1988 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1988.

Events

January

• 19 January – Debut of the BBC Scotland television film Down Where the Buffalo Go.

February

• 13 February – Scottish Television (STV) begins 24-hour broadcasting.

July

• 19 July – Debut on ITV of the STV produced game show Wheel of Fortune.

September

• 2 September – Grampian and Border begin 24-hour transmission. Their overnight programming comes from Granada Television's Night Time service.

Autumn

• The BBC takes its first tentative steps into later closedowns – previously weekday programmes ended no later than 12:15am and weekend broadcasting had finished by 1:30am.

December

• 31 December – Transmission of Tony Roper's The Steamie, about life in a Glasgow wash-house during the 1950s, starring Dorothy Paul and Eileen McCallum.

Debuts

ITV

• 19 July – Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)

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)
• Taggart (1983–2010)
• James the Cat (1984–1992)
• Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
• City Lights (1984–1991)
• The Campbells (1986–1990)
• Naked Video (1986–1991)

Births

• 27 January – Iain Stirling, comedian

See also

• 1988 in Scotland

References