1979 in Scottish television
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- 16 March - The American educational series for preschoolers Sesame Street begins airing for the first time on Scottish Television.
- 3 May - Television coverage of the 1979 general election.
- 10 July - Grampian Television drop their plans to record and broadcast the memorial service to be held in Buckie for the six crew members of a fishing boat lost in waters off Orkney, following a request from family members.[1]
- 12 July - Garnock Way concludes after three years on air.[2] It is axed to make way for Take the High Road,[3] which would be shown across the ITV network. ITV had rejected Garnock Way because they wanted, in their words, "lots of Scotch Lochs and Hills".[4] The new soap was a bigger budget affair and more in keeping with the 'tartan' perception of Scotland as it was deliberately set in a more beautiful part of Scotland.[5]
- Unknown - BBC 1 Scotland airs Can Seo, a 20-part series teaching Scottish Gaelic. Can Seo means "Say This" in Gaelic.
- Unknown - Broadcast of the television film A Sense of Freedom about the Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle.
Debuts
BBC
- 13 June - The Omega Factor on BBC 1 (1979)
- Unknown - Can Seo on BBC 1 Scotland (1979)
ITV
- 16 March -
Sesame Street on Scottish Television (1969–present) - Unknown - A Sense of Freedom on Scottish Television (1981)
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)[6]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–Present)[7]
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–Present)
Ending this year
- 15 August - The Omega Factor (1979)
- Unknown - Garnock Way (1976–1979)[2]
Births
- 23 January - Dawn Porter, television presenter and writer
- 28 January - Ainslie Henderson, singer-songwriter
- 2 February - David Paisley, actor
- 21 April - James McAvoy, actor