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This is a list of events in [[television in Scotland|Scottish television]] from 1989.
This is a list of events in [[television in Scotland|Scottish television]] from 1989.


==Events==
==Events==
===January===
*7 January – [[BBC Scotland]] launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of ''[[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]'', the programme, called ''[[Sportscene|Afternoon Sportscene]]'', runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart ''[[Final Score]]''.
*January – [[Scottish Television]] launches a new set of idents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/scottish-television/scottish-television-1989-1992/ |title=Ident Central - Scottish Television 1989-1992 |access-date=2018-10-26 |archive-date=2018-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222659/https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/scottish-television/scottish-television-1989-1992/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===February===
*5 February – The world's first commercial [[Direct broadcast satellite|DBS]] system, [[British Sky Broadcasting|Sky Television]], goes on air in the United Kingdom.
*5 February – The world's first commercial [[Direct broadcast satellite|DBS]] system, [[British Sky Broadcasting|Sky Television]], goes on air in the United Kingdom.

*11 February – Australian soap ''[[Home and Away]]'' makes its British television debut on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].
===March===
*2 March – After much publicity, a two-minute advert for [[Pepsi]] featuring [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s single ''[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]'' is shown during a commercial break on ITV 12 minutes into [[The Bill]].
*15 March – [[BBC One|BBC1]] airs ''[[John's Not Mad]]'',<ref>{{imdb title|1355110|John's Not Mad}}</ref> an edition of the ''[[Q.E.D. (BBC TV series)|QED]]'' documentary strand which shadowed John Davidson, a 15-year-old from [[Galashiels]] in [[Scotland]], with severe [[Tourette syndrome]]. The film explores John's life in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all cope with a misunderstood condition.
*15 March – [[BBC One|BBC1]] airs ''[[John's Not Mad]]'',{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} an edition of the ''[[Q.E.D. (BBC TV series)|QED]]'' documentary strand which shadowed John Davidson, a 15-year-old from [[Galashiels]] in [[Scotland]], with severe [[Tourette syndrome]]. The film explores John's life in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all cope with a misunderstood condition.

*3 April – [[Channel 4]] launches its [[breakfast television]] show ''[[The Channel Four Daily]]''. The programme is based heavily on news and current affairs, with segments focusing on sports, finance, lifestyles, arts and entertainment, and discussion. It is axed in 1992 after failing to gain enough viewers.
===April===
*20 April – [[John Leslie (television presenter)|John Leslie]] becomes the first Scottish presenter of ''[[Blue Peter]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/leslie.shtml|title= I Love Blue Peter – John Leslie|publisher= BBC Online|accessdate= 9 May 2009}}</ref>
*20 April – [[John Leslie (television presenter)|John Leslie]] becomes the first Scottish presenter of ''[[Blue Peter]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/leslie.shtml|title= I Love Blue Peter – John Leslie|publisher= BBC Online|accessdate= 9 May 2009}}</ref>

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*25 August – [[Rupert Murdoch]] delivers the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the [[Edinburgh International Television Festival]] in which he launches an attack on the narrow elitism within the British television industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html |title=Rupert predicted the future but will James be such a visionary? |publisher=The Independent |first=Simon |last=Shaps |date=24 August 2009 |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jXPIejbv?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmedia%2Ftv-radio%2Frupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html |archivedate=2009-09-04 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>
===May===
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*September - The [[History of ITV television idents#1980s branding|first ITV generic look]] is introduced.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvPPGDY6PQ |title=Scottish Television ITV Corporate Ident 1989 Announcer Brian Ford |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>
*20 May – [[Arthur Montford]] presents his final edition of ''[[Scotsport]]'' after 32 years with live coverage of the [[Scottish Cup]] final.
*15 September – The [[ITV Weather|ITV national weather bulletin]] is launched.

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*December – The controversial [[Broadcasting Act 1990|Broadcasting Bill]] is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/enwiki/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html |title=The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996 |publisher=Ofcom |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5gcvC8hn6?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofcom.org.uk%2Fstatic%2Farchive%2Fitc%2Fitc_publications%2Fitc_notes%2Fview_note59.html |archivedate=8 May 2009 |deadurl=no |accessdate=28 April 2012 |df= }}</ref>
===June===
*No events.

===July===
*No events.

===August===
*6 August – After being a co-host on the show last season, [[Jim White (presenter)|Jim White]] takes on the main presenting role on ''[[Scotsport]]'' replacing the now-retired [[Arthur Montford]].
⚫
*25 August – [[Rupert Murdoch]] delivers the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the [[Edinburgh International Television Festival]] in which he launches an attack on the narrow elitism within the British television industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html |title=Rupert predicted the future but will James be such a visionary? |work=The Independent |first=Simon |last=Shaps |date=24 August 2009 |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828072017/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html |archivedate=28 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===September===
⚫
*1 September - The [[History of ITV television idents#1980s branding|first ITV generic look]] is introduced.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvPPGDY6PQ |title=Scottish Television ITV Corporate Ident 1989 Announcer Brian Ford |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> All three regions adopt the look, but Scottish drops it in December.

