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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.
• 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.
• 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

1. ^ "Garnock Way". STV Player. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2. "TV - the history of Scottish soaps".
3. Duncan, Haldane. "Part 04: The Glendhu Factor". Transdiffusion.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
4. Historical detail Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine: from an interview with Haldane Duncan, ex-director of Take the High Road. Retrieved on 16 March 2008.
5. McDevitt, Ronnie (2012). Except for Viewers in Scotland: The Story of Scottish Football on Television. Andrews UK Limited. p. 195. ISBN 9781909143616.
6. "Archie Duncan". BFI. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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