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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.
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.^[1]

Debuts

BBC

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

ITV

1 April – Garnock Way (1976–1979)

Television series

Scotsport (1957–2008)
Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
Top Club (1971–1998)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sportscene (1975–Present)

Ending this year

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

Births

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

Deaths

11 February – Charlie Naughton, 89, comedian

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References

↑ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

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[1] "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

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