This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1988.
Events January 19 January – Debut of the BBC Scotland television film Down Where the Buffalo Go.
February 13 February – Scottish Television (STV) begins 24-hour broadcasting.
July 19 July – Debut on ITV of the STV produced game show Wheel of Fortune.
September 2 September – Grampian and Border begin 24-hour transmission. Their overnight programming comes from Granada Television's Night Time service.
Autumn The BBC takes its first tentative steps into later closedowns – previously weekday programmes ended no later than 12:15am and weekend broadcasting had finished by 1:30am.
December 31 December – Transmission of Tony Roper's The Steamie, about life in a Glasgow wash-house during the 1950s, starring Dorothy Paul and Eileen McCallum.
Debuts
ITV 19 July – Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
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) Grampian Today (1980–2009) Take the High Road (1980–2003) Taggart (1983–2010) James the Cat (1984–1992) Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004) City Lights (1984–1991) The Campbells (1986–1990) Naked Video (1986–1991)
Births 27 January – Iain Stirling, comedian
See also 1988 in Scotland
References