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1964 in Scottish television
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1964 Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1964.
Events
20 April – BBC 2 Scotland starts broadcasting; the existing BBC channel is renamed BBC 1 Scotland. A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening, meaning the first programme shown is Play School the following morning.
30 April – Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
15 August – Scottish launches Scotsport Results to provide Scottish viewers with a round-up of the day's Scottish football. It is broadcast on Saturday teatimes, at around 5 pm during the football season.
15 October – Television coverage of the general election.
15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama Culloden is shown nationally on BBC TV.
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
The White Heather Club (1958–1968)Brown Ian Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities 13 February 2020 Springer Nature 978-3-030-39407-3 3 and 194 https://books.google.com/books?id=gXvQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 en
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962–1970)
Births
13 May – Lorraine McIntosh, singer and actress
6 September – Stephen Greenhorn, playwright, television writer and novelist
Unknown – Paul Higgins, actor
See also
1964 in Scotland
References
1964
Category:Television in Scotland by year
Category:1960s in Scottish television