1980 in Scottish television

Events

January

• 7 January - Grampian Today is relaunched as North Tonight, as part of an effort to reflect northern Scotland as a whole. 1980 also sees Grampian introduces weekday lunchtime and closedown news bulletins, called North News and North Headlines respectively.

February

• 19 February - Debut of the Scottish Television's soap Take the High Road.

December

• 1 December – BBC Scotland carries out a one-week experiment in breakfast television. It is a simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland's breakfast show Good Morning Scotland.
• 28 December – The IBA announces the results of the 1980 franchise round, revealing that all three of Scotland's ITV broadcasters have retained their franchises.

Unknown

• Future British Prime Minister Gordon Brown becomes a journalist with Scottish Television.

Debuts

ITV

• 7 January - Grampian Today
• 19 February - ''Take the High Road''

Television series

• Scotsport
• Reporting Scotland
• Top Club
• Scotland Today
• Sportscene
• ''The Beechgrove Garden''

Births

• 8 May - Michelle McManus, singer-songwriter, actress, radio and television presenter
• 2 August - Kate Heavenor, Children's television presenter
• 21 November - Lisa McAllister, model and actress
• Unknown - Bryan Swanson, television reporter

Deaths

• 9 February - Renée Houston, 77, comedy actor
• 12 February - Moultrie Kelsall, 78, actor