This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1979.
Events 16 March - The American educational series for preschoolers Sesame Street begins airing for the first time on Scottish Television. 3 May - Television coverage of the 1979 general election. 10 July - Grampian Television drop their plans to record and broadcast the memorial service to be held in Buckie for the six crew members of a fishing boat lost in waters off Orkney, following a request from family members. 12 July - Garnock Way concludes after three years on air. It is axed to make way for Take the High Road, which would be shown across the ITV network. ITV had rejected Garnock Way because they wanted, in their words, "lots of Scotch Lochs and Hills". The new soap was a bigger budget affair and more in keeping with the 'tartan' perception of Scotland as it was deliberately set in a more beautiful part of Scotland.Historical detail : from an interview with Haldane Duncan, ex-director of Take the High Road. Retrieved on 16 March 2008. Unknown - BBC 1 Scotland airs Can Seo, a 20-part series teaching Scottish Gaelic. Can Seo means "Say This" in Gaelic. Unknown - Broadcast of the television film A Sense of Freedom about the Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle.
Debuts
BBC 13 June - The Omega Factor on BBC 1 (1979) Unknown - Can Seo on BBC 1 Scotland (1979)
ITV 16 March - Sesame Street on Scottish Television (1969–present) Unknown - A Sense of Freedom on Scottish Television (1981)
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)
Ending this year 15 August - The Omega Factor (1979) Unknown - Garnock Way (1976–1979)
Births 23 January - Dawn Porter, television presenter and writer 28 January - Ainslie Henderson, singer-songwriter 2 February - David Paisley, actor 21 April - James McAvoy, actor
Deaths 9 July - Roddy McMillan, 56, actor and playwright 24 July - Archie Duncan, 65, actor
See also 1979 in Scotland
References