1990 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1990.
Events
January to April
- No events.
May
- 10 May – The Broadcasting Act 1990 receives its third reading in the House of Commons and is passed with 259 votes to 180.[1]
June
- 20 June – Archie MacPherson commentates his last football match for BBC Scotland with the Scotland v Brazil World Cup match in Italy. Brazil won 1-0, leaving Scotland eliminated from the finals.
July
- 27 July – Stereo transmissions begin from the Durris transmitting station.[2]
August
- 25 August – Jock Brown transfers from Scotsport to BBC Scotland to replace Archie MacPherson as Sportscene's lead football commentator. Jock is replaced at Scotsport by Gerry McNee.
September
- No events.
October
- 15 October – BBC1 launches a new weekday morning service called Daytime UK.[3] Linked live from Birmingham and running for four hours, from 8.50am until lunchtime, the new service includes hourly Scottish news summaries, broadcast after the on-the-hour network news bulletins.
November
- November – The Broadcasting Act 1990 receives Royal Assent. The Act paves the way for the deregulation of the British commercial broadcasting industry, and will have many consequences for the ITV system.[4][5]
December
- No events.
Unknown
- Scottish Television introduces a supplementary ident adding to the ITV generic logo. It features several circles rolling in over the thistle and falling over as one to reveal the name Scottish Television.
Debuts
BBC2
- 18 September – Over the Moon with Mr Boon (1990–1996)
ITV
- 20 January – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)[6]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)[7]
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[8]
- Taggart (1983–2010)[9]
- James the Cat (1984–1992)
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- City Lights (1984–1991)[10]
- Naked Video (1986–1991)[11]
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
- Fun House (1989–1999)
Ending this year
- September – The Campbells (1986–1990)
Deaths
- 17 March - Paul Kermack, 58, actor (Take the High Road)
See also
References
- ^ "Broadcasting Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 10 May 1990. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ IBA Engineering Announcements 10 July 1990
- ^ "BBC One London – 15 October 1990 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ Dugdale, John (20 November 2000). "Broadcasting Act, 1990". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
- ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
- ^ Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Tait, Derek (15 November 2019). A 1980s Childhood. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4456-9242-5.