1996 in Scottish television

Overview of the events of 1996 in Scottish television

+...

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1996.

Events

Scottish Television acquires Caledonian Publishing, publishers of The Herald and Glasgow Evening Times.

1 November – Launch of the satellite television channel Sky Scottish.
22 November – After nearly four year on air, Scottish Gaelic learners' television programmeSpeaking our Language ends after 72 episodes.

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)
High Road (1980–2003)^[3]
Taggart (1983–2010)^[4]
Crossfire (1984–2004)
Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
Fun House (1989–1999)
Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
Hurricanes (1993–1997)
Machair (1993–1999)^[5]
Telefios (1993–2000)
Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)^[6]
Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)

^ "Platform (TV series)". BFI.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
^ "Ident Central - Scottish Television 1996-2000". Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
^ Berberich, Christine; Campbell, Neil (9 March 2016). Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-317-18472-0.
^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.