1974 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1974.

Events

January

• No events.

February

• 28 February – Television coverage of the February general election.

March

• No events.

April

• 20 April – Tenth anniversary of BBC Two Scotland.

May

• No events.

June

• 24 June – BBC One Scotland broadcasts summer holiday children's programming opt out schedules for the first time. ^[1] The summer holiday children's schedule (seen across the BBC network for the final three weeks between mid-late August) is time-shifted to air throughout the first three weeks of the holidays to viewers in Scotland due to school holiday differences across the UK.

July

• No events.

August

• No events.

September

• 23 September – Ceefax teletext transmissions begin. ^[2]

October

• 10 October – Television coverage of the October general election.

November

• No events.

December

• 12 December – Official opening of STV's new studios by Princess Alexandra. ^[3] The original home of STV, the Theatre Royal, are sold to Scottish Opera for conversion as Scotland’s first opera house. ^[4]

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[5]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)

Births

• 15 January - Edith Bowman, music critic, radio and television presenter
• 30 October - Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress (died 2012)
• Unknown - Nick Ede, television presenter

Deaths

• 29 May - James MacTaggart, 46, television producer

See also

• 1974 in Scotland

References

1. "Schedule - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
2. "CEEFAX: world's first teletext service". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
3. "footage_library". 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
4. "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
5. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.