1991 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1991.
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Events
January
- No events.
February
- 18 February – BBC 1 Scotland is rebranded as BBC Scotland on 1 and BBC 2 Scotland as BBC Scotland on 2.
March to August
- No events.
September
- 1 September – 30th anniversary of Border Television.
- 30 September – 30th anniversary of Grampian Television.
October
- October – Scottish rebrands its overnight service as Scottish Night Time, and removed the overnight in-vision continuity.[1]
- 16 October – The ITC announces that Grampian, Scottish and Border have retained their ITV franchises. Only Grampian's franchise had attracted rival bidders. The other two applicants for the north east Scotland franchise both submitted higher cash bids but both failed to meet the quality threshold.
November
- No events.
December
- 31 December – The BBC airs the first edition of Hogmanay Live, an annual programme that rings in the New Year.
Unknown
- BBC Scotland airs the series Restless Nation which explores the history of Scottish self-government.
Debuts
BBC
- Unknown – Restless Nation (1991)
- 31 December – Hogmanay Live (1991–present)
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)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[2]
- Taggart (1983–2010)[3]
- James the Cat (1984–1992)
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
- Fun House (1989–1999)
- Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
Ending this year
- 10 November – Naked Video (1986–1991)
- City Lights (1984–1991)[4]
See also
References
- "Ident Central Scottish Television Night Time". Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- 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.
- Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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