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1987 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1987.

Contents

Events

  • 3 March – Debut of the BBC Scotland drama Tutti Frutti.
  • 11 – 12 June – Coverage of the results of the 1987 general election are broadcast both on BBC1 and ITV.
  • 31 August – 30th anniversary of Scottish Television.
  • 14 September – After 30 years on ITV, the schools service ITV Schools moves to Channel 4 allowing ITV to concentrate on building a fully commercial daytime schedule.

    • BBC

  • 3 March – Tutti Frutti (1987)

    • 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)
  • Taggart (1983–present)
  • James the Cat (1984–1992)
  • Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
  • City Lights (1985–1991)
  • The Campbells (1986–1990)
  • Naked Video (1986–1991)

    • Ending this year

  • 7 April – Tutti Frutti (1987)

    • Births

  • 8 August – Katie Leung, actress

    • Deaths

  • 4 February – Fyfe Robertson, 84, television journalist
  • 6 June – Fulton Mackay, actor (Porridge)
  • Unknown – Finlay J. MacDonald, 61, radio and television presenter

    • References

    1987 in Scottish television Wikipedia
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