1996 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1996.
Events
June
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