''Sport Nation'' is a magazine sports television programme produced by
BBC Sport Scotland. The first edition was broadcast on
BBC Two Scotland
BBC Two Scotland is a Scottish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Scotland as a variation of the BBC Two network. It was broadcast via digital television and was the sister Scottish channel of BBC One Scotland and Gaelic-l ...
in March 2009 as ''Sport Monthly'', but was relaunched as ''Sport Nation'' in 2011.
The programme is designed as a showcase for all levels of Scottish sport. Previous editions have also included interviews with some high-profile Scottish sportsmen and women in addition to popular and up-and-coming young sports stars. Features from each show are available to watch again on the show's website and the whole programme is available 7 days after transmission across the UK on the
BBC iPlayer
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.
Presenters
Current reporters include
Rhona McLeod
Rhona McLeod is a Scottish broadcaster.
McLeod is a former international athlete and was a member of the Scottish Athletics team for seven years
Athletics career
As an athlete, her preferred events included sprint hurdles and long jump and sh ...
,
John Beattie,
David Currie and
Katie Still.
See also
* ''
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 Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
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External links
''Sport Nation''at
BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and BBC Sport, Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, t ...
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''Sport Nation''on
Twitter
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BBC Scotland television shows
Sports television in Scotland
British sports television series
BBC Sport
2009 British television series debuts
2010s British television series
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