1986 in Scottish television explained
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1986.
Events
January
February
March
April
- 4 April – Debut of the children's television series The Campbells on Scottish Television. The series – a joint Scottish-Canadian production – later aired nationally on ITV.
- 20 April – The game between Hearts and Aberdeen is the first football league match in Scotland to be televised live, broadcast by Scottish Television.[1] [2]
May
June
July
August
September
- 1 September – 25th anniversary of Border Television.
- 3 September – BBC Scotland announce details of their £20m autumn/winter line-up of programmes.[6]
- 30 September – 25th anniversary of Grampian Television.
October
- 20 October – Following considerable criticism, including from the Independent Broadcasting Authority, the 1984 changes made by Scottish Television to Scotland Today are reversed and the programme once again becomes a news broadcast with the feature elements transferred to a new lunchtime programme called Live at One Thirty.
- 27 October – BBC One starts a full daytime television service. Before today, excluding special events coverage, BBC One had closed down at times during weekday mornings and afternoons broadcasting trade test transmissions and, from May 1983, Pages From Ceefax. As part of the new service, changes are made to the timings of the daytime Scottish news bulletins. The lunchtime summary is broadcast prior to the lunchtime news, at 12:55 pm, and the mid-afternoon summary moves from BBC1 to BBC2. Also, the Gaelic children's slot moves to 9.45am.
November
December
Debuts
BBC
ITV
Television series
Ending this year
- 27 July – Now You See It (1981–1986)
Births
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- News: Weekender viewing guide . 14 December 2021 . The Glasgow Herald . 19 April 1986 . 20.
- News: Reynolds . Jim . Such a close call for Hearts . 14 December 2021 . The Glasgow Herald . 21 April 1986 . 7.
- Book: Tait . Derek . A 1980s Childhood . 15 November 2019 . Amberley Publishing Limited . 978-1-4456-9242-5 . 104 . en.
- Book: McKevitt . Steven . The Persuasion Industries: The Making of Modern Britain . 9 August 2018 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-255477-2 . 80 . en.
- Web site: "1986: Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson", BBC News. 28 April 2012. 23 July 1986.
- News: BBC Scotland proud of £20m new line-up . Albert . Naismith . . 4 September 1986 . 6 . 17 October 2022.
- Book: Haynes . Richard . BBC Sport in Black and White . 17 November 2016 . Springer . 978-1-137-45501-7 . 1 . en.
- Book: Brown . Ian . Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities . 13 February 2020 . Springer Nature . 978-3-030-39407-3 . 194 . en.
- Book: McElroy . Ruth . Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box . 14 October 2016 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-317-16096-0 . 27 . en.
- Web site: Williams . Craig . A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights . GlasgowLive . 24 May 2022 . en . 30 April 2020.