1995 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1995.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- No events.
February
[edit]- No events.
March
[edit]- 26 March – Debut of the detective series Hamish Macbeth.
April to July
[edit]- No events.
August
[edit]- 27 August – Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Michael Mansfield, QC, one of Britain's leading barristers calls for television cameras to be admitted into English courts to help demystify the legal process and restore public confidence in it.[1]
September
[edit]- No events.
October
[edit]- No events.
November
[edit]- No events.
December
[edit]- 28 December – Pilot episode of McCallum starring John Hannah. The programme is watched by over ten million viewers. It returns for a full series in 1997.[2]
Unknown
[edit]- Gus Macdonald is appointed chairman of Scottish Television, while Andrew Flanagan is appointed chief executive.[2]
Debuts
[edit]BBC
[edit]- 26 March – Hamish Macbeth (1995–1997)
- 4 May – Monty the Dog who wears glasses (1995)
ITV
[edit]- 13 April – The Baldy Man (1995–1998)
- 5 June – The Caribou Kitchen (1995–1998)
- 28 December – McCallum (1995–1998)
Television series
[edit]- Scotsport (1957–2008)[3]
- 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)[4]
- Taggart (1983–2010)[5]
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
- Fun House (1989–1999)
- Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
- Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
- Machair (1993–1999)[6]
- Speaking our Language (1993–1996)
- Wolf It (1993–1996)
- Hurricanes (1993–1997)
- Telefios (1993–2000)
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[7]
Ending this year
[edit]- 10 February – The High Life (1994–1995)
- 29 April – What's Up Doc? (1992–1995)
- Unknown – The Tales of Para Handy (1994–1995)
- Unknown – The Magic House (1994–1995)
Deaths
[edit]- 21 March – Robert Urquhart, 74, actor
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Williams, Rhys (28 August 1995). "Cameras in court 'will let justice be seen to be done'". The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
- ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
- ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.