Grampian Television Compilations

Punching above its weight? These snapshots from Scottish channel Grampian Television showcase a 'wee' TV channel with big ideas!
2003, and Grampian Television leaves Queen's Cross Studio, Aberdeen. Over 2,500 film cans and nearly 2,000 videotapes were saved by Scotland's moving image archive as the doors closed. The National Library preserves mostly news, current affairs and documentary recording a Scotland from Shetland to Tayside that was also part of Britain and Europe. Steeped in Scottish culture and tradition, Grampian always looked outwards, embracing the changes of the era. (Indeed, the channel was first known as 'North of Scotland TV' before a swift name change to Grampian TV!) Grampian TV's willingness to invest in and adopt new broadcasting technologies made it an industry pioneer. It was the first ITV station to use 'electronic news gathering' (an advance which enabled the use of portable video equipment to make reports from outside the studios), and the first regional station to have its own outside broadcast unit. Making use of this technology, journalist Selina Scott made the first video report from an oil rig in 1979. It's award-winning news programmes, network documentaries and entertainment shows won Grampian the highest ratings approval of any company in the ITV network. So dinna fash, switch over to GTV and have look at some videos now!
21 items in this collection

The Arts, Rehearsal to Performance

Piper Alpha Public Inquiry

Interviews with 100 Scottish Personalities

Timex Industrial Dispute, Dundee

Scottish National Party Conference

Flooding and Snow

European Commission

Fishing to Berneray Ferry

News Reporting from Dounreay to Tony Blair

Politics to Kylie Minogue

Skye Bridge Construction and the Hebrides

Braer Oil Disaster

Gordon Highlanders to Agriculture

Labour and Tory Party Conferences

Western Isles Council Scandal

General Election Coverage

Cormorant Alpha Explosion Inquiry

Royalty to Rod Stewart

Runrig to Robbie Coltrane

Grampian TV: Castle Robberies to Dundee United 

Interviews, Alex Salmond to Jethro Tull