1974 in Scottish television

Overview of the events of 1974 in Scottish television

List of years in Scottish television

(table)

* … 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970

* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977

* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984 …

* Art
* Archaeology
* Architecture
*   * Literature
* Music
* Philosophy
* Science+...

* v
* t
* e

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1974.

## Events

[edit]

### January

[edit]

* No events.

### February

[edit]

* 28 February – Television coverage of the February general election.

### March

[edit]

* No events.

### April

[edit]

* 20 April – Tenth anniversary of BBC Two Scotland.

### May

[edit]

* No events.

### June

[edit]

* 24 June – BBC One Scotland broadcasts summer holiday children's programming opt out schedules for the first time.[1] The summer holiday children's schedule (seen across the BBC network for the final three weeks between mid-late August) is time-shifted to air throughout the first three weeks of the holidays to viewers in Scotland due to school holiday differences across the UK.

### July

[edit]

* No events.

### August

[edit]

* No events.

### September

[edit]

* 23 September – Ceefax teletext transmissions begin.[2]

### October

[edit]

* 10 October – Television coverage of the October general election.

### November

[edit]

* No events.

### December

[edit]

* 12 December – Official opening of STV's new studios by Princess Alexandra.[3] The original home of STV, the Theatre Royal, are sold to Scottish Opera for conversion as Scotland’s first opera house.[4]

## Television series

[edit]

* Scotsport (1957–2008)[5]
* Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
* Top Club (1971–1998)
* Scotland Today (1972–2009)
* Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)

## Births

[edit]

* 15 January - Edith Bowman, music critic, radio and television presenter
* 30 October - Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress (died 2012)
* Unknown - Nick Ede, television presenter

## Deaths

[edit]

* 29 May - James MacTaggart, 46, television producer

## See also

[edit]

* 1974 in Scotland

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Schedule - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
2. ^ "CEEFAX: world's first teletext service". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
3. ^ "footage_library". 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
4. ^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
5. ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1\. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.

* v
* t
* e

(1973 ←)   1974 in television   (1975 →)

* Australia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Croatia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* France
* Germany
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Netherlands
* Philippines
* Spain
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* Scotland
* United States

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template