1991 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1991.

Events

January

• No events.

February

• 18 February – BBC 1 Scotland is rebranded as BBC Scotland on 1 and BBC 2 Scotland as BBC Scotland on 2.

March to August

• No events.

September

• 1 September – 30th anniversary of Border Television.
• 30 September – 30th anniversary of Grampian Television.

October

• October – Scottish rebrands its overnight service as Scottish Night Time, and removed the overnight in-vision continuity. ^[1]
• 16 October – The ITC announces that Grampian, Scottish and Border have retained their ITV franchises. Only Grampian's franchise had attracted rival bidders. The other two applicants for the north east Scotland franchise both submitted higher cash bids but both failed to meet the quality threshold.

November

• No events.

December

• 31 December – The BBC airs the first edition of Hogmanay Live , an annual programme that rings in the New Year.

Unknown

• BBC Scotland airs the series Restless Nation which explores the history of Scottish self-government.

Debuts

BBC

• Unknown – Restless Nation (1991)
• 31 December – Hogmanay Live (1991–present)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[2]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[3]
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Take the High Road (1980–2003) ^[4]
• Taggart (1983–2010) ^[5]
• James the Cat (1984–1992)
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Fun House (1989–1999)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)

Ending this year

• 10 November – Naked Video (1986–1991)
• City Lights (1984–1991) ^[6]

See also

• 1991 in Scotland

References

1. "Ident Central Scottish Television Night Time". Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
2. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
3. "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary". BBC Sport. 6 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN   978-3-030-39407-3.
5. McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-317-16096-0.
6. Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.