1997 in Scottish television

none January 2024 1997 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1997. Events January 7 January – ITV's Carlton Television presents Monarchy: The Nation Decides, a live studio debate discussing the future of the Monarchy in the United Kingdom. The debate quickly descends into a shouting match, while viewers are encouraged to vote on the issue in what is the UK's largest television phone poll. However, Carlton is forced to extend the deadline for calls following complaints from people unable to get through. Of the 2.6million callers who vote, 66% are in favour of retaining a monarch while 34% are against. The proportion of votes against is higher among Scottish viewers, with 56% in favour of replacing the monarch.Michael Streeter https://www.independent.co.uk/news/monarchy-should-go-says-a-third-of-tv-poll-1282117.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/monarchy-should-go-says-a-third-of-tv-poll-1282117.html 1 May 2022 subscription Monarchy should go, says a third of TV poll The Independent Independent Print Ltd 8 January 1997 16 May 2012 March 30 March – Channel 5, the UK's fifth and last terrestrial channel, launches at 6.00 pm. Coverage is limited with many parts of Scotland unable to receive the new channel. April April – Establishment of Scottish Screen, the national body for film and television in Scotland. May 1 May – Television coverage of the 1997 General Election. June June – Grampian Television is bought by Scottish Media Group for £105 million. Scottish Media buys Grampian for 105m pounds Cathy Newman The Independent 11 June 1997 8 June – Last football match commentated by Jock Brown for BBC Scotland which was a World Cup Qualifier when Scotland played away to Belarus to win 1–0. He leaves the station at the end of the month to take on a role as general manager at Celtic F.C. 25 June – The Independent Television Commission (ITC) awards the sole DTT broadcast licence to British Digital Broadcasting. August 2 August – Rob MacLean becomes the main football commentator on Sportscene which returns for the new season succeeding Jock Brown. 31 August – BBC1 continues to air through the whole night, simulcasting with BBC World News to bring news updates of Diana, Princess of Wales's car accident. All of the day's other scheduled programmes on BBC1 Scotland are cancelled to keep viewers up to date with the latest developments with ITV cancelling its regular programmes until mid-evening. ITV broadcasts a 30-minute regional bulletin at lunchtime and BBC1 Scotland airs an extended Scottish bulletin later in the day. September 6 September – The live broadcast of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales is watched by 2.5 billion viewers worldwide. https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2502000/2502307.stm Diana's funeral watched by millions BBC On This Day 20 May 2009 6 September 1997 The ceremony's footage goes down in the Guinness World Records as the biggest TV audience for a live broadcast. TV's world record breakers https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1219668.stm BBC News 22 March 2001 28 April 2012 In the UK, 32.10 million viewers watch the broadcast. It is the UK's second most-watched broadcast of all time, behind 1966's World Cup final.Tracking 30 years of TV's most watched programmes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16671101 BBC News 26 November 2020 22 January 2012 11 September – Television coverage of Referendum in Scotland on the creation of a national Parliament with devolved powers. BBC Scotland's coverage is broadcast across the UK on BBC1.BBC Genome Project – BBC1listings 11 September 1997 October 6 October – BBC Scotland on 1 and BBC Scotland on 2 change name to BBC One Scotland and BBC Two Scotland respectively. December 20 December – The ITC awards the three pay-TV digital multiplex licences to British Digital Broadcasting. Unknown Scottish Television legally changes its name to Scottish Media Group. Formation of BAFTA Scotland. Debuts BBC 29 March – The Missing Postman (1997) 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) 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 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 en 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 en McCallum (1995–1998) Ending this year 1 January – Hurricanes (1993–1997) 4 May – Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997) Deaths 12 September – Leonard Maguire, 73, actor 5 October – Andrew Keir, 71, actor See also 1997 in Scotland References 1997 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1990s in Scottish television