ENGLISH | DORIC
In this interesting article from the Fraserburgh Herald and Norther Counties Advertiser, published on October 16 1956 and written by Herald commentator ‘The Ferret’, discusses the issues surrounding television in Scotland at the time.
The text reads:
“It is time the big brass of B.B.C. television realised that there is such a place as Scotland and that events happen here as well as in England.
In Saturday night’s sports view, a short time is devoted to commentary on Scottish football, which is equally important as English football.
Another “neglect” was the Fraser-Ramsay wedding. The B.B.C. television department stated that they couldn’t get the film to London in time to show it on television news. It may be of interest to the B.B.C. to know that many people in Scotland, and particularly in the North where television is just getting a grip, would have been more than delighted to have seen the film of the wedding on Saturday night. We would have thought that the B.B.C. would have been aware that the visit of the Queen Mother to the North-East was her first, and that the visit of H.M. Queen Ingrid was her first in Scotland.
We can assure the B.B.C. that the people of the North-East of Scotland are most disappointed in the lack of effort in this matter.
Many English features, of far less import than the Fraser-Ramsay wedding, have been shown on television screens in Scotland.
We can only hope that the B.B.C. television will awaken and become aware of the fact that Scotland is a place which exists and is a place chock full of historical interest and incidents.
We know B.B.C. television has its snags, but may we add a gentle reminder that the viewers in Scotland also pay a licence fee, the same as England.”