1980 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1980.
Events
January
- 7 January - Grampian Today is relaunched as North Tonight, as part of an effort to reflect northern Scotland as a whole. 1980 also sees Grampian introduces weekday lunchtime and closedown news bulletins, called North News and North Headlines respectively.
February
- 19 February - Debut of the Scottish Television's soap Take the High Road.[1]
March to November
- No events.
December
- 1 December – BBC Scotland carries out a one-week experiment in breakfast television. It is a simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland's breakfast show Good Morning Scotland.[2]
- 28 December – The IBA announces the results of the 1980 franchise round, revealing that all three of Scotland's ITV broadcasters have retained their franchises.
Unknown
- Future British Prime Minister Gordon Brown becomes a journalist with Scottish Television.
Debuts
ITV
- 7 January - Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- 19 February - Take the High Road (1980–2003)[1]
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)
Births
- 8 May - Michelle McManus, singer-songwriter, actress, radio and television presenter
- 2 August - Kate Heavenor, Children's television presenter
- 21 November - Lisa McAllister, model and actress
- Unknown - Bryan Swanson, television reporter
Deaths
- 9 February - Renée Houston, 77, comedy actor
- 12 February - Moultrie Kelsall, 78, actor
See also
References
- ^ a b "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ BBC Genome Project BBC1 Scotland listings 1 December 1980
- ^ 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 8 August 2025.