1982 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1982.

Events

• 14 March – 30th anniversary of BBC 1 Scotland.
• 2 April – The Falklands War begins as Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.^[1]
• 26 April – "The Satellite Channel" is launched. In 1984 it is renamed Sky Channel after it is purchased by Rupert Murdoch and in 1989 it becomes known as Sky One. Today it is named Sky1.^[2]
• 14 June – The Falklands War ends after Argentina surrenders.^[1]
• 31 August – 25th anniversary of Scottish Television.
• 2 November – Channel 4 starts broadcasting in the UK at 4:45pm.^[3] The first programme shown is the game show Countdown, which, barring the news, is the only programme from the launch night that is still running today. The first ever episode of Brookside is broadcast. The program can be seen on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8:00pm.
• December – ITV conducts a national 3D television experiment, with red/blue glasses allowing colour 3D to be shown for the first time. The programme, an episode of the weekly science magazine The Real World (produced by TVS) is shown on a weekday evening, and repeated that weekend on Sunday afternoon, followed by a rare screening of the Western Fort Ti starring George Montgomery and Joan Vohs.
• Unknown – Scottish image processing expert Donald F. McLean discovers and starts the restoration of the surviving ^[4] Phonovision recordings, the world's earliest known recordings of television made by John Logie Baird who recorded a mechanical television signal on phonograph records in 1927-28.

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)
• Now You See It (1981–1986)

Births

• 10 February – Darren McMullen, television presenter
• May – Shantha Roberts, television presenter
• Unknown – Sally Reid, actress

References

1. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-102715-9.
2. Beaumont, Ian. "Sky One". Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
3. "25 facts from Channel 4's 25 years". BBC News. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
4. McLean, D. F. (1983). Television's First Gags by Stookie Bill. New Scientist 20 Oct 1983.