1996 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1996.

Events

January to May

• No events.

June

• Scottish launches a new political programme, called Platform. ^[1]

July

• Scottish Television acquires Caledonian Publishing, publishers of The Herald and Glasgow Evening Times.

August

• No events.

September

• No events.

October

• 6 October – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents ^[2]

November

• 1 November – Launch of the satellite television channel Sky Scottish.
• 22 November – After nearly four year on air, Scottish Gaelic learners' television programme Speaking our Language ends after 72 episodes.

December

• No events.

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)
• Hurricanes (1993–1997)
• Machair (1993–1999) ^[7]
• Telefios (1993–2000)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[8]
• Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)

Ending this year

• 18 September - Wolf It (1993–1996)
• 22 November - Speaking our Language (1993–1996)
• 20 December - Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)

Deaths

• 30 October – John Young, 80, actor ( Take The High Road )

See also

• 1996 in Scotland

References

1. "Platform (TV series)". BFI.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
2. "Ident Central - Scottish Television 1996-2000". Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
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.