1990 in Scottish television

none July 2026 1990 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1990. Events May 10 May – The Broadcasting Act 1990 receives its third reading in the House of Commons and is passed with 259 votes to 180. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1990/may/10/broadcasting-bill Broadcasting Bill Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 10 May 1990 28 April 2012 June 20 June – Archie MacPherson commentates his last football match for BBC Scotland with the Scotland v Brazil World Cup match in Italy. Brazil won 1-0, leaving Scotland eliminated from the finals. July 27 July – Stereo transmissions begin from the Durris transmitting station.IBA Engineering Announcements 10 July 1990 August 25 August – Jock Brown transfers from Scotsport to BBC Scotland to replace Archie MacPherson as Sportscene'''s lead football commentator. Jock is replaced at Scotsport by Gerry McNee. October 15 October – BBC1 launches a new weekday morning service called Daytime UK.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017035516/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-10-15 dead 17 October 2014 BBC One London – 15 October 1990 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 17 November 2018 Linked live from Birmingham and running for four hours, from 8.50am until lunchtime, the new service includes hourly Scottish news summaries, broadcast after the on-the-hour network news bulletins. November November – The Broadcasting Act 1990 receives Royal Assent. The Act paves the way for the deregulation of the British commercial broadcasting industry, and will have many consequences for the ITV system. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/20/broadcasting.mondaymediasection2 Broadcasting Act, 1990 The Guardian John Dugdale 20 November 2000 9 April 2009http://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 2009-04-10 Unknown Scottish Television introduces a supplementary ident adding to the ITV generic logo. It features several circles rolling in over the thistle and falling over as one to reveal the name Scottish Television. Debuts BBC2 18 September – Over the Moon with Mr Boon (1990–1996) ITV 20 January – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004) Television seriesScotsport (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 enReporting 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 liveThe 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 enTaggart (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 enJames 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 2020Naked 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 enWheel of Fortune (1988–2001)Fun House (1989–1999) Ending this year September – The Campbells (1986–1990) Deaths 17 March - Paul Kermack, 58, actor (Take the High Road'') See also 1990 in Scotland References 1990 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1990s in Scottish television