This is a list of events taking place in 2021 relating to Scottish television.

Events

January

*1 January – '' Hogmanay Live'' with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers. *5 January – Up to sixteen traineeships on the '' Outlander'' programme are due to start leading to speculation that filming for the sixth season will commence in the same month., having been postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked about rumours that this would be the final season, executive producer Maril Davis stated that: "We are not aware that this is the last season. ... But we don't have any additional seasons picked up yet".

September

*9 September – Scottish Comedian

Janey Godley Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie, January 1961) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer from Glasgow. Early life Jane Godley is the youngest of four children born to Annie and Jim Currie. She was raised on Kenmore Street in S ...

is dropped from a Scottish Government health campaign urging people to wear face coverings and take lateral flow tests after historic tweets were published in which she made derogatory comments about a number of black performers.

Debuts

BBC

The Sunday Show

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

*'' Reporting Scotland'' (1968–1983; 1984–present)

1970s

*'' Sportscene'' (1975–present) *''

Landward ''Landward'' is a long-running Scottish television programme focusing on agricultural and rural issues, produced and broadcast by BBC Scotland. Overview BBC Scotland had first produced its own farming programme, ''Farm Forum'', in 1965. This w ...

'' (1976–present) *''

The Beechgrove Garden ''Beechgrove'' (formerly known as ''The Beechgrove Garden'') is a television programme broadcast since 1978 on BBC Scotland. Over the years it has been broadcast on BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and Britbox. History ''Beechgro ...

'' (1978–present)

1990s

*''

Eòrpa ' (Scottish Gaelic for ''Europe'') is long-running current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Alba. The series has been running since 1993 and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues ...

'' (1993–present)

2000s

*'' River City'' (2002–present) *'' The Adventure Show'' (2005–present) *''

An Là ''An Là'' (''The Day'') is a Scottish Gaelic-language news programme broadcast on the Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba. The programme, based at BBC Alba's newsroom in Inverness, began at 8pm on 22 September 2008 and provides a 30-minute bul ...

'' (2008–present) *''

Trusadh ''Trusadh'' is a Scottish Gaelic television news magazine programme that has been running since 2008 and that is shown on BBC Alba television. The contents of the programme range from sex reassignment surgery, to wolfdog ownership in the Highlan ...

'' (2008–present) *''

STV Rugby ''STV Rugby'' is a Scottish regional television programme featuring highlights of Pro12 rugby matches involving Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors. The programme, produced by the STV News department in Glasgow, was first broadcast in the 2009/ ...

'' (2009–2010; 2011–present) *''

STV News at Six ''STV News'' is a Scottish news service produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow, ...

'' (2009–present)

2010s

*'' Scotland Tonight'' (2011–present) *''

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

'' (2013–present) *'' Scot Squad'' (2014–present) *'' Two Doors Down'' (2016–present) *'' Molly and Mack'' (2018–2022) *'' The Nine'' (2019–present) *''

Debate Night Debate Night is BBC Scotland's flagship current affairs debate show, hosted by Stephen Jardine, which airs on Wednesdays nights. History Stephen Jardine was named as the host on 15 February 2019 ahead of the launch of the new BBC Scotland chan ...

'' (2019–present) *''

A View from the Terrace ''A View from the Terrace'' is a Scottish football magazine and factual television television series. It is broadcast on BBC Scotland and repeated on BBC One in Scotland. The show is produced by creative agency Studio Something and is adapte ...

'' (2019–present)

Deaths

*18 January – Andy Gray, 61, actor and comedy writer ('' River City'') *9 November –

Gwyneth Guthrie Gwyneth (sometimes Gweneth) is a Welsh feminine given name which derives from the kingdom of Gwynedd. Notable people: * Gwyneth Boodoo, an American psychologist and expert on educational measurement *Gwyneth Cravens, an American novelist and jo ...

, 84, actress ('' Take the High Road'')

References

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