1978 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1978.

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Events

• 14 April – Debut of the BBC Scotland series The Beechgrove Garden.[1]
• 3 July – The final edition of Scottish politics programme Public Account is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland.
• Scottish Television airs a seven-part adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
• Scotland Today’s annual summer break is scrapped and consequently the programme is now on air all year round.
• Grampian Television becomes the first British television station to adopt ENG video cameras for news coverage - a move which finally allows its regional news programme, Grampian Today, to extend from three to five nights a week. Grampian also develops its own outside broadcast unit, initially using studio equipment.

Debuts

BBC

• 14 April - The Beechgrove Garden on BBC 1 (1978–Present)
• April - The Standard on BBC 1 (1978)
• 30 September - Scotch and Wry on BBC 1 (1978–92)

ITV

• Unknown - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–Present)
• Garnock Way (1976–1979)
• Public Account (1976–Present)

Births

• 14 April - Michelle Duncan, actress
• 15 September - David Sneddon, singer and musician
• 10 December - Gordon Chree, broadcast journalist

See also

• 1978 in Scotland

References

1. Brocklehurst, Steven (27 September 2015). "Beechgrove Garden's Jim McColl at 80". BBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2018.