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''Scotland 2016'' is a news and current affairs programme from BBC Scotland News, presented by Sarah Smith and
Jonathan Sutherland Jonathan Sutherland (born 1977) is a Scotland, Scottish television presenter, television and radio presenter and producer, currently the main presenter of BBC Scotland's Sunday night ''Sportscene'' on BBC One Scotland. He occasionally hosts the ...
. Starting 28 May 2014, it was called ''Scotland 2014'' before being renamed to reflect the year. It replaced ''
Newsnight Scotland ''Newsnight Scotland'' is a current affairs television programme, broadcast by BBC Scotland from BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow as an opt out of the main London-based ''Newsnight'' programme. It was broadcast at 11pm from Mondays to Thursdays, re ...
'' as BBC Scotland's flagship political programme. The half-hour programme aired from 10.30pm Monday to Thursday, opposite STV's ''
Scotland Tonight ''Scotland Tonight'' is a Scottish news and current affairs programme, covering the two STV franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by STV News. The programme is presented by ''STV News at Six'' Central anchor John MacKay on ...
'', with ''
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' is the BBC's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. It is broadcast weeknights at 10:30 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel; it is also avail ...
'' being broadcast in Scotland at 11pm.


History

''Scotland 2014'' was announced in February 2014, part of a major shake-up in BBC Scotland News and current affairs programme in the run up to the 2014
Scottish independence referendum A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No". The "No" side won ...
. It was initially scheduled to run until October of that year. The
BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
stated the series "will demonstrate how Scotland impacts on national and global events and how national and global events impact on Scotland." Presenter Sarah Smith relocated to Scotland from London. In mid-2016 it was thought that the average audience was around 35,000. On 21 June 2016 the BBC announced that the show was being discontinued. After its summer break the series returned on 22 August 2016 albeit only being broadcast three nights a week. In January 2017, the BBC announced its replacement called "Timeline" broadcasting once a week.


See also

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BBC Scotland BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. BBC Scotla ...
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BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...


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Scotland 2015
on BBC website
Scotland 2014
on BBC website {{BBC Local TV 2014 Scottish television series debuts 2016 Scottish television series endings BBC Regional News shows BBC Scotland television shows Scottish television news shows