1968 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1968.
Events
[edit]- 1 April - Debut of BBC Scotland's national news programme Reporting Scotland.
- Unknown -
- Scottish Television introduces afternoon programming as its licence remit increases by three and a half hours a week.[1]
- All three of Scotland's ITV contractors retain their franchises in the latest round of franchise decisions.
- Debut of current affairs programme Current Account.
Debuts
[edit]BBC
[edit]- 1 April - Reporting Scotland on BBC 1 (1968–1983; 1984–present)[2]
Television series
[edit]- Scotsport (1957–2008)[3]
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)[4]
- The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962–1970)
Ending this year
[edit]- The White Heather Club (1958–1968)[4]
Births
[edit]- 11 August - Gray O'Brien, actor
- 13 October - Alex Ferns, actor
- 22 November - Sarah Smith, news reporter
- 23 November - Kirsty Young, journalist and television presenter
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Reporting Scotland marks 50 years on air". BBC News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
- ^ a b Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. pp. 3 and 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.