1991 in Scottish television

Events

January

• No events.

February

• 18 February – BBC 1 Scotland is rebranded as BBC Scotland on 1 and BBC 2 Scotland as BBC Scotland on 2.

March to August

• No events.

September

• 1 September – 30th anniversary of Border Television.
• 30 September – 30th anniversary of Grampian Television.

October

• October – Scottish rebrands its overnight service as Scottish Night Time, and removed the overnight in-vision continuity.
• 16 October – The ITC announces that Grampian, Scottish and Border have retained their ITV franchises. Only Grampian's franchise had attracted rival bidders. The other two applicants for the north east Scotland franchise both submitted higher cash bids but both failed to meet the quality threshold.

November

• No events.

December

• 31 December – The BBC airs the first edition of Hogmanay Live, an annual programme that rings in the New Year.

Unknown

• BBC Scotland airs the series Restless Nation which explores the history of Scottish self-government.

Debuts

BBC

• Unknown – Restless Nation (1991)
• 31 December – Hogmanay Live (1991–present)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Take the High Road (1980–2003)
• Taggart (1983–2010)
• James the Cat (1984–1992)
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Fun House (1989–1999)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)

Ending this year

• 10 November – Naked Video (1986–1991)
• City Lights (1984–1991)

References

References

1. "Ident Central Scottish Television Night Time".
2. (17 November 2016). "BBC Sport in Black and White". Springer.
3. (6 August 2025). "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary".
4. (13 February 2020). "Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities". Springer Nature.
5. (14 October 2016). "Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box". Taylor & Francis.
6. (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights".