1986 in Scottish television

none January 2024 1986 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1986. Events April 4 April – Debut of the children's television series The Campbells on Scottish Television. The series – a joint Scottish-Canadian production – later aired nationally on ITV. 20 April – The game between Hearts and Aberdeen is the first football league match in Scotland to be televised live, broadcast by Scottish Television.Weekender viewing guide https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vgI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4426%2C5104057 14 December 2021 The Glasgow Herald 19 April 1986 20Reynolds Jim Such a close call for Hearts https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=erVAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2526%2C5213094 14 December 2021 The Glasgow Herald 21 April 1986 7 May 12 May – Debut of the BBC Scotland comedy Naked Video.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 enMcKevitt Steven The Persuasion Industries: The Making of Modern Britain 9 August 2018 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-255477-2 80 https://books.google.com/books?id=R3BoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80 en July 23 July – Television coverage of the marriage of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/23/newsid_2516000/2516203.stm "1986: Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson", BBC News 28 April 2012 23 July 1986 September 1 September – 25th anniversary of Border Television. 3 September – BBC Scotland announce details of their £20m autumn/winter line-up of programmes.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FrZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5772%2C929214 BBC Scotland proud of £20m new line-up Albert Naismith The Glasgow Herald 4 September 1986 6 17 October 2022 30 September – 25th anniversary of Grampian Television. October 20 October – Following considerable criticism, including from the Independent Broadcasting Authority, the 1984 changes made by Scottish Television to Scotland Today are reversed and the programme once again becomes a news broadcast with the feature elements transferred to a new lunchtime programme called Live at One Thirty. 27 October – BBC One starts a full daytime television service. Before today, excluding special events coverage, BBC One had closed down at times during weekday mornings and afternoons broadcasting trade test transmissions and, from May 1983, Pages From Ceefax. As part of the new service, changes are made to the timings of the daytime Scottish news bulletins. The lunchtime summary is broadcast prior to the lunchtime news, at 12:55 pm, and the mid-afternoon summary moves from BBC1 to BBC2. Also, the Gaelic children's slot moves to 9.45am. Debuts BBC 12 May – Naked Video (1986–1991) ITV 10 March – James the Cat (1986–1992) 4 April – CAN/SCO The Campbells on Scottish Television (1986–1990) 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 Ending this year 27 July – Now You See It (1981–1986) Births 8 February – Ashley Mulheron, actress and television presenter 18 June – Richard Madden, actor 18 November – Georgia King, actress Deaths 25 December – Bill Simpson, 55, actor See also 1986 in Scotland References 1986 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1980s in Scottish television