1989 in Scottish television

none 1989 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1989. Events January 7 January – BBC Scotland launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of Grandstand, the programme, called Afternoon Sportscene, runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart Final Score. January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents.https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/scottish-television/scottish-television-1989-1992/ Ident Central - Scottish Television 1989-1992 2018-10-26 2018-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222659/https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/scottish-television/scottish-television-1989-1992/ dead February 5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom. March 15 March – BBC1 airs John's Not Mad,June 2024 an edition of the QED documentary strand which shadowed John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, with severe Tourette syndrome. The film explores John's life in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all cope with a misunderstood condition. April 20 April – John Leslie becomes the first Scottish presenter of Blue Peter. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/leslie.shtml I Love Blue Peter – John Leslie BBC Online 9 May 2009 May 20 May – Arthur Montford presents his final edition of Scotsport after 32 years with live coverage of the Scottish Cup final. August 6 August – After being a co-host on the show last season, Jim White takes on the main presenting role on Scotsport replacing the now-retired Arthur Montford. 25 August – Rupert Murdoch delivers the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in which he launches an attack on the narrow elitism within the British television industry.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html Rupert predicted the future but will James be such a visionary? The Independent Simon Shaps 24 August 2009 28 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20090828072017/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html 28 August 2009 live September 1 September - The first ITV generic look is introduced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvPPGDY6PQ Scottish Television ITV Corporate Ident 1989 Announcer Brian Ford YouTube 28 April 2012 All three regions adopt the look, but Scottish drops it in December. December December – The controversial Broadcasting Bill is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996 Ofcom https://web.archive.org/web/20090508065029/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html 8 May 2009 live 28 April 2012 Debuts BBC Unknown - The Singing Kettle (1989-1993) ITV 11 February - AUS Home and Away (1988–present) 24 February - Fun House (1989–1999) 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) 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 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) Take the 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 en 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 en James the Cat (1984–1992) Crossfire (1984–2004) City Lights (1984–1991)Williams Craig A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/tv/look-back-classic-glasgow-comedy-18177694 GlasgowLive 24 May 2022 en 30 April 2020 The Campbells (1986–1990) Naked Video (1986–1991)Tait Derek A 1980s Childhood 15 November 2019 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-9242-5 104 https://books.google.com/books?id=OVe-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT104 en Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001) Births 18 June - Jordan Smith, actor Deaths 17 December - Edward Boyd, 73, radio and television writer See also 1989 in Scotland References 1989 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1980s in Scottish television