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 – (1990–1996)
ITV[]
- 20 January – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
Television series[]
- Scotsport (1957–2008)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- Public Account (1976–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)
- Taggart (1983–present)
- James the Cat (1984–1992)
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- (1984–1991)
- Naked Video (1986–1991)
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
- Fun House (1989–1999)
Ending this year[]
- September – The Campbells (1986–1990)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Broadcasting Bill". 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.
Categories:
- 1990 in Scottish television
- Television in Scotland by year
- 1990s in Scottish television