1978 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1978.
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Events
- Debut of the BBC Scotland series The Beechgrove Garden.[1]
- Scottish Television airs a seven-part adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
- Scotland Today’s annual summer break is scrapped and consequently the programme is now on air all year round.
- Grampian Television becomes the first British television station to adopt ENG video cameras for news coverage - a move which finally allows its regional news programme, Grampian Today, to extend from three to five nights a week. Grampian also develops its own outside broadcast unit, initially using studio equipment.
Debuts
BBC
- 14 April - The Beechgrove Garden on BBC 1 (1978–Present)
- April - The Standard on BBC 1 (1978)
- 30 September - Scotch and Wry on BBC 1 (1978–92)
ITV
- Unknown - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–Present)
- Garnock Way (1976–1979)
- Public Account (1976–Present)
Births
- 14 April - Michelle Duncan, actress
- 15 September - David Sneddon, singer and musician
- 10 December - Gordon Chree, broadcast journalist
See also
References
- Brocklehurst, Steven (27 September 2015). "Beechgrove Garden's Jim McColl at 80". BBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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