1975 in Scottish television

Last updated August 23, 2025

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1975.

Events

6 January – The first edition of the new Scottish politics programme Public Account is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland. It is shown late at night on Monday evenings.^[1]
9 August – Debut of BBC Scotland's sports strand Sportscene which replaced Sportsreel.
16 August – The first edition of Scoreboard is shown on BBC One Scotland. It is an opt-out from Grandstand to provide fuller coverage of the day's Scottish football news.
Unknown – Schools programmes in Gaelic are broadcast for the first time.

Debuts

BBC

August - Sportscene on BBC 1 and BBC 2 (1975–Present)

Television series

Scotsport (1957–2008)^[2]
Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
Top Club (1971–1998)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)

Births

24 July – Laura Fraser, actress
7 August – Hans Matheson, actor
11 December – Dawn Steele, actress

References

↑ Inside BBC Scotland by Alastair Hetherington p.48 (Whitewater Press),
↑ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.

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[1] Inside BBC Scotland by Alastair Hetherington p.48 (Whitewater Press),

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

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