Scottish television Scottish television BBC Reporting Scotland is BBC Scotland's national television news service for Scotland. The programme first went on air in 1968, with three main presenters, with the most famous being Mary Marquis. ...more on Wikipedia about "BBC Reporting Scotland"
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland is a television series, being the first of Billy's "world tours". It involved him touring around Scotland, visiting cities and towns, and performing live on stage to audiences. However, this, like all his other tours, involved more than just shows. He visited numerous places of historic and scenic value. ...more on Wikipedia about "Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland"
Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland, and also the Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. Based in Carlisle, England, Border TV has been broadcasting since 1 September, 1961, and has had the complex task of serving three very different regions, particularly given the political differences between England and Scotland, and the fact that the Isle of Man is not even part of the United Kingdom. However, this has been remedied somewhat by the introduction of separate news bulletins for England and Scotland. Border Television is now owned by ITV plc. There is currently some controversy on the Isle of Man regarding lack of coverage, particularly of Tynwald. ...more on Wikipedia about "Border Television"
Chewin' the Fat is a comedy series set in Scotland, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chewin' the Fat"
Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North of Scotland, based in Aberdeen. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife. It has been in operation since 30 September 1961. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grampian Television"
Monarch of the Glen is a British television drama, produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and transmitted on the BBC One network in the UK. The series premiered in 2000, and its seventh and final series was broadcast from September 2005 until October 2005. Transmitted on Sunday evenings, each episode is one hour long. The first two seasons comprised eight episodes each, season three eleven episodes, seasons four and five ten episodes each, plus a special Hogmanay edition transmitted after the end of the fifth season, season six was ten episodes long and the final season contained six episodes, making sixty-four episodes in total. The series is also shown abroad, running successfully on BBC America and on various PBS affiliates in the United States, ABC in Australia, and several mainland European broadcasters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Monarch of the Glen"
River City is a Scottish soap opera on BBC1 Scotland set in the fictional Glasgow burgh of Sheildinch. ...more on Wikipedia about "River City (television series)"
Scotsport is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest running sports television programme. The program is still broadcast by Scottish Television on the ITV network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scotsport"
Scottish Television is Scotland's largest independent television franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August, 1957. The studios are currently located on Renfield Street in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, but will soon be moved to new studios in Pacific Quay, alongside BBC Scotland and the Glasgow Science Centre. The channel is now owned by the Scottish Media Group (SMG), which also owns Scotland's other independent television station, Grampian, based in Aberdeen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scottish Television"
Sea of Souls is a British television drama series, based around the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, in association with Sony Pictures Television International, the series debuted on BBC One in the UK in February 2004. A second series was shown from January 2005, with a third following in 2006. The programme was created by writer David Kane, who also wrote the entire first series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sea of Souls"
Sky Scottish was a short lived satellite television channel operating on the analogue Sky TV service between 1 November 1996 and 31 May 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sky Scottish"
(Tele-G) TeleG was established as the first daily digital Gaelic TV channel in Scotland on 31st October 1999. It is currently only available on the Freeview platform. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tele-G"
Television in Scotland mostly consists of British output, with regional variations. Though there have been calls for such, Scotland still has no television channel of its own. In particular, there have been claims that British television news does not cater to Scottish needs; Dr Douglas MacMillan, of the geography and environment department at Aberdeen University says he has found that Scottish news was "peripheral" compared with English stories. His six-month study into the BBC showed 34% of all news focused on England while just 2% was dedicated to Scotland, despite having 10% of the population ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Television in Scotland"
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