17 January – Breakfast Time, Britain's first breakfast show, launches on BBC1. The new service includes four opt-outs, which allow BBC Scotland to broadcast its own news bulletin.
February
1 February – TV-am launches, with Good Morning Britain. However this is a national service with no opt-outs for Scottish news.
March
No events.
April
No events.
May
After 15 years on air, the final edition of current affairs programme Current Account is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland.
6 September – ITV broadcasts the STV-produced Killer. It would later be turned into a series and re-titled Taggart.[1]
October
24 October – Sixty Minutes launches on BBC1, replacing Nationwide, and the Reporting Scotland name is dropped, becoming Scotland Sixty Minutes due to the regional news programmes being incorporated into the new programme.
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