1995 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1995.

Events

January

• No events.

February

• No events.

March

• 26 March – Debut of the detective series Hamish Macbeth .

April to July

• No events.

August

• 27 August – Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Michael Mansfield, QC, one of Britain's leading barristers calls for television cameras to be admitted into English courts to help demystify the legal process and restore public confidence in it. ^[1]

September

• No events.

October

• No events.

November

• No events.

December

• 28 December – Pilot episode of McCallum starring John Hannah. The programme is watched by over ten million viewers. It returns for a full series in 1997. ^[2]

Unknown

• Gus Macdonald is appointed chairman of Scottish Television, while Andrew Flanagan is appointed chief executive. ^[2]

Debuts

BBC

• 26 March – Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
• 4 May – Monty the Dog who wears glasses (1995)

ITV

• 13 April – The Baldy Man (1995–1998)
• 5 June – The Caribou Kitchen (1995–1998)
• 28 December – McCallum (1995–1998)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[3]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[4]
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• High Road (1980–2003) ^[5]
• Taggart (1983–2010) ^[6]
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Fun House (1989–1999)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
• Machair (1993–1999) ^[7]
• Speaking our Language (1993–1996)
• Wolf It (1993–1996)
• Hurricanes (1993–1997)
• Telefios (1993–2000)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[8]

Ending this year

• 10 February – The High Life (1994–1995)
• 29 April – What's Up Doc? (1992–1995)
• Unknown – The Tales of Para Handy (1994–1995)
• Unknown – The Magic House (1994–1995)

Deaths

• 21 March – Robert Urquhart, 74, actor

See also

• 1995 in Scotland

References

1. Williams, Rhys (28 August 1995). "Cameras in court 'will let justice be seen to be done'" . The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
2. "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 28 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 20 August 2025.
5. Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN   978-3-030-39407-3.
6. McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-317-16096-0.
7. Berberich, Christine; Campbell, Neil (9 March 2016). Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-317-18472-0.
8. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.