1981 in Scottish television
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July
- 29 July – The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30,000,000 viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain.[1]
September
- 1 September - 20th anniversary of Border Television.
- 8 September - BBC One Scotland changes its name to BBC Scotland.
- 30 September - 20th anniversary of Grampian Television.
October
- October - Scottish Television becomes the first ITV station to operate a regional Oracle teletext service, containing over 60 pages of local news, sport and information.[2]
- 17 October - The first edition of a new Sunday lunchtime current affairs series Agenda is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland.
Unknown
- Scottish Television airs The Shepherds of Berneray, a 50-minute television documentary revolving around the people on the island of Berneray, North Uist, and how they lived at that time.
- Alistair Moffat is appointed Head of Arts at Scottish Television.
Debuts
ITV
- 5 January - Now You See It (1981–1986)
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)[3]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–Present)[4]
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–Present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[5]
Births
- 10 March - Nicci Jolly, television presenter
- 5 April - Shabana Akhtar, actress
- Unknown
- Cat Cubie, weather presenter
- Shauna Macdonald, actress
- Catriona Shearer, news presenter