1968 in Scottish television

Overview of the events of 1968 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1968.

## Events

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* 1 April - Debut of BBC Scotland's national news programme Reporting Scotland.
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* Scottish Television introduces afternoon programming as its licence remit increases by three and a half hours a week.[1]
* All three of Scotland's ITV contractors retain their franchises in the latest round of franchise decisions.
* Debut of current affairs programme Current Account.

## Debuts

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### BBC

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* 1 April - Reporting Scotland on BBC 1 (1968–1983; 1984–present)[2]

## Television series

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* Scotsport (1957–2008)[3]
* Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)[4]
* The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962–1970)

## Ending this year

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* The White Heather Club (1958–1968)[4]

## Births

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* 11 August - Gray O'Brien, actor
* 13 October - Alex Ferns, actor
* 22 November - Sarah Smith, news reporter
* 23 November - Kirsty Young, journalist and television presenter

## See also

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* 1968 in Scotland

## References

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1. ^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
2. ^ "Reporting Scotland marks 50 years on air". BBC News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
3. ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1\. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
4. ^ a b Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. pp. 3 and 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.

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