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1978 In Scottish Television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1978. Events *14 April – Debut of the BBC Scotland series ''The Beechgrove Garden''. *3 July – The final edition of the Scottish politics programme ''Public Account'' is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland. *Scottish Television airs a seven-part adaptation of '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie''. * ''Scotland Today''’s annual summer break is scrapped. Consequently, the programme is now on air all year round. *Grampian Television becomes the first British television station to adopt ENG video cameras for news coverage. This move finally allows its regional news programme, ''Grampian Today'', to extend from three to five nights a week. Grampian also develops its own outside broadcast unit, initially using studio equipment. Debuts BBC *14 April - ''The Beechgrove Garden'' on BBC 1 (1978–Present) *April - '' The Standard'' on BBC 1 (1978) *30 September - ''Scotch and Wry'' on BBC 1 (1978–92) ITV *Unknown - '' The Prime of Miss J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In Scotland
Television in Scotland mostly consists of UK-wide broadcasts, with regional variations at different times which are specific to Scotland. The BBC and ITV networks both began broadcasting in the country during the 1950s. There were further expansions in the early 1960s with the arrival of Grampian, Border and BBC2 television. The experience of commercial expansion of television services in Scotland since has been broadly similar to that in the UK generally. Terrestrial television is available through DTT platform Freeview along with various other channels. Cable services are available to limited parts of the country with Virgin Media, satellite television is provided by Sky and IPTV services are available with BT TV and TalkTalk TV. History Television transmissions in Scotland first began on 14 March 1952 when Britain's sole state broadcaster of the time, the BBC, started broadcasting from the transmitting station at Kirk o'Shotts using the 405-line television system. These ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotsport
''Scotsport'' is a Scottish sports television programme, broadcast on STV in northern and central Scotland between 1957 and 2008, as well as on ITV Border in southern Scotland. It was first broadcast in 1957 as ''Sports Desk'' and continuing until the end of its football highlights show in May 2008. As such, the programme was officially recognised as the world's longest-running sports television programme; however, it has since been overtaken by ''Hockey Night in Canada''. History Launching less than a month after the opening of Scottish Television, the programme first aired on 18 September 1957, as ''Sports Desk''. The ''Scotsport'' title was adopted a short time later, and the vast majority of its coverage was of football, rather than sport in general, as the name might imply. The football coverage, in turn, concentrated mostly on Scottish Premier League clubs. The show also followed Scottish clubs in the UEFA Champions League via live matches and highlights programmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Scottish Television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1978. Events *14 April – Debut of the BBC Scotland series ''The Beechgrove Garden''. *3 July – The final edition of the Scottish politics programme ''Public Account'' is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland. *Scottish Television airs a seven-part adaptation of '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie''. * ''Scotland Today''’s annual summer break is scrapped. Consequently, the programme is now on air all year round. *Grampian Television becomes the first British television station to adopt ENG video cameras for news coverage. This move finally allows its regional news programme, ''Grampian Today'', to extend from three to five nights a week. Grampian also develops its own outside broadcast unit, initially using studio equipment. Debuts BBC *14 April - ''The Beechgrove Garden'' on BBC 1 (1978–Present) *April - '' The Standard'' on BBC 1 (1978) *30 September - ''Scotch and Wry'' on BBC 1 (1978–92) ITV *Unknown - '' The Prime of Miss J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Scotland
Events from the year 1978 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Bruce Millan Law officers * Lord Advocate – Ronald King Murray * Solicitor General for Scotland – Lord McCluskey Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay, then Lord Elliott Events * 9 February – Gordon McQueen, 25-year-old Scotland central defender, becomes Britain's first £500,000 footballer in a transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United. * 13 April – Glasgow Garscadden by-election: Donald Dewar retains the seat for Labour with only a 3.6% swing to the Scottish National Party. * 31 May – Hamilton by-election: George Robertson retains the seat for Labour, thwarting a strong challenge from the SNP. * 16 July – the Strathspey Railway opens for regular tourist traffic, the oldest contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Chree
Gordon Chree (born 1978) is a Scottish reporter for '' STV News'' and occasional relief anchor on the East edition of ''STV News at Six'', and the online video blog '' Not The Real MacKay''. Chree was one of the live reporters at the Glasgow Airport attack for STV, ITV News, and CNN. Prior to STV, Chree worked for several commercial radio stations, including the now-defunct Edinburgh station Talk 107 talk107 was a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format. It was the UK's first local commercial talk licence to be awarded outside London and was the only station of its kind in Scotland. It was owned .... , Press Gazette, 10 February 2006
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David Sneddon
David Sneddon (born 15 September 1978) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician and music producer of contemporary pop music. He began his career performing on stage and television, singing lead roles in stage musicals in Glasgow. In 2002, he won the first series of BBC One music competition ''Fame Academy.'' He released his first single "Stop Living the Lie" in 2003 which was a UK number one hit single selling over 250,000 copies, making it Britain's twelfth-highest selling single of 2003. Sneddon's debut album '' Seven Years – Ten Weeks'' was released in April 2003 and reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart. He achieved three more UK Singles Chart singles – " Don't Let Go", " Best of Order", and " Baby Get Higher". His song "Baby Get Higher" was a hit on the dance floor for Almighty Records and a chart hit for VanVelzen in 2006, and also for Emin Agalarov. In October 2003, he moved to working primarily as a songwriter. In 2009 Sneddon signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Duncan
