1998 in Scottish television

none April 2024 1998 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1998. Events May 31 May – Sky Scottish closes after just over eighteen months on air, because the channel fails to meet its financial targets.Scots Sky Shuts The Times 1998-04-08 July 29 July – British Digital Broadcasting rebrand as ONdigital. September 23 September – BBC Choice, the UK's first digital-only TV station, launches.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12335421.No_one_gets_the_Choice_BBC_launches_digital_TV/ No-one gets the Choice BBC launches new channel The Herald 24 September 1998 19 August 2017 The channel broadcasts around two hours each night of programming for Scotland as an opt-out from the main channel. October 1 October – Digital satellite television launches in the UK, operated by Sky Digital. This sees the start of UK channels transmitting in 16:9 widescreen. December 11 December – BBC governors reject a request to give Scotland its own Six O'Clock News bulletin. Instead an extra £20m will be spent on new jobs and programming in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/232121.stm BBC rejects Scottish Six BBC News 11 December 1998 4 May 2012 Debuts BBC Unknown – Looking After Jo Jo (1998) Television series Scotsport (1957–2008)Haynes Richard BBC Sport in Black and White 17 November 2016 Springer 978-1-137-45501-7 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM-GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 en Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) 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 20 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) Grampian Today (1980–2009) High Road (1980–2003)Brown Ian Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities 13 February 2020 Springer Nature 978-3-030-39407-3 194 https://books.google.com/books?id=gXvQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 Taggart (1983–2010)McElroy Ruth Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box 14 October 2016 Taylor & Francis 978-1-317-16096-0 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=yColDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 Crossfire (1984–2004) Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001) Fun House (1989–1999) Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004) Machair (1993–1999)Berberich Christine Campbell Neil Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses 9 March 2016 Routledge 978-1-317-18472-0 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=v8e1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 Telefios (1993–2000) Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18979762.excuse-bbc1-scotland-review/ HeraldScotland 4 November 2021 Ending this year 15 July – Top Club (1971–1998) 7 December – McCallum (1995–1998) 24 December – The Baldy Man (1995–1998) See also 1998 in Scotland References 1998 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1990s in Scottish television