7 January – BBC Scotland launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of Grandstand, the programme, called Afternoon Sportscene, runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart Final Score.
5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom.
March
15 March – BBC1 airs John's Not Mad,[citation needed] an edition of the QED documentary strand which shadowed John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, with severe Tourette syndrome. The film explores John's life in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all cope with a misunderstood condition.
6 August – After being a co-host on the show last season, Jim White takes on the main presenting role on Scotsport replacing the now-retired Arthur Montford.
1 September - The first ITV generic look is introduced.[4] All three regions adopt the look, but Scottish drops it in December.
October
No events.
November
No events.
December
December – The controversial Broadcasting Bill is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.[5]
