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{{Year nav topic5|1989|Scottish television}}This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1989. EventsJanuary- January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents.[1]
February- 5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom.
March- 15 March – BBC1 airs John's Not Mad,[2] an edition of the QED documentary strand which shadowed John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, with severe Tourette syndrome. The film explores John's life in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all cope with a misunderstood condition.
April- 20 April – John Leslie becomes the first Scottish presenter of Blue Peter.[3]
MayJuneJulyAugust- August – BBC Scotland launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of Grandstand, the programme, called Afternoon Sportscene, runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart Final Score.
- 25 August – Rupert Murdoch delivers the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in which he launches an attack on the narrow elitism within the British television industry.[4]
September- 1 September - The first ITV generic look is introduced.[5] Border and Grampian adopt the look but Scottish does not.
OctoberNovemberDecember- December – The controversial Broadcasting Bill is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.[6]
DebutsBBC- Unknown - The Singing Kettle (1989-1993)
ITV- 11 February - {{flagicon|AUS}} Home and Away (1988-present)
- 24 February - Fun House (1989–1999)
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 (1985–1991)
- The Campbells (1986–1990)
- Naked Video (1986–1991)
- Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
Births- Unknown - Jordan Smith, actor
Deaths- 17 December - Edward Boyd, 73, radio and television writer
See alsoReferences1. ^[https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/scottish-television/scottish-television-1989-1992/ Ident Central - Scottish Television 1989-1992] 2. ^{{imdb title|1355110|John's Not Mad}} 3. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/leslie.shtml|title= I Love Blue Peter – John Leslie|publisher= BBC Online|accessdate= 9 May 2009}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html |title=Rupert predicted the future but will James be such a visionary? |publisher=The Independent |first=Simon |last=Shaps |date=24 August 2009 |accessdate=28 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5jXPIejbv?url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rupert-predicted-the-future-but-will-james-be-such-a-visionary-1776392.html |archivedate=4 September 2009 |deadurl=no |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvPPGDY6PQ |title=Scottish Television ITV Corporate Ident 1989 Announcer Brian Ford |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=28 April 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html |title=The Broadcasting Acts of 1990 and 1996 |publisher=Ofcom |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5gcvC8hn6?url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html |archivedate=8 May 2009 |deadurl=no |accessdate=28 April 2012 |df= }}
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