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1982 In Scottish Television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1982. Events *14 March – 30th anniversary of BBC 1 Scotland. *26 April – "The Satellite Channel" is launched. In 1984 it is renamed Sky Channel after it is purchased by Rupert Murdoch and in 1989 it becomes known as Sky One. Today it is named Sky1. *31 August – 25th anniversary of Scottish Television. *2 November – Channel 4 starts broadcasting in the UK at 4:45pm. Channel 4 operates as a single national service. Adverts are shown on a regional basis, thereby allowing local commercials to be broadcast in Scotland. Television series *''Scotsport'' (1957–2008) *''Reporting Scotland'' (1968–1983; 1984–present) *''Top Club'' (1971–1998) *''Scotland Today'' (1972–2009) *''Sportscene'' (1975–present) *''The Beechgrove Garden'' (1978–present) *''Grampian Today'' (1980–2009) *''Take the High Road'' (1980–2003) *'' Now You See It'' (1981–1986) Births *10 February – Darren McMullen, television presenter *Ma ... [...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] |
The Beechgrove Garden
''Beechgrove'' (formerly known as ''The Beechgrove Garden'') is a television programme broadcast since 1978 on BBC Scotland. Over the years it has been broadcast on BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and Britbox. History ''Beechgrove'' is a gardening programme, which started on 14 April 1978. It was inspired by the garden behind the home of WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, named the Victory Garden. The original plot of land used was the small area of garden attached to the BBC studios in Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen. Due to its small size, the programme's popularity and the fact the garden had been transformed several times over, a new area of ground to the west of Aberdeen was acquired for the programme by Tern Television who have produced the series since 1992. The new site covers 2.5 acres and is located at the former Grampian Regional Council Brotherfield Nursery, in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. Episodes were broadcast from the site in 1996. The show was once parodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In Scottish Television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1982. Events *14 March – 30th anniversary of BBC 1 Scotland. *26 April – "The Satellite Channel" is launched. In 1984 it is renamed Sky Channel after it is purchased by Rupert Murdoch and in 1989 it becomes known as Sky One. Today it is named Sky1. *31 August – 25th anniversary of Scottish Television. *2 November – Channel 4 starts broadcasting in the UK at 4:45pm. Channel 4 operates as a single national service. Adverts are shown on a regional basis, thereby allowing local commercials to be broadcast in Scotland. Television series *''Scotsport'' (1957–2008) *''Reporting Scotland'' (1968–1983; 1984–present) *''Top Club'' (1971–1998) *''Scotland Today'' (1972–2009) *''Sportscene'' (1975–present) *''The Beechgrove Garden'' (1978–present) *''Grampian Today'' (1980–2009) *''Take the High Road'' (1980–2003) *'' Now You See It'' (1981–1986) Births *10 February – Darren McMullen, television presenter *Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In Scotland
Events from the year 1982 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger Law officers * Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern * Solicitor General for Scotland – Nicholas Fairbairn; then Peter Fraser 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 Elliott Events * 10 January – The lowest ever Scottish and UK temperature of -27.2 °C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895, and the record will be equalled again at Altnaharra in 1995. * February – first production from the Fulmar Oil Field in the North Sea. * 25 March – Roy Jenkins wins the Glasgow Hillhead by-election for the Social Democratic Party. * 6 May – 1982 Scottish regional elections, resulting in Labour winning the largest number of local counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantha Roberts
Shantha Roberts (born May 1982) is a former MTV presenter. Born in Glasgow, and a Glasgow University graduate, she speaks fluent French and German and is a member of the band, Daddy and the Husband. Her face appeared on the cover of Belle & Sebastian's '' Dear Catastrophe Waitress'' and " I'm a Cuckoo" and appeared in their "I'm a Cuckoo" video. She also appeared in the video for "Keep Forgetting" by The Cinematics. From November 2005 until its demise in late 2014, Roberts presented '' The Music Show'' on BBC Two Scotland Its last shows were broadcast in November 2014. after being discovered in a coffee shop. She has also worked as a vocalist with Glasgow reggae sound system Argonaut Sounds, recording cover versions of "Breakfast in Bed" and "On The Right Track", and providing backing vocals on Babascum's "Precious Queen". She plays keyboards in the London indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren McMullen
Darren McMullen (born 10 February 1982) is a Scottish-Australian television and radio presenter and personality, music journalist and music critic. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated with his family to Australia at the age of 12. He is best known as the co-host of ''The Voice Australia''. Prior to his career as a presenter, he was a student at Bradfield College and then an advertising executive. In August 2019, McMullen performed as the 'Prawn' in the first season of ''The Masked Singer Australia''. Career McMullen's career as a host and presenter began as a presenter with Arena's Exclusive news on Foxtel and with appearances in major advertising campaigns for Westfield and Gloria Jean's. Darren appeared weekly on MTV Australia's ''The Lair'' in 2007 and 2008. In addition to hosting on ''The Lair'', McMullen also hosted a monthly car DVD called ''Ignition''. In 2009, he hosted ''Commercial Breakdown'' on the Nine Network. In 2010, McMullen signed with the Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now You See It (UK Gameshow)
