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1980 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1980.

Events

January

  • 7 January - Grampian Today is relaunched as North Tonight, as part of an effort to reflect northern Scotland as a whole. 1980 also sees Grampian introduces weekday lunchtime and closedown news bulletins, called North News and North Headlines respectively.

February

  • 19 February - Debut of the Scottish Television's soap Take the High Road.

December

  • 1 December – BBC Scotland carries out a one-week experiment in breakfast television. It is a simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland's breakfast show Good Morning Scotland.
  • 28 December – The IBA announces the results of the 1980 franchise round, revealing that all three of Scotland's ITV broadcasters have retained their franchises.

Unknown

  • Future British Prime Minister Gordon Brown becomes a journalist with Scottish Television.

Debuts

ITV

  • 7 January - Grampian Today (1980–2009)
  • 19 February - Take the High Road (1980–2003)

Television series

  • 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)

Births

  • 8 May - Michelle McManus, singer-songwriter, actress, radio and television presenter
  • 2 August - Kate Heavenor, Children's television presenter
  • 21 November - Lisa McAllister, model and actress
  • Unknown - Bryan Swanson, television reporter

Deaths

  • 9 February - Renée Houston, 77, comedy actor
  • 12 February - Moultrie Kelsall, 78, actor

References

References

  1. "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember".
  2. [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/scotland/1980-12-01 BBC Genome Project BBC1 Scotland listings 1 December 1980]
  3. Donaldson, Anne. (29 December 1980). "STV hangs on to the franchise". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
  4. Ritchie, Murray. (29 December 1980). "STV proves that quality counts and wins the day". The Glasgow Herald.
  5. (17 November 2016). "BBC Sport in Black and White". Springer.
  6. (6 August 2025). "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary".
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