1987 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1987.

Events

• 3 March – Debut of the BBC Scotland drama Tutti Frutti.
• 11 – 12 June – Coverage of the results of the 1987 general election are broadcast both on BBC1 and ITV.
• 31 August – 30th anniversary of Scottish Television.
• 14 September – After 30 years on ITV, the schools service ITV Schools moves to Channel 4 allowing ITV to concentrate on building a fully commercial daytime schedule.

Debuts

BBC

• 3 March – Tutti Frutti (1987)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• Public Account (1976–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Take the High Road (1980–2003)
• Taggart (1983–present)
• James the Cat (1984–1992)
• Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
• City Lights (1985–1991)
• The Campbells (1986–1990)
• Naked Video (1986–1991)

Ending this year

• 7 April – Tutti Frutti (1987)

Births

• 8 August – Katie Leung, actress

Deaths

• 4 February – Fyfe Robertson, 84, television journalist
• 6 June – Fulton Mackay, actor (Porridge)
• Unknown – Finlay J. MacDonald, 61, radio and television presenter