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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1987.
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Events edit
January edit
- No events.
February edit
- No events.
March edit
- 3 March –
- Debut of the BBC Scotland drama Tutti Frutti.
- Take the High Road returns from its annual break, and from this date, the soap begins to be shown twice a week all year round.
April edit
- No events.
May edit
- No events.
June edit
- 11 – 12 June – Coverage of the results of the 1987 general election is broadcast both on BBC1 and ITV.
- 29 June – Schools programmes are broadcast on ITV for the last time.
July edit
- No events.
August edit
- 31 August – The 30th anniversary of Scottish Television.
September edit
- 7 September – ITV launches a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. The new service includes regular five-minute national and Scottish news bulletins.
- 14 September – After 30 years on ITV, ITV Schools moves to Channel 4. Opt outs of the network schools schedule continue, thereby allowing programmes relevant to schools in Scotland to continue to be broadcast. To date, this is the only time that Scotland has opted out of the Channel 4 schedule.
October to December edit
- No events.
Debuts edit
BBC edit
- 3 March – Tutti Frutti (1987)
Television series edit
- Scotsport (1957–2008)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[1]
- Taggart (1983–2010)[2]
- James the Cat (1984–1992)
- Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
- City Lights (1984–1991)[3]
- The Campbells (1986–1990)
- Naked Video (1986–1991)[4]
Ending this year edit
- 7 April – Tutti Frutti (1987)
Births edit
- 8 August – Katie Leung, actress
Deaths edit
- 4 February – Fyfe Robertson, 84, television journalist
- 6 June – Fulton Mackay, actor (Porridge)
- Unknown – Finlay J. MacDonald, 61, radio and television presenter
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
- ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
- ^ Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Tait, Derek (15 November 2019). A 1980s Childhood. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4456-9242-5.