1988 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1988.

January

 * 19 January – Debut of the BBC Scotland television film Down Where the Buffalo Go.

February

 * 13 February – Scottish Television (STV) begins 24-hour broadcasting.

March to June

 * No events.

July

 * 19 July – Debut on ITV of the STV produced game show Wheel of Fortune.

August

 * No events.

September

 * 2 September – Grampian and Border begin 24-hour transmission. Their overnight programming comes from Granada Television's Night Time service.

Autumn

 * The BBC takes its first tentative steps into later closedowns – previously weekday programmes ended no later than 12:15am and weekend broadcasting had finished by 1:30am.

October

 * No events.

November

 * No events.

December

 * 31 December – Transmission of Tony Roper's The Steamie, about life in a Glasgow wash-house during the 1950s, starring Dorothy Paul and Eileen McCallum.

ITV

 * 19 July – Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)

Television series

 * Scotsport (1957–2008)
 * Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
 * Top Club (1971–1998)
 * Scotland Today (1972–2009)
 * Sportscene (1975–present)
 * The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
 * Grampian Today (1980–2009)
 * Take the High Road (1980–2003)
 * Taggart (1983–2010)
 * James the Cat (1984–1992)
 * Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
 * City Lights (1984–1991)
 * The Campbells (1986–1990)
 * Naked Video (1986–1991)

Births

 * 27 January – Iain Stirling, comedian