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Overview of the events of 1993 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in
Scottish television
from 1993.
Events
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January
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- 1 January ?
Scottish Television
launches a new set of idents
[1]
- 4 January ?
- Following the launch of GMTV, news bulletins from Scotland are seen on ITV at breakfast for the first time.
- Debut of
Telefios
, a
Scottish Gaelic
news programme produced by
Grampian Television
. It is broadcast on
STV
and Grampian daily with a lunchtime bulletin (1:10pm Grampian, 1:40pm Scottish), a teatime bulletin (6:25pm Grampian only) and a weekly review on Saturdays afternoons. Broadcast from the Aberdeen studios, they moved to Grampian's new
Stornoway
studios on 22 March.
- 5 January ? Scottish produces a new series of
Doctor Finlay
, last aired by the BBC in 1971.
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- January ?
Scottish Television
launches a thirty-minute lunchtime edition of
Scotland Today
, presented by
Angus Simpson
and
Kirsty Young
? the first time that a regional television station in Britain has produced a full-length lunchtime news programme.
- 9 January ?
Speaking our Language
launches on Scottish Television. The programme ran to 72 episodes and was designed to help people to learn
Scottish Gaelic
.
February
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March
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April
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- May ? The final edition of
Scotsport Results
is broadcast by Scottish, bringing to an end Scottish's Saturday teatime results show, having broadcast the programme for the past 29 seasons.
June
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- 2 June ? Marcus Plantin, ITV's network director, announces the termination of
Take the High Road
from September 1993, as 'ITV's statisticians believed English audiences have had enough'
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This results in public protest, as many believe that without ITV companies south of the border, the series had no chance.
[4]
The issue is raised in the
House of Commons
under an
early day motions
, and the
Daily Record
newspaper holds a protest as well.
[5]
By the end of June,
Scottish Television
decide to continue producing the series mainly for the Scottish market,
[6]
but within a month, nearly all the ITV companies reinstate it after viewers complain about the show being dropped in the first place.
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At this point the series was shown on the ITV network on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons except for Scottish, Grampian and Border which showed the series on peak time slots and episodes were at least months ahead from the other regions.
July
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August
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September
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- BBC Scotland launches a two-hour Thursday evening programming block in
Gaelic
on
BBC Two Scotland
. Content includes
De a nis
, Gaelic comedy, documentaries, music, and current affairs
Eorpa
.
- 7 September ?
Carlton
, Central,
Tyne Tees Television
and
Yorkshire Television
drop
Take the Hight Road
.
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All other ITV regions continue broadcast the soap, doing so after protests about the June decision to stop airing the soap outside of Scotland.
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October
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- 16 October ? Carlton resumes broadcasting
Take the High Road
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and
Central
did the same on 5 November 1993 after viewers complained about the show being dropped in the first place. However
Tyne Tees Television
and
Yorkshire Television
[11]
continue not to show the series, although the did reinstate it in 1996.
November
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December
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Unknown
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- After retaining its franchise unopposed on 16 October 1991, Scottish Television invests shares in various
ITV
companies and media firms, including a 25% stake in the newly launched breakfast strand
GMTV
.
Debuts
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Scottish Television Enterprises
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Television series
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Deaths
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See also
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References
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"Ident Central - Scottish television 1993-1996"
. Archived from
the original
on 26 October 2018
. Retrieved
26 October
2018
.
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"Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch"
.
The Scotsman
. 3 July 2004
. Retrieved
28 April
2012
.
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"ITV network cuts off the Scottish High Road"
.
Herald Scotland
. 3 June 1993
. Retrieved
29 April
2012
.
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Cusick, James (16 June 1993).
"Fans of doomed soap take high road to protest rally: Viewers are fighting to save a Scottish television series. James Cusick reports"
.
The Independent
. Independent Print Ltd.
Archived
from the original on 1 May 2022
. Retrieved
29 April
2012
.
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"FUTURE OF 'TAKE THE HIGH ROAD' SERIES (EDM2107)"
. Edms.org.uk
. Retrieved
29 April
2012
.
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"Scots will still take the High Road"
.
Herald Scotland
. 17 June 1993
. Retrieved
29 April
2012
.
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"Taking the high road all over Britain"
.
Herald Scotland
. 5 October 1993
. Retrieved
29 April
2012
.
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Published: Thursday 2 September 1993 Newspaper: The Stage Page: 25 "Television Review: Plenty to get your teeth into"
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NEWSPAPER: Aberdeen Press and Journal; P2 "Viewers Win fight for high road" Wednesday 6 October 1993
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Newspaper: The Stage, Thursday 14 October 1993, P20 "Snaps"
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"Taking the high road all over Britain"
.
The Herald
. 5 October 1993
. Retrieved
4 May
2012
.
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b
"Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?"
.
HeraldScotland
. Retrieved
4 November
2021
.
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Berberich, Christine; Campbell, Neil (9 March 2016).
Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses
. Routledge. p. 35.
ISBN
978-1-317-18472-0
.
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Brown, Ian (13 February 2020).
Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities
. Springer Nature. p. 194.
ISBN
978-3-030-39407-3
.
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McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016).
Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box
. Taylor & Francis. p. 27.
ISBN
978-1-317-16096-0
.