1987 in Scottish television

none May 2022 January 2024 1987 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1987. Events March 3 March – Debut of the BBC Scotland drama Tutti Frutti. Take the High Road returns from its annual break, and from this date, the soap begins to be shown twice a week all year round. June 11 – 12 June – Coverage of the results of the 1987 general election is broadcast both on BBC1 and ITV. 29 June – Schools programmes are broadcast on ITV for the last time. August 31 August – The 30th anniversary of Scottish Television. September 7 September – ITV launches a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. The new service includes regular five-minute national and Scottish news bulletins. 14 September – After 30 years on ITV, ITV Schools moves to Channel 4. Opt outs of the network schools schedule continue, thereby allowing programmes relevant to schools in Scotland to continue to be broadcast. To date, this is the only time that Scotland has opted out of the Channel 4 schedule. 10 December – Grampian Television and Camanachd Association agree a three year contract for shinty coverage, taking over from Scottish Television.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5DhAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1385%2C3007525 Shinty to get more box time Douglas Lowe The Glasgow Herald 10 December 1987 22 Google News Archive 2 January 2025 Debuts BBC 3 March – Tutti Frutti (1987) 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 on Grampian (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 Ending this year 7 April – Tutti Frutti (1987) Births 8 August – Katie Leung, actress Deaths 4 February – Fyfe Robertson, 84, television journalist 6 June – Fulton Mackay, actor (Porridge) Unknown – Finlay J. MacDonald, 61, radio and television presenter See also 1987 in Scotland References 1987 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1980s in Scottish television