''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 Archibald "Archie" Macpherson (born 1937) is a Scottish football commentator and author. He has been commentating on Scottish football, via both radio and television, for over four decades. Early life Macpherson was born and raised in the ...

with commentary by Macpherson, Alastair Alexander or

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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 BBC One Scotland is a Scottish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Scotland and is a Scottish variation of the UK-wide BBC One. For all of the time the channel is referred to on screen as ''BBC One Scotland'', sometimes us ...

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 ...

on Saturdays and Steven Thompson on Sundays. The show produces highlights of all the week's matches from the

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...

. Sutherland is joined by two studio guests who discuss the results. Guests have included

Pat Nevin Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin (born 6 September 1963) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger. In a 20-year career, he appeared for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell. He wo ...

and

Packie Bonner Patrick Joseph Bonner (born 24 May 1960) is an Irish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent his entire career at Celtic. He earned a total of 80 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team after making his debut on h ...

. Commentators include

Rob Maclean Robin "Rob" Maclean (born 1958 in Invergordon) is a Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer. He currently works for BBC Scotland and BT Sport. Maclean began his career with the Highland News Group in Inverness before ...

, Liam McLeod, Paul Mitchell, John Barnes and Alasdair Lamont. * ''Sportscene Results'' is broadcast on Saturday afternoons on

and occasionally

(formerly

BBC Two Scotland BBC Two Scotland ( gd, BBC Dhà Alba) was the national variation of BBC Two for BBC Scotland. It was broadcast via digital television and was the sister Scottish channel of BBC One Scotland and Gaelic-language BBC Alba. Unlike BBC One 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

, certain games in the

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, as well as

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...

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 ''Final Score'' is a BBC Television football news and results programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, usually on BBC One. BBC Northern Ireland opts away dur ...

''. 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,

, Jim Craig,

Dougie Donnelly Douglas Donnelly (born 7 June 1953) is a Scottish television personality best known for presenting sports coverage. Career Donnelly was born in Glasgow, where he began his career with Radio Clyde in the 1970s, presenting the top-rated Mid Morn ...

Hazel Irvine Hazel Irvine (born 24 May 1965) is a Scottish sports presenter. Early life Irvine was born in St Andrews, Scotland. Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, she achieved an MA in History of Art at the University of St. Andrews, and compe ...

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 ...

Dougie Vipond Douglas Vipond (born 15 October 1966) is a Scottish broadcaster and drummer. Early life Vipond was brought up in Inchinnan and attended Park Mains High School in Erskine, choosing to go there because of the reputation of the music department. A ...

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 Eilidh Barbour. The show gives football experts like

and

Tony Higgins Anthony Higgins (born 3 June 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Club career During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer. He played for Hibernian in the marathon 1979 Scotti ...

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 Leanne Crichton (born 6 August 1987) is a Scottish international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Motherwell and the Scotland national team. She has previously played for Notts County in the FA WSL as well as Hibernian, Celtic, Whiteh ...

on the

channel and some live matches are presented by

. Coverage includes the

, both Scottish cup competitions (the

) and

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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

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programming when it held the rights to the Scottish leagues with the live matches & highlights broadcasting on

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

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 Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the ...

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

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 ''Football Focus'' is a BBC television magazine programme launched in 1974 covering football, normally broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes during the football season. From the 2009–10 season to the 2020–21 season Football Focus ...

'' from 28 July 2001 but has been absent from the schedules since

lost the live rights to the

Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football' ...

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

from 1961 - 2006 and

from 1989 - 2006. it was initially broadcast as an opt-out from the

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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 Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

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

, Bill McFarlan,

Jill Douglas Jill Alison Douglas (born December 1969), also known as Jill Douglas Hogg, is a Scottish sports presenter, who appears on ITV, BBC and BT Sport. She grew up in Bonchester Bridge in the Scottish Borders. She was educated at Jedburgh Grammar Sc ...

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,

, Gordon Hewitt, Andrew Alexander,

, Bill McFarlan, Jim Craig,

Derek Johnstone Derek Joseph Johnstone (born 4 November 1953) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Johnstone played mainly for Rangers winning 14 major trophies during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management wi ...

, Laura McGhie,

Jock Brown John Winton Brown (born in May 1946) is a Scottish football commentator. He also served as general manager of Scottish club Celtic from 1997 to 1998. Early life Brown was born in Kilmarnock in May 1946. He is the younger brother of former Scotl ...

, Mark Souster,

, Mike Abbott, Richard Gordon,

, Amy Irons, John Beattie,

, and

. The programme's main commentary and reporting team consists of; lead commentator

Liam McLeod Liam is a short form of the Irish name Uilliam or the old Germanic name William. Etymology The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these el ...

, Paul Mitchell, John Barnes, Kheredine Idessane, Al Lamont, Jane Lewis and Chris McLaughlin. Previous lead commentators have been

Archie MacPherson Archibald "Archie" Macpherson (born 1937) is a Scottish football commentator and author. He has been commentating on Scottish football, via both radio and television, for over four decades. Early life Macpherson was born and raised in the ...

(1969–1990),

(1990–1997),

Rob MacLean Robin "Rob" Maclean (born 1958 in Invergordon) is a Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer. He currently works for BBC Scotland and BT Sport. Maclean began his career with the Highland News Group in Inverness before ...

(1997–2004) and Paul Mitchell (2004–2010). Reporters on Sportscene Results have included

, Chris McLaughlin, Brian McLauchlin,

Tam McManus Thomas Kelly "Tam" McManus (born 28 February 1981) is a Scottish former footballer. McManus started his career with Hibernian, making over 100 league appearances for the Edinburgh club. During his time there, McManus represented the Scotland ...

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

Online

''Sportscene'' has begun

simulcasting Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...

certain live matches via both the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport

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. The UEFA Cup tie between

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and Rangers 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? ''Only an Excuse?'' is an annual Scottish comedy sketch show that was broadcast on BBC One Scotland on Hogmanay from 1993 to 2020. It starred the actor and comedian Jonathan Watson and featured impressions of some of Scottish football's great c ...

''. ''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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