1974 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1974.

• No events.

• 28 February – Television coverage of the February general election.

• No events.

• 20 April – Tenth anniversary of BBC Two Scotland.

• No events.

• 24 June – BBC One Scotland broadcasts summer holiday children's programming opt out schedules for the first time.^[1] The summer holiday children's schedule (seen across the BBC network for the final three weeks between mid-late August) is time-shifted to air throughout the first three weeks of the holidays to viewers in Scotland due to school holiday differences across the UK.

• No events.

• No events.

• 23 September – Ceefax teletext transmissions begin.^[2]

• 10 October – Television coverage of the October general election.

• No events.

• 12 December – Official opening of STV's new studios by Princess Alexandra.^[3] The original home of STV, the Theatre Royal, are sold to Scottish Opera for conversion as Scotland’s first opera house.^[4]

• Scotsport (1957–2008)^[5]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)

• 15 January - Edith Bowman, music critic, radio and television presenter
• 30 October - Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress (died 2012)
• Unknown - Nick Ede, television presenter

• 29 May - James MacTaggart, 46, television producer

• 1974 in Scotland