1980 in Scottish television

none January 2020 1980 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1980. Events January 7 January - Grampian Today is relaunched as North Tonight, as part of an effort to reflect northern Scotland as a whole. 1980 also sees Grampian introduces weekday lunchtime and closedown news bulletins, called North News and North Headlines respectively. February 19 February - Debut of the Scottish Television's soap Take the High Road.Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/popular-scottish-tv-shows-you-ll-remember-1-4392113 www.scotsman.com 4 January 2020 en December 1 December – BBC Scotland carries out a one-week experiment in breakfast television. It is a simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland's breakfast show Good Morning Scotland.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/scotland/1980-12-01 BBC Genome Project BBC1 Scotland listings 1 December 1980 2019-02-18 2019-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20190218142157/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/scotland/1980-12-01 dead 28 December – The IBA announces the results of the 1980 franchise round, revealing that all three of Scotland's ITV broadcasters have retained their franchises.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WclAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4305%2C4909365 STV hangs on to the franchise Anne Donaldson The Glasgow Herald 29 December 1980 1 Google News Archive 2 January 2025https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WclAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6276%2C4979430 STV proves that quality counts and wins the day Murray Ritchie The Glasgow Herald 29 December 1980 7 Google News Archive 2 January 2025 Unknown Future British Prime Minister Gordon Brown becomes a journalist with Scottish Television. Debuts ITV 7 January - Grampian Today (1980–2009) 19 February - Take the High Road (1980–2003) 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 8 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) Births 8 May - Michelle McManus, singer-songwriter, actress, radio and television presenter 2 August - Kate Heavenor, Children's television presenter 21 November - Lisa McAllister, model and actress Unknown - Bryan Swanson, television reporter Deaths 9 February - Renée Houston, 77, comedy actor 12 February - Moultrie Kelsall, 78, actor See also 1980 in Scotland References 1980 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1980s in Scottish television