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Overview of the events of 1961 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in
Scottish television
from 1961.
Contents
Events
Television series
Births
See also
References
Events
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
Scotsport
(1957–2008)
[
1
]
The White Heather Club
(1958–1968)
[
2
]
Births
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
1961 in Scotland
References
↑
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
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