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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1968.

Events

1 April - Debut of BBC Scotland's national news programme Reporting Scotland .
Unknown -
- Scottish Television introduces afternoon programming as its licence remit increases by three and a half hours a week.^[1]
- All three of Scotland's ITV contractors retain their franchises in the latest round of franchise decisions.
- Debut of current affairs programme Current Account .

Debuts

BBC

1 April - Reporting Scotland on BBC 1 (1968–1983; 1984–present)^[2]

Television series

Scotsport (1957–2008)^[3]
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)^[4]
The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962–1970)

Ending this year

The White Heather Club (1958–1968)^[4]

Births

11 August - Gray O'Brien, actor
13 October - Alex Ferns, actor
22 November - Sarah Smith, news reporter
23 November - Kirsty Young, journalist and television presenter

References

↑ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
↑ "Reporting Scotland marks 50 years on air". BBC News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
↑ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
1 2 Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. pp. 3 and 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.

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[1] "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

[2] "Reporting Scotland marks 50 years on air". BBC News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

[3] Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.

[Brown-4] 1 2 Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. pp. 3 and 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.

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