1993 in Scottish television

Events

January
  • 1 January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents [1]
  • 4 January –
    • Following the launch of GMTV, news bulletins from Scotland are seen on ITV at breakfast for the first time.
    • Debut of Telefios, a Scottish Gaelic news programme produced by Grampian Television. It is broadcast on STV and Grampian daily with a lunchtime bulletin (1:10pm Grampian, 1:40pm Scottish), a teatime bulletin (6:25pm Grampian only) and a weekly review on Saturdays afternoons. Broadcast from the Aberdeen studios, they moved to Grampian's new Stornoway studios on 22 March.
  • 5 January – Scottish produces a new series of Doctor Finlay, last aired by the BBC in 1971.[2]
  • January – Scottish Television launches a thirty-minute lunchtime edition of Scotland Today, presented by Angus Simpson and Kirsty Young – the first time that a regional television station in Britain has produced a full-length lunchtime news programme.

February
  • No events.

March

April
  • No events.

May
  • May – The final edition of Scotsport Results is broadcast by Scottish, bringing to an end Scottish's Saturday teatime results show, having broadcast the programme for the past 29 seasons.

June
  • 2 June – Marcus Plantin, ITV's network director, announces the termination of Take the High Road from September 1993, as 'ITV's statisticians believed English audiences have had enough'[3] This results in public protest, as many believe that without ITV companies south of the border, the series had no chance.[4] The issue is raised in the House of Commons under an early day motions, and the Daily Record newspaper holds a protest as well.[5] By the end of June, Scottish Television decide to continue producing the series mainly for the Scottish market,[6] but within a month, nearly all the ITV companies reinstate it after viewers complain about the show being dropped in the first place.[7]

July
  • No events.

August
  • No events.

September
  • BBC Scotland launches a two-hour Thursday evening programming block in Gaelic on BBC Two Scotland. Content includes De a nis, Gaelic comedy, documentaries, music, and current affairs Eòrpa.

October
  • No events.

November
  • No events.

December

Unknown
  • After retaining its franchise unopposed on 16 October 1991, Scottish Television invests shares in various ITV companies and media firms, including a 25% stake in the newly launched breakfast strand GMTV.

Debuts

BBC

ITV

Television series

Deaths

See also

References
  1. "Ident Central - Scottish television 1993-1996". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. "ITV network cuts off the Scottish High Road". Herald Scotland. 3 June 1993. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. Cusick, James (16 June 1993). "Fans of doomed soap take high road to protest rally: Viewers are fighting to save a Scottish television series. James Cusick reports". The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. "FUTURE OF 'TAKE THE HIGH ROAD' SERIES (EDM2107)". Edms.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. "Scots will still take the High Road". Herald Scotland. 17 June 1993. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  7. "Taking the high road all over Britain". Herald Scotland. 5 October 1993. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  8. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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