1969 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1969.

Events

January to August

• No events.

September

• Reporting Scotland is integrated into the networked Nationwide strand.

October

• Scottish Television starts broadcasting in colour unofficially. Official colour service starts from the Black Hill transmitter on 13 December 1969.
• Secondary studios for Scottish Television open at the Gateway Theatre on Leith Walk in Edinburgh.

November

• 3 November – A serious fire puts Scottish Television's main studio, Studio A, out of action. ^[1]

December

• No events.

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[2]
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971) ^[3]
• The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962–1970)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)

Births

• 28 March - Laurie Brett, actress
• 24 April - Rory McCann, actor
• 8 May - Michael E. Rodgers, actor
• 15 May - Craig Oliver, journalist, media executive and British government Director of Communications
• 10 August - Ashley Jensen, actress
• 28 August - Tom Cowan, football journalist
• 5 September - Tom Vaughan, film and television director
• 13 November - Gerard Butler, actor
• 13 December - Tony Curran, actor
• 30 December - Kathleen MacInnes, singer, actress and television presenter
• Unknown - Heather Reid, meteorologist and weather presenter

See also

• 1969 in Scotland

References

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