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''Public Account'' was a weekly political programme first transmitted on 6 January 1975 by
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. It was the sister programme to BBC Scotland's Current Account Current account or Current Account may refer to:
* Current account (balance of payments), a country's balance of trade, net of factor income and cash transfers
* Current account (banking)
A transaction account, also called a checking account, ch ...
which covered general current affairs issues rather than politics.
''Public Account'' was transmitted mainly on BBC1 Scotland on Mondays after 22.45. It was designed to reflect the increased interest in politics in Scotland with the discovery of oil in the North Sea and the rise of the fortunes of the Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...
. It covered politics up to the first Devolution Referendum held by the Callaghan Labour government. The last programme was shown on 3 July 1978.
Ground-breaking in its approach to Scottish and British politics, it was presented by Donald MacCormick
Donald MacCormick (16 April 1939 – 12 July 2009)Veteran BBC newsman dies aged 70
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later of BBC2 Newsnight, James Cox later of R4 ...
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, and Andrew Neil
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later Editor of ''The Sunday Times
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'' and currently presenter of BBC2 The Daily Politics
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.
Tom Ross was the producer and Matthew Spicer was the editor.Inside BBC Scotland by Alastair Hetherington p. 48 (Whitewater Press),
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* *Inside BBC Scotland by Alastair Hetherington p. 48 (Whitewater Press) 1975 British television series debuts 1975 establishments in Scotland 1975 in politics 1978 British television series endings 1978 disestablishments in Scotland BBC Scotland BBC Television shows Politics of Scotland {{BBC-tv-prog-stub