1968 in Scottish television

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

See also

• 1968 in Scotland

References

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