''Current Account'' is a British current affairs television programme that was broadcast from 1968 until May 1983. on

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in Scotland. Among its various presenters were

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and Kenneth Roy. Transmitted weekly on a Thursday at 20:30 it consisted of a one subject filmed or one studio report. Its editor was Matthew Spicer. During the run-up to the

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it had a sister programme dealing only with politics called '' Public Account''.Alastair Hetherington. ''Inside BBC Scotland'', p. 48 (Whitewater Press).

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* BBC television news shows BBC Scotland television shows {{BBC-tv-prog-stub