1976 in Scottish television

Events

• 1 April – Debut of the Scottish soap Garnock Way, a short-lived soap that was made for ITV.
• 3 April – The first edition of BBC Scotland's rural affairs series Landward is broadcast. It was shown on Sunday lunchtimes as an opt-out, as the rest of the UK received Farming, and from 1988 Countryfile.
• 12 May – Transmission of the 1976 European Cup Final from Hampden Park, the biggest sporting outside-broadcast ever undertaken by an ITV company.

Debuts

BBC

• 3 April – Landward
• Unknown – ''Public Account''

ITV

• 1 April – ''Garnock Way''

Television series

• Scotsport
• Reporting Scotland
• Top Club
• Scotland Today
• ''Sportscene''

Ending this year

• 31 August – ''Sutherland's Law''

Births

• 21 January – Kirsty Gallacher, television presenter
• 12 February – Jenni Falconer, television presenter
• November – Bryan Kirkwood, television producer
• Unknown – Polly Frame, actress

Deaths

• 11 February – Charlie Naughton, 89, comedian