1996 in Scottish television

Events

June

• Scottish launches a new political programme, called Platform.

July

• Scottish Television acquires Caledonian Publishing, publishers of The Herald and Glasgow Evening Times.

October

• 6 October – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents

November

• 1 November – Launch of the satellite television channel Sky Scottish.
• 22 November – After nearly four year on air, Scottish Gaelic learners' television programmeSpeaking our Language ends after 72 episodes.

Television series

• Scotsport
• Reporting Scotland
• Top Club
• Scotland Today
• Sportscene
• The Beechgrove Garden
• Grampian Today
• High Road
• Taggart
• Crossfire
• Wheel of Fortune
• Fun House
• Win, Lose or Draw
• Hurricanes
• Machair
• Telefios
• Only an Excuse?
• ''Hamish Macbeth''

Ending this year

• 18 September - Wolf It
• 22 November - Speaking our Language
• 20 December - ''Doctor Finlay''

Deaths

• 30 October – John Young, 80, actor