===October===
*No events.

===November===
*No events.

===December===
⚫
*December – The controversial [[Broadcasting Act 1990|Broadcasting Bill]] is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/enwiki/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html |title=The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996 |publisher=Ofcom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508065029/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/enwiki/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html |archivedate=8 May 2009 |url-status=live |accessdate=28 April 2012 }}</ref>


==Debuts==
==Debuts==
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===ITV===
===ITV===
*11 February - {{flagicon|AUS}} ''[[Home and Away]]'' (1988–present)
*24 February - ''[[Fun House (UK game show)|Fun House]]'' (1989–1999)
*24 February - ''[[Fun House (UK game show)|Fun House]]'' (1989–1999)


==Television series==
==Television series==
*''[[Scotsport]]'' (1957–2008)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Richard |title=BBC Sport in Black and White |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-45501-7 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM-GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Scotsport]]'' (1957–2008)
*''[[Reporting Scotland]]'' (1968–1983; 1984–present)
*''[[Reporting Scotland]]'' (1968–1983; 1984–present)
*''[[Top Club]]'' (1971–1998)
*''[[Top Club]]'' (1971–1998)
*''[[Scotland Today]]'' (1972–2009)
*''[[Scotland Today]]'' (1972–2009)
*''[[Sportscene]]'' (1975–present)
*''[[Sportscene]]'' (1975–present)
*''[[Public Account]]'' (1976–present)
*''[[The Beechgrove Garden]]'' (1978–present)
*''[[The Beechgrove Garden]]'' (1978–present)
*''[[Grampian Today]]'' (1980–2009)
*''[[Grampian Today]]'' (1980–2009)
*''[[Take the High Road]]'' (1980–2003)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Ian |title=Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities |date=13 February 2020 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-39407-3 |page=194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXvQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Take the High Road]]'' (1980–2003)
*''[[Taggart]]'' (1983–2010)<ref>{{cite book |last1=McElroy |first1=Ruth |title=Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box |date=14 October 2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-16096-0 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yColDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Taggart]]'' (1983–present)
*''[[James the Cat]]'' (1984–1992)
*''[[James the Cat]]'' (1984–1992)
*''[[Crossfire (Scotland)|Crossfire]]'' (1984–2004)
*''[[Crossfire (Scotland)|Crossfire]]'' (1984–2004)
*''[[City Lights (1984 TV series)|City Lights]]'' (1984–1991)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Craig |title=A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/tv/look-back-classic-glasgow-comedy-18177694 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=24 May 2022 |language=en |date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
*''[[City Lights (TV series)|City Lights]]'' (1985–1991)
*''[[The Campbells]]'' (1986–1990)
*''[[The Campbells]]'' (1986–1990)
*''[[Naked Video]]'' (1986–1991)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tait |first1=Derek |title=A 1980s Childhood |date=15 November 2019 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-9242-5 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OVe-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT104 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Naked Video]]'' (1986–1991)
*''[[Wheel of Fortune (UK game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' (1988–2001)
*''[[Wheel of Fortune (UK game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' (1988–2001)


==Births==
==Births==
*Unknown - [[Jordan Smith (actor)|Jordan Smith]], actor
*18 June - [[Jordan Smith (actor)|Jordan Smith]], actor


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*17 December - [[Edward Boyd (writer)|Edward Boyd]], 73, radio and television writer
*17 December - [[Edward Boyd (writer)|Edward Boyd]], 73, radio and television writer

==See also==
*[[1989 in Scotland]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1989 in television]]
[[Category:Television in Scotland by year]]
[[Category:1989 in British television]]
[[Category:Years in Scottish television]]
[[Category:1980s in Scottish television]]
[[Category:1980s in Scottish television]]

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1989.

Events

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January

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  • 7 January – BBC Scotland launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of Grandstand, the programme, called Afternoon Sportscene, runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart Final Score.
  • January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents.[1]

February

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  • 5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom.

March

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April

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May

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June

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  • No events.

July

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  • No events.

August

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September

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  • 1 September - The first ITV generic look is introduced.[4] All three regions adopt the look, but Scottish drops it in December.

October

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  • No events.

November

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  • No events.

December

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  • December – The controversial Broadcasting Bill is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.[5]

Debuts

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BBC

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ITV

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Television series

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 17 December - Edward Boyd, 73, radio and television writer

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ident Central - Scottish Television 1989-1992". Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. ^ "I Love Blue Peter – John Leslie". BBC Online. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  3. ^ Shaps, Simon (24 August 2009). "Rupert predicted the future but will James be such a visionary?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Scottish Television ITV Corporate Ident 1989 Announcer Brian Ford". YouTube. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ^ "The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
  7. ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
  8. ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
  9. ^ Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ Tait, Derek (15 November 2019). A 1980s Childhood. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4456-9242-5.
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