (died 2010)
- 20 December – Charles Denton, producer
- 29 December – Barbara Steele, actress
- Brian Cooke, scriptwriter
Fisher, David (30 December 2011). "1937". Chronomedia. Terra Media. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
"Televised Drama; Journey's End". The Times. London. 12 November 1937. p. 14.