This is a list of British television related events in 1931.

• 3 June – First television outside broadcast of a sporting event: Baird televises the Epsom Derby horse race.^[1]

• 10 January – Peter Barnes, playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)^[2]
• 2 February – Les Dawson, comedian (died 1993)^[3]
• 15 February – Claire Bloom, actress^[4]
• 18 February – Ned Sherrin, producer (died 2007)
• 28 February – Peter Alliss, professional golfer, television commentator and golf course designer (died 2020)
• 7 April – Lynne Perrie, actress (died 2006)^[5]
• 8 April – Beryl Vertue, producer and media executive^[6] (died 2022)
• 14 April – Kenneth Cope, actor^[7]
• 7 June
  • Michael Bakewell, producer (died 2023)
  • Virginia McKenna, actress^[8]
• 2 July – Frank Williams, comic actor (died 2022)^[9]
• 25 August – Bryan Mosley, actor (died 1999)^[10]
• 8 September – Jack Rosenthal, screenwriter and playwright (died 2004)^[11]
• 22 September – Fay Weldon, screenwriter, playwright and novelist (died 2023)
• 23 October – Diana Dors, actress (died 1984)^[12]

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