BBC - Scotland - The Wireless to the Web


	BBC Scotland's first live children's television show launched in 1982 and you can watch an early excerpt of 'Tiger' Tim and the gang below. John Byrne's Tutti Frutti was the biggest hit of the 1980s and launched the careers of Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson and Richard Wilson. BBC Scotland opened its subtitling unit, The Boy David, part of The Visit, won a New York Film and Television Festival Award and we broadcast for five months from the Glasgow Garden Festival site in 1988. More of our programming highlights are featured below.

		The Untied Shoelaces Show Classic children's entertainment from 'Tiger' Tim Stevens.

		On The West Highland Way Jimmie took our cameras with him from Milngavie to Fort William.

		First Class School teams competed to win a BBC computer in 1984!

		The Pope In Scotland Pope John Paul II in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1982.

		Dotaman Fun Gaelic language television for children.

		FSD A vintage clip of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie in 1986.

		Down Where The Buffalo Go Harvey Keitel starred in a gritty BBC Scotland drama.

		Naked Video & Rab C Watch clips from Naked Video and its spin-off, Rab C. Nesbitt.

		Good Morning Scotland Radio Scotland's show was televised in 1980 - the first breakfast TV!

		European Cup Winners 1983 Aberdeen's triumphant return from Gothenburg.

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