1979 in Scottish television

none June 2018 1979 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1979. Events 16 March - The American educational series for preschoolers Sesame Street begins airing for the first time on Scottish Television. 3 May - Television coverage of the 1979 general election. 10 July - Grampian Television drop their plans to record and broadcast the memorial service to be held in Buckie for the six crew members of a fishing boat lost in waters off Orkney, following a request from family members.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8xA-AAAAIBAJ&pg=3182%2C1956336 Plan to televise boat crew service dropped George MacDonald The Glasgow Herald 10 July 1979 7 Google News Archive 2 January 2025 12 July - Garnock Way concludes after three years on air.Garnock Way https://player.stv.tv/summary/garnock-way STV Player 24 May 2022 en It is axed to make way for Take the High Road,http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/tv-the-history-of-scottish-soaps.18982398 TV - the history of Scottish soaps which would be shown across the ITV network. ITV had rejected Garnock Way because they wanted, in their words, "lots of Scotch Lochs and Hills".http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/tvheroes/haldaneduncan/glendhu1.php Duncan Haldane Part 04: The Glendhu Factor Transdiffusion.org 4 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120302223808/http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/tvheroes/haldaneduncan/glendhu1.php 2 March 2012 dmy-all The new soap 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.Historical detail https://web.archive.org/web/20120302223808/http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/tvheroes/haldaneduncan/glendhu1.php 2 March 2012 : from an interview with Haldane Duncan, ex-director of Take the High Road. Retrieved on 16 March 2008. Unknown - BBC 1 Scotland airs Can Seo, a 20-part series teaching Scottish Gaelic. Can Seo means "Say This" in Gaelic. Unknown - Broadcast of the television film A Sense of Freedom about the Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle. Debuts BBC 13 June - The Omega Factor on BBC 1 (1979) Unknown - Can Seo on BBC 1 Scotland (1979) ITV 16 March - USA Sesame Street on Scottish Television (1969–present) Unknown - A Sense of Freedom on Scottish Television (1981) Television series Scotsport (1957–2008)McDevitt Ronnie Except for Viewers in Scotland: The Story of Scottish Football on Television 2012 Andrews UK Limited 9781909143616 195 https://books.google.com/books?id=8IK5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT195 en Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) Top Club (1971–1998) Scotland Today (1972–2009) Sportscene (1975–Present)Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko BBC Sport 8 August 2025 6 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250811222945/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko 11 August 2025 live The Beechgrove Garden (1978–Present) Ending this year 15 August - The Omega Factor (1979) Unknown - Garnock Way (1976–1979) Births 23 January - Dawn Porter, television presenter and writer 28 January - Ainslie Henderson, singer-songwriter 2 February - David Paisley, actor 21 April - James McAvoy, actor Deaths 9 July - Roddy McMillan, 56, actor and playwright 24 July - Archie Duncan, 65, actorArchie Duncan http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba59cbf5b https://web.archive.org/web/20170807055405/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba59cbf5b dead August 7, 2017 BFI 2 June 2018 en See also 1979 in Scotland References 1979 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1970s in Scottish television