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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Year nav topic This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1993.
Events
January
- 1 January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents [1]
- 4 January –
- Following the launch of GMTV, news bulletins from Scotland are seen on ITV at breakfast for the first time.
- Debut of Telefios, a Scottish Gaelic news programme produced by Grampian Television. It is broadcast on STV and Grampian daily with a lunchtime bulletin (1:10pm Grampian, 1:40pm Scottish), a teatime bulletin (6:25pm Grampian only) and a weekly review on Saturdays afternoons. Broadcast from the Aberdeen studios, they moved to Grampian's new Stornoway studios on 22 March.
- 5 January – Scottish produces a new series of Doctor Finlay, last aired by the BBC in 1971.[2]
- January – Scottish Television launches a thirty-minute lunchtime edition of Scotland Today, presented by Angus Simpson and Kirsty Young – the first time that a regional television station in Britain has produced a full-length lunchtime news programme.
- 9 January – Speaking our Language launches on Scottish Television. The programme ran to 72 episodes and was designed to help people to learn Scottish Gaelic.
February
- No events.
March
- 26 March – Prince Charles officially opens up Grampian TV's £4 million studio complex at Stornoway.
April
- No events.
May
- May – The final edition of Scotsport Results is broadcast by Scottish, bringing to an end Scottish's Saturday teatime results show, having broadcast the programme for the past 29 seasons.
June
- 2 June – Marcus Plantin, ITV's network director, announces the termination of Take the High Road from September 1993, as 'ITV's statisticians believed English audiences have had enough'[3] This results in public protest, as many believe that without ITV companies south of the border, the series had no chance.[4] The issue is raised in the House of Commons under an early day motions, and the Daily Record newspaper holds a protest as well.[5] By the end of June, Scottish Television decide to continue producing the series mainly for the Scottish market,[6] but within a month, nearly all the ITV companies reinstate it after viewers complain about the show being dropped in the first place.[7]
July
- No events.
August
- No events.
September
- BBC Scotland launches a two-hour Thursday evening programming block in Gaelic on BBC Two Scotland. Content includes Шаблон:Lang, Gaelic comedy, documentaries, music, and current affairs Шаблон:Lang.
October
- No events.
November
- No events.
December
- 31 December – First edition of the annual Scottish football comedy sketch show Only an Excuse? which is aired each Hogmanay.[8]
Unknown
- After retaining its franchise unopposed on 16 October 1991, Scottish Television invests shares in various ITV companies and media firms, including a 25% stake in the newly launched breakfast strand GMTV.
Debuts
BBC
- 30 September – Dè a-nis? (1993–present)
- 31 December – Only an Excuse? on BBC Scotland on 1 (1993–2020)[8]
ITV
- 5 January – Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
- 9 January – Speaking our Language on Scottish Television (1993–1996)
- 12 September – Шаблон:Flagicon/Шаблон:Flagicon/Шаблон:Flagicon Hurricanes on Scottish Television (1993–1997)
- Unknown – Telefios on STV and Grampian (1993–2000)
- Unknown – Wolf It (1993–1996)
Scottish Television Enterprises
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[10]
- Taggart (1983–2010)[11]
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
- Fun House (1989–1999)
- Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
- What's Up Doc? (1992–1995)
Deaths
- 3 August – James Donald, 76, actor
- Unknown – Agnes Lauchlan, 88, film and television actor
See also
References
