1964 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1964.

Events

• 20 April – BBC 2 Scotland starts broadcasting; the existing BBC channel is renamed BBC 1 Scotland. A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening, meaning the first programme shown is Play School the following morning.
• 30 April – Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
• 15 August – Scottish launches Scotsport Results to provide Scottish viewers with a round-up of the day's Scottish football. It is broadcast on Saturday teatimes, at around 5 pm during the football season.
• 15 October – Television coverage of the general election.
• 15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama Culloden is shown nationally on BBC TV.

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[1]
• The White Heather Club (1958–1968) ^[2]
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971) ^[2]
• The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962–1970)

Births

• 13 May – Lorraine McIntosh, singer and actress
• 6 September – Stephen Greenhorn, playwright, television writer and novelist
• Unknown – Paul Higgins, actor

See also

• 1964 in Scotland

References

1. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
2. Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. pp. 3 and 194. ISBN   978-3-030-39407-3.