1990 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1990.

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Events

• 10 May – The Broadcasting Bill receives its third reading in the House of Commons and is passed with 259 votes to 180.[1]
• 20 June – Archie MacPherson commentates his last football match for BBC Scotland with the Scotland v Brazil World Cup match in Italy which Brazil won 1-0 leaving Scotland eliminated from the finals. He was later replaced by Jock Brown as main commentator who had commentated the same match on STV when Sportscene returned on 25 August. Brown was replaced by Gerry McNee for Scotsport which was shown the following day.
• 15 October – BBC1 launches a new weekday morning service called Daytime UK.[2] Linked live from Birmingham and running for four hours, from 8.50am until lunchtime, the new service includes hourly Scottish news summaries, broadcast after the on-the-hour network news bulletins.
• November – The Broadcasting Act 1990 receives Royal Assent. The Act paves the way for the deregulation of the British commercial broadcasting industry, and will have many consequences for the ITV system.[3][4]
• Unknown – Scottish Television introduces a supplementary ident adding to the ITV generic logo. It features several circles rolling in over the thistle and falling over as one to reveal the name Scottish Television.

Debuts

BBC2

• 18 September – Over the Moon with Mr Boon (1990–1996)

ITV

• 20 January – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• Public Account (1976–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Take the High Road (1980–2003)
• Taggart (1983–present)
• James the Cat (1984–1992)
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• City Lights (1984–1991)
• Naked Video (1986–1991)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Fun House (1989–1999)

Ending this year

• September – The Campbells (1986–1990)

See also

• 1990 in Scotland

References

1. "Broadcasting Bill". Hansard. 10 May 1990. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
2. "BBC One London – 15 October 1990 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
3. Dugdale, John (20 November 2000). "Broadcasting Act, 1990". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
4. "The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.