''Scotland Tonight'' is a Scottish news and current affairs programme, covering the two

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franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by

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. The programme is presented by ''STV News at Six'' Central anchor John MacKay on Mondays & Tuesdays and former Sky News Scotland correspondent Rona Dougall on Wednesdays & Thursday.

Details

The half-hour programme, which launched on Monday 24 October 2011, replacing the former STV weekly-political programme '' Politics Now''. ''Scotland Tonight'' airs at 22:40 on Monday – Wednesday nights following the late bulletin from

; the Thursday edition has aired in a prime-time 19:30 slot since January 2020. The programme features reports, interviews & analysis on the Scottish national news of the day alongside coverage of politics, business, sport and the arts & entertainment. In January 2022, it was announced that the Thursday edition would move one hour later to 20:30 from March 2022, due to other changes to STV's evening schedules. ''Scotland Tonight'' is broadcast across both STV regions (

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). The programme is broadcast from studio 1 at STV's Glasgow studios, sharing the studio with the West edition of ''STV News at Six''. Gordon Chree, Colin Mackay, Aasmah Mir, Halla Mohieddeen, Bernard Ponsonby,

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and

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have each presented on occasion.

Specials

* Rangers – The Downfall: 14 June 2012 * Independence Referendum: Edinburgh Agreement: 15 October 2012 * Referendum Debate: Nicola Sturgeon vs Michael Moore: 16 May 2013 * Referendum Debate: Nicola Sturgeon vs Anas Sarwar: 5 September 2013 * Referendum Debate: Nicola Sturgeon vs Alistair Carmichael: 27 November 2013 * Referendum Interactive Debate: 29 November 2013 *

2013 Glasgow helicopter crash On 29 November 2013, a police helicopter operated by Bond Air Services for Police Scotland crashed into The Clutha, a pub in central Glasgow, killing all three crew on board and seven patrons of the pub. Thirty-one more people in the pub were i ...

: 2 December 2013 * Referendum Debate: Nicola Sturgeon vs Johann Lamont: 25 February 2014 * Europe Special: 2 April 2014, live from Brussels. * Death of Margo MacDonald: Friday 4 April 2014 * Salmond & Darling: The Debate ''(reaction and analysis)'': Tuesday 5 August 2014 * UK 2015 general election ''(reaction and analysis)'': Friday 8 May 2015 * Europe Special: 25 June 2015, live from Brussels. * 5th Birthday Special: 24 October 2016. Special extend programmes are also held for any Scottish By-election, usually presented by Bernard Ponsonby.

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