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‘television’

EventDate
BBC officially rejects the Scottish Six 11th December
Comedian Billy Connolly is born 24th November
James Bond actor Sean Connery dies 31st October
Vet ‘James Herriot’ is born 3rd October
Grampian Television goes on air 30th September
First episode of River City broadcast 24th September
BBC Pacific Quay opens 20th September
BBC Alba takes to the air 19th September
Inspector Rebus retires… for a while 6th September
Taggart arrives on British screens
Border Television goes on the air 1st September
Scottish Television takes to the air 31st August
Television inventor John Logie Baird is born 13th August
Taggart actor Mark McManus dies 6th June
STV returns to Scottish airwaves 30th May
First episode of Rebus is shown on ITV 26th April
Rebus actor John Hannah is born 23rd April
Actor David Tennant is born 18th April
BBC Scotland is launched 24th February
Lord Reith leads the newly public BBC 1st January
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17 October

Ben Nevis observatory is established

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Scottish Parliament building hosts its first debate

25 January

Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire

31 March

Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born

16 October

The Skye Bridge opens to traffic


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