1976 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1976.
Events
[edit]- 1 April – Debut of the Scottish soap Garnock Way, a short-lived soap that was made for ITV.[1]
- 3 April – The first edition of BBC Scotland's rural affairs series Landward is broadcast. It was shown on Sunday lunchtimes as an opt-out, as the rest of the UK received Farming, and from 1988 Countryfile.
- 12 May – Transmission of the 1976 European Cup Final from Hampden Park, the biggest sporting outside-broadcast ever undertaken by an ITV company.[2]
Debuts
[edit]BBC
[edit]- 3 April – Landward (1976–Present)
- Unknown – Public Account (1976–1978)
ITV
[edit]- 1 April – Garnock Way (1976–1979)[1]
Television series
[edit]- Scotsport (1957–2008)[3]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–Present)
Ending this year
[edit]- 31 August – Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)
Births
[edit]- 21 January – Kirsty Gallacher, television presenter
- 12 February – Jenni Falconer, television presenter
- November – Bryan Kirkwood, television producer
- Unknown – Polly Frame, actress
Deaths
[edit]- 11 February – Charlie Naughton, 89, comedian
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Garnock Way". STV Player. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.