1961 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1961.
Events
[edit]- 11 January – North of Scotland Television Ltd changes its name to Grampian Television.
- 1 September – Border Television, the ITV franchise for the Anglo-Scottish border region, goes on air.
- 30 September – At 2.45pm, Grampian Television, the ITV franchise for North East Scotland, goes on air.
Television series
[edit]- Scotsport (1957–2008)[1]
- The White Heather Club (1958–1968)[2]
Births
[edit]- 4 January - Graham McTavish, actor
- 21 February – Ross King, actor, television presenter and writer
- 10 April – Nicky Campbell, radio and television presenter
- 14 April – Robert Carlyle, actor
- 17 May – Bryan Elsley, television writer
- 24 June – Iain Glen, actor
- 23 September – Lesley Fitz-Simons, actress (d. 2013)
- 18 November – Steven Moffat, television writer and producer
- 23 December – Carol Smillie, television personality
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
- ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.