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1981 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1981.

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Events

  • 29 July – The marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30,000,000 viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain.
  • 1 September - 20th anniversary of Border Television.
  • 8 September - BBC One Scotland changes its name to BBC Scotland.
  • 30 September - 20th anniversary of Grampian Television.
  • October - Scottish Television becomes the first ITV station to operate a regional Oracle teletext service, containing over 60 pages of local news, sport and information.
  • Unknown - Scottish Television airs The Shepherds of Berneray, a 50-minute television documentary revolving around the people on the island of Berneray, North Uist, and how they lived at that time.
  • Unknown - Alistair Moffat is appointed Head of Arts at Scottish Television.

    • ITV

  • 5 January - Now You See It (1981–1986)

    • 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)
  • Grampian Today (1980–2009)
  • Take the High Road (1980–2003)

    • Births

  • 10 March - Nicci Jolly, television presenter
  • Unknown
  • Shabana Akhtar, actress
  • Cat Cubie, weather presenter
  • Shauna Macdonald, actress
  • Catriona Shearer, news presenter

    • Deaths

  • 6 January - A. J. Cronin, 84, writer (Doctor Finlay's Casebook)

    • References

    1981 in Scottish television Wikipedia
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