1996 in Scottish television

Events

June

• Scottish launches a new political programme, called Platform.

July

• Scottish Television acquires Caledonian Publishing, publishers of The Herald and Glasgow Evening Times.

October

• 6 October – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents

November

• 1 November – Launch of the satellite television channel Sky Scottish.
• 22 November – After nearly four year on air, Scottish Gaelic learners' television programmeSpeaking our Language ends after 72 episodes.

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)
• High Road (1980–2003)
• Taggart (1983–2010)
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Fun House (1989–1999)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Hurricanes (1993–1997)
• Machair (1993–1999)
• Telefios (1993–2000)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)
• Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)

Ending this year

• 18 September - Wolf It (1993–1996)
• 22 November - Speaking our Language (1993–1996)
• 20 December - Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)

Deaths

• 30 October – John Young, 80, actor (Take The High Road)

References

References

1. "Platform (TV series)". BFI.org.uk.
2. "Ident Central - Scottish Television 1996-2000".
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4. (6 August 2025). "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary".
5. (13 February 2020). "Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities". Springer Nature.
6. (14 October 2016). "Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box". Taylor & Francis.
7. (9 March 2016). "Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses". Routledge.
8. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?".