This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1978.
Events 22 January – Scottish Television airs a seven-part adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 14 April – Debut of the BBC Scotland series The Beechgrove Garden. 3 July – The final edition of the Scottish politics programme Public Account is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland. 21 December – BBC announce that Alastair Hetherington will leave his post of Controller of BBC in Scotland and take up a post of station manager for BBC Highland in Inverness. Scotland Today’s annual summer break is scrapped. Consequently, the programme is now on air all year round. Grampian Television becomes the first British television station to adopt ENG video cameras for news coverage. This move finally allows its regional news programme, Grampian Today, to extend from three to five nights a week. Grampian also develops its own outside broadcast unit, initially using studio equipment.
Debuts
BBC 14 April - The Beechgrove Garden on BBC1 (1978–Present) April - The Standard on BBC1 (1978) 30 September - Scotch and Wry on BBC1 (1978–92)
ITV 22 January – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Television series Scotsport (1957–2008) Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) Top Club (1971–1998) Scotland Today (1972–2009) Sportscene (1975–Present) Garnock Way (1976–1979)
Ending this year Public Account (1976–1978)
Births 14 April - Michelle Duncan, actress 15 September - David Sneddon, singer and musician 10 December - Gordon Chree, broadcast journalist
See also 1978 in Scotland
References