Scottish Television start-up sequence (1977)

[somehopes26]

thank you for posting this! Wonderful uplifting celtic music!

[gibsosgerbil]

Scottish Television first started In 1957.

First Came The Independent Television Authority Untill The Early 1970's.

Later Came The Independent Broadcasting Authority.

Scottish Television Changed To 24 Hour TV In 1988 

[allanscot1]

God this takes me back - Saturday mornings, waiting for kids tv to start and lsitening to this wondeful music. Would bring a tear to a glass eye. Not heard this for years. Brilliant!

[gibsosgerbil]

That Music Was Used During Cartoon Shorts from 1932-1943.

The Theme Music was called "Scotlandia."

[RadioSix]

Eezlewax's remark about middle 'England' reminds me of the opening night of Radio Clyde. After I'd hosted the very first programme (on Hogmanay from 10.30pm - 2am), I was the only person in the building who could operate the switchboard, and so I was stuck there until dawn! Round about 3am some guy rings and says "Who was the English b***ar* who presented the first programme?" My reply? "That was me. I'm 100% Scottish and I know who my parents are. Happy New Year!" - TONY CURRIE

[JHollowayNetwork]

@davba2 You're right it was 1957, but They Began using The IBA Slide in 1972.

[ScaryFishGuy]

ohhhhhh I remember this intro I loved that when I was a kid lol Thanks for posting

[ScaryFishGuy]

Thankyou !!!!! I thought I was going insane with memories of this startup lol

[JHollowayNetwork]

They began using it in 1972.

[davba2]

@JHollowayNetwork No, they began using it in 1957.

[baldyman1966]

memories of this coming on while my Grans telly warmed up and ma Granda stocked and kindled the fire in those cold Shotts winter mornings!!!

[cyclewithpride]

I love this. It's so uplifting. Where can I get this offline?

[sinister066]

well, thats just made a happy man feel very old..lol.

[Feisty1967]

Very stirring music, thanks for posting.

[tommyshona]

Ahh, the memories!! Music "Scotlandia" played by The Geraldo Orchestra with the statutary authority announcement by Tony Currie.

[Cool2BCeltic]

I remember this before the start of schools programmes at Castlehill Primary School in Bearsden in the 1970s, a very dysfunctional primary school full of spoiled rowdy self-centred kids and a school where teachers could inflict their weird religious beliefs on kids who came from non-religious homes. I can remember one of the slightly more rational teachers telling us the titles of the tunes, saying "That's Charlie is my darling" and "That's 100 Pipers"

[alcamus1973]

@Cool2BCeltic bearsden, very pan loaffy! ;-0

[Cool2BCeltic]

@alcamus1973 Yes, and the sensible people in Bearsden send their children to private schools in Glasgow and avoid the state schools.

[fremsley001]

Carpets cost less at DCS.

[pvtiron]

anyone know what the music is called?

[hostroute]

Was 405 line TV actually transmitted from Blackhill? I remember being in the Kirk 'o Shotts building in the 80's and being shown the old 405 line transmitters that had never been taken out.

[martybhoy72]

I remember this well. At the time didn't know what all the details meant. I was just waiting for the smurfs to come on.

[strontiumdog19]

It seems strange now that on a start up, all the regions transmitter information would always feature.

Grandad with his pipe would of course, know where all of them were etc...

Back in the days when the sun always shone!!

[disremembrance]

Ah, you'd *never* hear RP announcers on STV today...

[MoleinaHole]

God if I was Scottish this would either reduce me to tears OR make me want to invade England! ;-) IT'S BRILLIANT! I wish ITV would bring back the regions - these start ups have real excitement and occasion about them!

[alcamus1973]

I have been trying to remember this sequence for years, i loved it, and yes, i cried and cried when i heard it again. memories of sunday mornings of all that was on was language programmes and 'on the move' with a young bob hoskins i believe.

[623058]

did you know that in 1985, there was a new start up music for the new package of ideats but it was never used!

[poix1970]

tremendous, takes me back to saturday mornings waiting for Tiswas coming on ;o)

[mcgazz]

Me too - tremendous stuff :)

[huggy176]

ffs i remember this when i was a kid lol. so many years ago

[celtostara]

OMG! What a blast! We used to sing My Aunty Mary Had a Canary along to the very last tune!

[keninblack]

That brings back memories.  Sky EPG music has a lot to learn.

[sidarris]

Been looking for this for ages! There was one before this, same music but came up with the lion logo at the crescendo at the end. My dad was a service engineer before me, I spent many a happy time in the workshop with the smell of solder in the air and tescards all around! Thanks for posting cw. :)

[Petesy68]

Ah the memories!

Thanks for posting this video.

[kainer2]

Fantastic opening song

[SuperSaintGaz]

A hundred pipers or more or more

A hundred pipers or more or more

we''l up and gee them a blow a blow

wee a hundred pipers or more!

[eezlewax2]

OMG I remember this on a saturday morning before the smurfs came on lmao

Bizarre the announcer almost sounds pathe news lol very middle england;P

[rcallan]

It is the egend that is Tony Currie. Still working freelance for the BBC.

[martybhoy72]

@eezlewax2 Remember this too before the smurfs came on. Back when tv was great