Michelle Duncan (born 14 April 1978) is a Scottish-Canadian actress, known for ''Driving Lessons'' (2006), ''Atonement'' (2007) and '' The Broken'' (2008). She portrayed Shelley Stern in the biographical drama film ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018). Early life The Perth-born Duncan studied acting at Queen Margaret University College before studying English and classics at St Andrews University. Career Duncan's television roles include '' Sugar Rush'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Low Winter Sun'', and ''Lost in Austen''. She played Princess Diana in a TV film, ''Whatever Love Means'', opposite Olivia Poulet as Camilla Parker Bowles and Laurence Fox as Prince Charles. Film work includes: ''Atonement'', '' The Broken'', and as Rupert Grint's love interest in ''Driving Lessons'' with Julie Walters. Duncan's role in ''Atonement'' was particularly praised by ''The New Yorker'' theatre critic Anthony Lane: Duncan's stage work includes ''Time and the Conways'' (Bath Theatre Royal/ touring), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnock Way
''Garnock Way'' was a short-lived Scottish soap opera, produced by Scottish Television for the ITV network, running from 1976 to 1979. It was replaced by ''Take the High Road'' which also featured actors Eileen McCallum, Bill Henderson, Paul Kermack, Michael Elder and John Stahl. History Garnock Way was set in a mining community in a town halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. It was deemed to be too gritty for network consumption, which resulted in only certain stations broadcasting the series. In the summer of 1979 ''Garnock Way'' was axed and replaced by ''Take the High Road'', which was a bigger budget affair and more in keeping with the 'tartan' perception of Scotland as it was deliberately set in a more beautiful part of Scotland. In 2010 it was announced that ''Garnock Way'' would be one of the STV archive programmes soon to be available on YouTube. The STV Player channel on the video-sharing website launched on 20 August 2010. However, just four episodes of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportscene
''Sportscene'' is the name of a range of Scottish sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland. History ''Sportscenes predecessors were ''Sports Special from Scotland'' and ''Sportsreel'', which was broadcast every Saturday at around 5pm (results and reports) and 10pm (highlights) in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, a ''Sportscene'' format of a 5pm programme called ''Scoreboard'' presented by Gordon Hewitt (as a regional opt-out from ''Grandstand (TV series), Grandstand)'', plus a 10pm show with highlights from one English and one Scottish league or cup match, was established. ''Sportscene'' also covered European and international matches, which usually involved highlights but occasionally live coverage. The show was presented by Archie Macpherson with commentary by Macpherson, Alastair Alexander or Peter Thomson (BBC presenter), Peter Thomson. Shows ] There are a number of shows that come under the ''Sportscene'' brand. * ''Sportscene'' is broadcast on Saturday and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Club
''Top Club'' is a Scottish regional television game show produced by Grampian Television (now ''STV North'') between 1971 and 1998. History Running for over 28 years, ''Top Club'' was an annual tournament of general knowledge quiz games involving clubs and organisations from the Northern Scotland region. The programme was the most watched regional light entertainment programme on the ITV network, winning audience shares of up to 46%. Red Orbit, 3 March 2006 Initially broadcast until 1974 as ''Top Team'', the programme was axed in 1984 before being revived in 1989 with new presenter Frank Gilfeather
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Reporting Scotland
''BBC Reporting Scotland'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Scotland, broadcast on BBC One Scotland from the headquarters of BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. History Although BBC Television was established in Scotland since February 1952 - and broadcast some opt-out programming - it did not start its daily Scottish television news service until Friday 30 August 1957, initially consisting of a five-minute bulletin at 6.05pm on weekdays and a sports results programme on Saturdays. The BBC was keen to launch the ''Scottish News Summary'' ahead of its new commercial rival in the central belt, Scottish Television (STV) and before the launch of similar bulletins elsewhere in the UK. As it turned out, STV began broadcasting the day after the launch of what was the BBC's first opt-out TV news bulletin, with the commercial rival launching its local bulletins the following Monday. Similar five-minute bulletins were introduced to the rest of the UK the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotch And Wry
''Scotch and Wry'' is a Scottish television comedy sketch show produced by BBC Scotland and starring Rikki Fulton and a revolving ensemble cast which over the years included Gregor Fisher, Tony Roper, Claire Nielson, Juliet Cadzow and John Bett. Initially running for two series from 1978 to 1979, the show went on to become a top-rating annual Hogmanay special for over a decade.Jolly good show, Rikki: Reputations Rikki Fulton. The Observer (1901–2003); 31 December 1989; The series also gave early exposure to emerging Scottish actors such as Gerard Kelly and Miriam Margolyes. In later years, cast members from sister BBC Scotland comedy show ''Naked Video'' would also make sporadic appearances. History ''Scotch and Wry'' was developed from ''The Scotched Earth Show'', a one-off special based on Scottish humorous writing, broadcast on New Year's Day 1977. Fulton starred in the special, having made sporadic television appearances since his ill-fated ''Rikki'' series for STV, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