''Now You See It'' was a Scottish television game show that aired mostly in Scotland throughout its run. It was shown to a lesser degree across some of the ITV Network. It was based upon the U.S. version of the show and used the US show's "halftime cue" as its theme music. Format The game was centred on four contestants competing in a word search game mixed with trivia. The host asked questions and contestants buzzed in and searched for the answer on the board. Contestants had to find the line where the correct answer appeared and then the position as well as the answer. Points were awarded for correct answers, based on the line number added or multiplied by the position number. Example: Line 3 + Position 7 = 10 points or Line 3 x Position 7 = 21 points. When time was up, the three highest-scoring players entered the "''Cryptic''" round. In this round, the answers appeared one letter at a time and the contestants were given a clue to each word. The first two players with four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take The High Road
''Take the High Road'' (renamed ''High Road'' from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV network daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the fictional village of Glendarroch, and exteriors were filmed in the real-life village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond. The series was dropped by most ITV stations in the 1990s – the Scottish, Grampian, Border and Ulster stations continued to screen it until the last episode. From April 2020, the entire series is being made available free to view on the STV Player app. History Origins In 1979, the ITV network decided that its daytime schedule would be improved by the inclusion of a soap opera set in Scotland. At the time the only soap opera being made by any of the three Scottish regional companies was Scottish Television's ''Garnock Way'', set in a Central Belt mining community not far from Glasgow. It had been running in Scotland for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grampian Today
''North Tonight'' is a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North (formerly Grampian Television). History During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grampian's regional news service consisted of daily 10-minute evening bulletins. By 1978, the bulletins had developed into a magazine programme entitled ''Grampian Today'', initially broadcast from Wednesday - Friday before expanding to every weeknight. The programme was relaunched as ''North Tonight'' on Monday 7 January 1980 in an effort to reflect the Northern Scotland region as a whole - its first presenters were John Duncanson and Selina Scott. The launch of ''North Tonight'' coincided with the opening of a new remote-controlled studio at Albany House in Dundee (an event broadcast live on the first programme) and an expansion into Grampian's use of Electronic News Gathering (ENG) cameras. ''Grampian Today'' had pioneered the use of such cameras in 1978, allowing the company to extend ... [...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] |
BBC One Scotland
BBC One Scotland is a Scottish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Scotland and is a Scottish variation of the UK-wide BBC One. For all of the time the channel is referred to on screen as ''BBC One Scotland'', sometimes using overlays to replace the normal channel identifier. The station also has its own team of continuity (broadcasting), continuity announcers, provided by BBC Scotland, to accommodate for the variations seen in Scotland from the rest of the BBC One network, whilst also providing the channel with an added Scottish identity. The announcers, based in Glasgow, also double up as transmission directors. History The first television service in Scotland was launched by the British Broadcasting Company on 1 January 1968. Presentation BBC One Scotland updated its visual presentation style as part of the network BBC One revamp on 7 October 2006. The presentation style fits in with the national BBC One 'Circle' idents, but with the "Scotland" caption ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland Today
''Scotland Today'' is a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central (formerly Scottish Television). Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's Central Belt franchise. ''North Tonight'' covered STV's North Scotland region (from North Fife upwards), until both programmes were renamed '' STV News at Six'' in March 2009. History 1970s Based in Glasgow, the programme began on 11 September 1972 in a style very similar to its BBC counterpart ''Reporting Scotland'' and co-anchored by John Toye and Bill Kerr Elliot. At first, the programme was double headed, but within a year, Toye became its solo presenter and went on to present ''Scotland Today'' for 12 years. During the first six years, it was only on air for ten months of the year, taking a regular summer break and having its timeslot filled by regional magazine programmes including ''Isabel on...'' and ''Watch This Space''. The progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
