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1979 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1979.

Contents

Events

  • 3 May - Television coverage of the 1979 general election.
  • Unknown - Broadcast of the made-for-television film A Sense of Freedom about the Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle.
  • Unknown - Garnock Way concludes after three years on air.
  • Unknown - BBC 1 Scotland airs Can Seo, a 20-part series teaching Scottish Gaelic. Can Seo means "Say This" in Gaelic.

    • BBC

  • 13 June - The Omega Factor on BBC 1 (1979)
  • Unknown - Can Seo on BBC 1 Scotland (1979)

    • ITV

  • Unknown - A Sense of Freedom on Scottish Television

    • Television series

  • Scotsport (1957–2008)
  • Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
  • Top Club (1971–1998)
  • Scotland Today (1972–2009)
  • Sportscene (1975–Present)
  • Public Account (1976–Present)
  • The Beechgrove Garden (1978–Present)

    • Ending this year

  • 15 August - The Omega Factor (1979)
  • Unknown - Garnock Way (1976–1979)

    • Births

  • 23 January - Dawn Porter, television presenter and writer
  • 28 January - Ainslie Henderson, singer-songwriter
  • 2 February - David Paisley, actor
  • 21 April - James McAvoy, actor

    • Deaths

  • 9 July - Roddy McMillan, 56, actor and playwright
  • 24 July - Archie Duncan, 65, actor

    • References

    1979 in Scottish television Wikipedia
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