1971 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1971.

Events

• 8 February – The Colour Strike ends after three months.
• 1 September – Border Television celebrates ten years on air. ^[1] It marks the anniversary by beginning colour transmissions, albeit initially only from the Caldbeck.
• 30 September – Grampian Television celebrates ten years on air and to mark the anniversary, it begins broadcasting in colour.
• 24 December – Viewers in the Grampian Television area begin a period without any ITV services, following a walkout by members of Association of Cinematograph and Television Technicians. ^[2]
• 26 December – ITV service resumes for viewers in the Grampian Television area at 10pm, after around one million viewers had no across Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. ^[3]
• Unknown – BBC Scotland presents Sunset Song , a television adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel

Debuts

ITV

• 29 July - Top Club on Grampian (1971–1998)

• 18 September - Beagan Gaidhlig ^[4]

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[5]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)

Ending this year

• 3 January - Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)

Births

• 23 March - Gail Porter, television presenter
• 18 April - David Tennant, actor ^[6]
• 30 November - Sanjeev Kohli, writer, comedian and actor
• Unknown - Kate Dickie, actress
• Unknown - Martin Geissler, actor

See also

• 1971 in Scotland

References

1. "Branding > ITV Network > ITV Regional TV > Border Television". tvark.org. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
2. "Grampian TV faces a black Christmas". The Glasgow Herald . 24 December 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via Google News Archive.
3. Blair, Donald (27 December 1971). "Grampian TV goes back on air". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via Google News Archive.
4. "Parliamo Gaelic on television". The Glasgow Herald . 15 September 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
5. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
6. Cabell, Craig (2011). The Doctors Who's Who - The Story Behind Every Face of the Iconic Time Lord: Celebrating its 50th Year. Kings Road Publishing. p. 137. ISBN   978-1-84358-576-3.