1981 in Scottish television
# 1981 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1981.

## Events

### January to June

* No events.

### July

* 29 July – The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30,000,000 viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain.

### August

* No events.

### September

* 1 September - 20th anniversary of Border Television.
* 8 September - BBC One Scotland changes its name to BBC Scotland.
* 30 September - 20th anniversary of Grampian Television.

### October

* October - Scottish Television becomes the first ITV station to operate a regional Oracle teletext service, containing over 60 pages of local news, sport and information.
* 17 October - The first edition of a new Sunday lunchtime current affairs series Agenda is broadcast on BBC1 Scotland.

### November

* No events.

### December

* No events.

### Unknown

* Scottish Television airs The Shepherds of Berneray, a 50-minute television documentary revolving around the people on the island of Berneray, North Uist, and how they lived at that time.
* Alistair Moffat is appointed Head of Arts at Scottish Television.

## Debuts

### ITV

* 5 January - Now You See It (1981–1986)

## 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)

## Births

* 10 March - Nicci Jolly, television presenter
* Unknown
   * Shabana Akhtar, actress
   * Cat Cubie, weather presenter
   * Shauna Macdonald, actress
   * Catriona Shearer, news presenter

## Deaths

* 6 January - A. J. Cronin, 84, writer (Doctor Finlay's Casebook)
