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1974 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1974.

Contents

Events

  • 28 February - Television coverage of the February general election.
  • 20 April - Tenth anniversary of BBC Two Scotland.
  • 23 September – The BBC teletext service Ceefax goes live with 30 pages of information.
  • 10 October - Television coverage of the October general election.
  • 12 December - Official opened of STV's new studios by Princess Alexandra.
  • Unknown - The original home of STV, the Theatre Royal, is sold to Scottish Opera for conversion as Scotland’s first opera house.
  • Unknown - ITV begins developing the ORACLE teletext service. Dates for its launch are unclear, but it became popular around 1980.

    • Television series

  • Scotsport (1957–2008)
  • Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
  • Top Club (1971–1998)
  • Scotland Today (1972–2009)
  • Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)

    • Births

  • 15 January - Edith Bowman, music critic, radio and television presenter
  • 30 October - Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress (died 2012)
  • Unknown - Nick Ede, television presenter

    • Deaths

  • 29 May - James MacTaggart, 46, television producer

    • References

    1974 in Scottish television Wikipedia
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