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Scottish television Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the ...

from 2019.

Events

January

*No events.

February

*12 February – Details of

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...

's flagship news programme, '' The Nine'', are released. The 60-minute programme will air daily from 9.00pm, and has a fifteen strong team of presenters and reporters. It will be anchored by

Rebecca Curran Rebecca Curran is a Scottish journalist and presenter. , she co-hosted the daily news programme '' The Nine'' on BBC Scotland. She began her career at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, ...

and

Martin Geissler Martin Geissler (born 1971) is a Scottish news reader, broadcast journalist and correspondent for BBC Scotland News. Career Geissler joined the Scottish bureau of the then-recently launched Sky News in 1991. Later he joined Grampian Televisio ...

. *17 February – BBC Two Scotland closes in preparation for the launch of the

channel. Viewers in Scotland can still watch the national version of

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

, with regional content aired by BBC Two Scotland being transferred to the new channel. *24 February – At 7pm, the

channel launches. Overnight figures indicate it to have had a peak viewership of 700,000, with five of the top ten programmes seen in Scotland being aired by BBC Scotland. *25 February – BBC Scotland launches its weekday flagship news programme '' The Nine''. *27 February – Launch of ''

Debate Night Debate Night is BBC Scotland's flagship current affairs debate show, hosted by Stephen Jardine, which airs on Wednesdays nights. History Stephen Jardine was named as the host on 15 February 2019 ahead of the launch of the new BBC Scotland chan ...

'', BBC Scotland's weekly political debate show.

March

*No events.

April

*11 April –

Jackie Bird Jacqueline Bird (née Macpherson, born 31 July 1962) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster, best known as a former anchor of the BBC Scotland national news programme ''Reporting Scotland''. Early life Jacqueline Macpherson was born on 31 J ...

presents her final bulletin for '' Reporting Scotland'', after thirty years of appearing on the programme.

May to October

*No events.

November

*26 November – Details of three BBC Scotland comedy programmes for 2020, are released. Three 30 minute shows were commissioned: The ''Scotts'', ''Group'' and the ''Daly Grind''.

December

*No events.

Debuts

BBC

*25 February – '' The Nine'' on

*27 February – ''

'' on BBC Scotland *1 March – '' A View from the Terrace'' on BBC Scotland *26 March – ''Rogue to Wrestler'' on BBC Scotland *7 August – ''Jamie Genevieve: A Year in the Life'' on BBC Scotland *10 November – ''The Big Scottish Book Club'' on BBC Scotland

Television series

*'' Reporting Scotland'' (1968–1983; 1984–present) *''

Sportscene ''Sportscene'' is the name of a range of Scottish sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland. History ''Sportscenes predecessors were ''Sports Special from Scotland'' and ''Sportsreel'', which was broadcast every Saturday at around 5 ...

'' (1975–present) *''

Landward ''Landward'' is a long-running Scottish television programme focusing on agricultural and rural issues, produced and broadcast by BBC Scotland. Overview BBC Scotland had first produced its own farming programme, ''Farm Forum'', in 1965. This w ...

'' (1976–present) *''

The Beechgrove Garden ''Beechgrove'' (formerly known as ''The Beechgrove Garden'') is a television programme broadcast since 1978 on BBC Scotland. Over the years it has been broadcast on BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and Britbox. History ''Beechgro ...

'' (1978–present) *''

Eòrpa ' (Scottish Gaelic for ''Europe'') is long-running current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Alba. The series has been running since 1993 and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues ...

'' (1993–present) *'' Only an Excuse?'' (1993–2020) *'' River City'' (2002–present) *'' The Adventure Show'' (2005–present) *''

Daybreak Scotland ''Daybreak Scotland'' (previously ''GMTV Scotland'') was the regional news broadcaster for the two ITV regions in northern and central Scotland, provided for the ITV breakfast station ITV Breakfast. The bulletins were produced for '' Daybreak'' ...

'' (2007–present) *''

An Là ''An Là'' (''The Day'') is a Scottish Gaelic-language news programme broadcast on the Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba. The programme, based at BBC Alba's newsroom in Inverness, began at 8pm on 22 September 2008 and provides a 30-minute bul ...

'' (2008–present) *'' Trusadh'' (2008–present) *''

STV Rugby ''STV Rugby'' is a Scottish regional television programme featuring highlights of Pro12 rugby matches involving Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors. The programme, produced by the STV News department in Glasgow, was first broadcast in the 2009/ ...

'' (2009–2010; 2011–present) *''

STV News at Six ''STV News'' is a Scottish news service produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow, ...

'' (2009–present) *'' The Nightshift'' (2010–present) *'' Scotland Tonight'' (2011–present) *''

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

'' (2013–present) *'' Scot Squad'' (2014–present) *'' Two Doors Down'' (2016–present) *''

Molly and Mack ''Molly and Mack'' is a British children's television series that began airing on CBeebies in 2018. It ran for five seasons. The show airs on ABC Kids in Australia. Premise The show centres around an 11-year-old girl named Molly (played by Mi ...

'' (2018–2022)

Ending this year

*''

Still Game ''Still Game'' is a Scottish sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis, Esq and Victor McDade, two Glaswegian pensioners. The characte ...

'' (2002–2007; 2016–2019)

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