2025 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events taking place in 2025 relating to Scottish television.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – Seeing in the New Year: BBC Scotland's Hogmanay will be hosted by Amy Irons and Des Clarke and others, with most of the show pre-recorded.[1] STV's Bringing in the Bells will be hosted by Seán Batty, Laura Boyd, Jean Johansson, Grado and others.[2]
- 2 January – The very last edition of Sportscene Results is broadcast.[3]
- 6 January – Debut of BBC Scotland's new weeknight news bulletin, Reporting Scotland: News at Seven, presented by Laura Maciver and Amy Irons.[4]
- 9 January – On BBC One Scotland Sportscene Results' replacement begins. Called Open All Mics, the programme is an in-vision simulcasts of BBC Radio Scotland supplemented by on-screen graphics such as the vidiprinter, scores, statistics and match summaries.[5]
- 30 January – Sally Magnusson announces she will stand down as presenter of the BBC's Reporting Scotland in April, but will continue to work for the BBC on a freelance basis.[6]
February
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March
[edit]- 18 March – BBC Scotland announces its flagship soap, River City, will end in Autumn 2026 after 24 years on air.[7]
April
[edit]- 24 April – Stars of Scottish soap River City stage a protest against its cancellation outside the Scottish Parliament.[8]
- 30 April – Laura Goodwin is named as the new lead presenter of Reporting Scotland.[9]
May
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Debuts
[edit]Ongoing television programmes
[edit]1960s
[edit]- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
1970s
[edit]- Sportscene (1975–present)
- Landward (1976–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
1990s
[edit]- Eòrpa (1993–present)
2000s
[edit]- River City (2002–present)
- The Adventure Show (2005–present)
- An Là (2008–present)
- Trusadh (2008–present)
- STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present)
- STV News at Six (2009–present)
2010s
[edit]- Scotland Tonight (2011–present)
- Shetland (2013–present)
- Scot Squad (2014–present)
- Still Game (2016–present)
- Two Doors Down (2016–present)
- The Nine (2019–present)
- Debate Night (2019–present)
- A View from the Terrace (2019–present)
Deaths
[edit]- 18 February – James Martin, 93, Scottish actor (Still Game).[11]
- 13 April – Paddy Higson, 83, Scottish film and television producer (Taggart) and (Brond).[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dingwall, John (7 November 2024). "BBC Scotland's Hogmanay show hosts revealed - how to apply for tickets". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ Suresh, Sandhya (10 December 2024). "STV reveals star-studded line-up for 2024 Hogmanay show". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "BBC One Scotland > Sportscene Results". BBC. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "News at Seven: BBC Scotland launches new programme". BBC News. BBC. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "BBC Scotland makes change to football coverage with popular show axed". The National. 22 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Sally Magnusson to leave Reporting Scotland after 27 years". BBC News. BBC. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "BBC Scotland to scrap flagship drama River City". BBC News. BBC. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "River City stars protest soap's cancellation at Scottish Parliament". BBC News. BBC. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Laura Goodwin named as new Reporting Scotland presenter". BBC News. BBC. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "An t-Eilean (The Island) cast on the UK's first ever high-end Gaelic drama series - "there is such passion for the language and the culture reemerging"". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Tributes paid to Still Game's 'Eric' star following his death". The Herald. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (24 April 2025). "Paddy Higson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2025.