This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1996.
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Events edit
January to May edit
- No events.
June edit
- Scottish launches a new political programme, called Platform.[1]
July edit
- Scottish Television acquires Caledonian Publishing, publishers of The Herald and Glasgow Evening Times.
August edit
- No events.
September edit
- No events.
October edit
- 6 October – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents [2]
November edit
- 1 November – Launch of the satellite television channel Sky Scottish.
- 22 November – After nearly four year on air, Scottish Gaelic learners' television programmeSpeaking our Language ends after 72 episodes.
December edit
- No events.
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)
- High Road (1980–2003)[3]
- Taggart (1983–2010)[4]
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
- Fun House (1989–1999)
- Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
- Hurricanes (1993–1997)
- Machair (1993–1999)[5]
- Telefios (1993–2000)
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[6]
- Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
Ending this year edit
- 18 September - Wolf It (1993–1996)
- 22 November - Speaking our Language (1993–1996)
- 20 December - Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Platform (TV series)". BFI.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Ident Central - Scottish Television 1996-2000". Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Berberich, Christine; Campbell, Neil (9 March 2016). Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-317-18472-0.
- ^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.