''Sportscene'' is the name of a range of

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television programmes produced by

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History

''Sportscenes predecessors were ''Sports Special from Scotland'' and ''Sportsreel'', which was broadcast every Saturday at around 5pm (results and reports) and 10pm (highlights) in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, a ''Sportscene'' format of a 5pm programme called ''Scoreboard'' presented by Gordon Hewitt (as a regional opt-out from ''

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)'', plus a 10pm show with highlights from one English and one Scottish league or cup match, was established. ''Sportscene'' also covered European and international matches, which usually involved highlights but occasionally live coverage. The show was presented by Archie Macpherson with commentary by Macpherson,

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or Peter Thomson.

Shows

] There are a number of shows that come under the ''Sportscene'' brand. * ''Sportscene'' is broadcast on Saturday and Sunday evenings on

with a late night repeat on BBC One Scotland and is presented by

Jonathan Sutherland Jonathan Sutherland (born 1977) is a Scottish television and radio presenter and producer, currently the main presenter of BBC Scotland's Sunday night ''Sportscene'' on BBC One Scotland. He occasionally hosts the ''Sportscene'' Results show on S ...

on Saturdays and Steven Thompson on Sundays. The show produces highlights of all the week's matches from the Scottish Premiership. Sutherland is joined by two studio guests who discuss the results. Guests have included Pat Nevin and Packie Bonner. Commentators include Rob Maclean, Liam McLeod, Paul Mitchell, John Barnes and

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. * ''Sportscene Results'' is broadcast on Saturday afternoons on BBC One Scotland and occasionally

(formerly BBC Two Scotland). The show rounds up all of the day's main football scores, whilst debating the major Scottish football stories of the week. It sends reporters to every game in the Scottish Premiership, certain games in the Scottish Championship, as well as Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup games. BBC Scotland had historically produced a Saturday teatime results round-up programme as an opt-out from ''

'' initially known as ''Scoreboard'' which launched on 16 August 1975, but in 1989 a new programme called ''Afternoon Sportscene'' was launched. It ran for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart '' Final Score''. At the start of the 2001/02 season the programme was renamed ''Sportscene Results'' to co-inside with the programme and ''Final Score'', becoming programmes in their own right. ''Sportscene Results'' is presented by David Currie previous presenters have included Peter Thomson, Sandy McLeish, Murdoch McPherson, Brian Marjoribanks, Alastair Alexander, Gordon Hewitt, Bill McFarlan, Rob Maclean, Jim Craig,

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, Hazel Irvine,

Alison Walker Alison Walker is a Scottish sports broadcaster. Walker took a degree in media and communication studies at the University of Sunderland, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Business and Secretarial Studies. On graduating, her first job wa ...

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Stuart Cosgrove Stuart John Francis Cosgrove (born 12 November 1952) is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and television executive. As a journalist Cosgrove served on the ''NME'' (Media Editor) and '' The Face'' during the 1980s, before joining Channel 4 in 19 ...

and

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. The show gives football experts like Pat Nevin and

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an opportunity to give their views on the days results and the past week of football. * ''Sportscene Live'' is the name used for all live

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matches broadcast by

. It is mostly presented by Steven Thompson and Leanne Crichton on the

channel and some live matches are presented by Rob Maclean on BBC One Scotland. Coverage includes the Scottish Championship, both Scottish cup competitions (the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup) and Scotland matches. * All other football related programming is simply branded as ''Sportscene''. This includes highlights packages and other one-off specials.

Previous shows

* ''Sportscene Rugby Special'' was the title of

's domestic rugby union programming when it held the rights to the Scottish leagues with the live matches & highlights broadcasting on BBC Two Scotland on Sunday teatimes starting on 30 October 1994 until the end of the 1996–97 season also on Sunday lunchtimes for the 1997–98 season for the 1998–99 season it was broadcast on Monday teatimes and for the 1999–2000 season on Sunday nights moving to BBC One Scotland before the 2000–01 season on Saturday nights after Sportscene: Match of the Day although this didn't last long as

lost the broadcasting rights of the Scottish rugby at the end of 2000 to rival Scottish Television which launched Scotsport Rugby Round-Up on 14 January 2001, The last Sportscene Rugby Special programme was on 4 November 2000 (highlights) and 18 November 2000 (live) * ''Friday Sportscene'' was the name of the football preview programme that went out on BBC One Scotland on Friday nights from 11 August 1989 – 25 May 2001The Guardian - 19 May 2001 - Page 282
via Newspapers.com The programme's format was later moved to Saturday lunchtimes in place of '' Football Focus'' from 28 July 2001 but has been absent from the schedules since

lost the live rights to the

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in 2004. * ''Grandstand from Scotland / Sunday Grandstand from Scotland'' (sometimes branded ''Scottish Grandstand'' or ''Grandstand Scotland'') was the name of

's sports programme broadcast as an occasional opt-out from the network version of

on BBC One Scotland from 1961 - 2006 and BBC Two Scotland from 1989 - 2006. it was initially broadcast as an opt-out from the FA Cup Final throughout the 1960s and 1970s but in subsequent years from 1981 the programme was occasionally broadcast to incorporate local and network sporting events if there was live or highlights coverage of Scottish

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, golf,

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etc. Presenters have included Peter Thomson, Sandy McLeish, Murdoch McPherson, Brian Marjoribanks, Gordon Hewitt,

, Bill McFarlan, Hazel Irvine, Rob Maclean,

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and

Presenters, commentators and reporters

Sportscene's main anchors are David Currie and

. Previous ''Sportscene'' presenters include Peter Thomson, Sandy McLeish, Bill Malcolm, Archie Henry, Murdoch McPherson, Brian Marjoribanks, Alastair Alexander, Charles Munro, Archie Macpherson, Gordon Hewitt, Andrew Alexander,

, Bill McFarlan, Jim Craig, Derek Johnstone, Laura McGhie, Hazel Irvine, Jock Brown,

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, Mike Abbott, Richard Gordon,

, Amy Irons, John Beattie,

, and

. The programme's main commentary and reporting team consists of; lead commentator Liam McLeod, Paul Mitchell, John Barnes, Kheredine Idessane, Al Lamont, Jane Lewis and Chris McLaughlin. Previous lead commentators have been Archie MacPherson (1969–1990), Jock Brown (1990–1997), Rob MacLean (1997–2004) and Paul Mitchell (2004–2010). Reporters on Sportscene Results have included

, Chris McLaughlin, Brian McLauchlin,

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, Kenny Crawford, Scott Davie, Martin Dowden, Jim Spence, Charlie Mann and Sandra Brown.

Online

''Sportscene'' has begun simulcasting certain live matches via both the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport Mobile app. The UEFA Cup tie between

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and

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was one of the first to feature online. Most programmes now feature on the

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service, depending on rights restrictions.

In popular culture

The programme is regularly parodied in the Scottish football

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show '' Only an Excuse?''. ''Munchtime Sportscene'' is a name often used by the programme's makers, presumably a play on the currently rested ''Lunchtime Sportscene'' programme.

References

External links

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