1976 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1976.

Events

• 1 April – Debut of the Scottish soap Garnock Way , a short-lived soap that was made for ITV. ^[1]
• 3 April – The first edition of BBC Scotland's rural affairs series Landward is broadcast. It was shown on Sunday lunchtimes as an opt-out, as the rest of the UK received Farming, and from 1988 Countryfile .
• 12 May – Transmission of the 1976 European Cup Final from Hampden Park, the biggest sporting outside-broadcast ever undertaken by an ITV company. ^[2]

Debuts

BBC

• 3 April – Landward (1976–Present)
• Unknown – Public Account (1976–1978)

ITV

• 1 April – Garnock Way (1976–1979) ^[1]

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[3]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–Present) ^[4]

Ending this year

• 31 August – Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)

Births

• 21 January – Kirsty Gallacher, television presenter
• 12 February – Jenni Falconer, television presenter
• November – Bryan Kirkwood, television producer
• Unknown – Polly Frame, actress

Deaths

• 11 February – Charlie Naughton, 89, comedian

See also

• 1976 in Scotland

References

1. "Garnock Way". STV Player. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2. "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
3. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
4. "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary". BBC Sport. 6 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.