Hogmanay Live
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| Hogmanay Live | |
|---|---|
| Format | New Year's television special |
| Created by | BBC Scotland |
| Starring | Jackie Bird, Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow / Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh |
| Running time | 60 minutes (Often with a preview programme earlier in the evening) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One Scotland (Sometimes BBC One nationally) |
| Original run | ???? – present |
Hogmanay Live is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Pacific Quay on Hogmanay, New Year's Eve. Regardless of location, the programme rings in the New Year with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One O'Clock Gun and the subsequent fireworks in Edinburgh. Occasionally the programme is networked across the United Kingdom on BBC One and it is usually streamed live over bbc.co.uk on the internet.
The programme features a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with some past programming also featuring live coverage of parts of the Princes Street concert in Edinburgh.
Its current presenter is Jackie Bird.
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[edit] History
The programme has its roots in The White Heather Club which preceded it. Whilst Hogmanay Live is vastly different nowadays from the programme that came before it, The White Heather Club brought the Scottish tradition of Hogmanay to television for the first time. Various incarnations and evolutions of the show have appeared over the years, such as The Hogmanay Show, which blend the old with the new and mark the beginning of a New Year from a distinctly Scottish perspective. Hogmanay Live, briefly renamed New Year Live in 1998, has continued this tradition, giving viewers a chance to both reflect on the year gone by and look forward to the year ahead in a uniquely Scottish fashion.
[edit] 2005
In 2005, performances on Hogmanay Live were a mix of segments from the open-air concert in Princes Street Gardens, featuring K.T. Tunstall and Texas, and acts inside the Great Hall, including Nicola Benedetti and the now traditional appearances of Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, or 'Phil & Aly' for short.
[edit] 2006
Due to the poor weather on 31 December 2006, the Edinburgh street party and concert had to be cancelled. As they were unable to relay sections of these events during Hogmanay Live, BBC Scotland instead broadcast the whole hour-long show from inside the Great Hall. Performers included new Scottish singing sensation Paolo Nutini, folk-musician Karine Polwart and again Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain.
[edit] 2007
The 2007 Hogmanay Live was broadcast live from BBC Scotland's new HQ at Pacific Quay by the River Clyde in Glasgow. Live music came from regulars regulars Phil & Aly, along with other folk musicians, and Marti Pellow and Amy MacDonald also. Coverage as usual included the firing of Mons Meg and the Edinburgh Castle fireworks to mark the beginning of 2008.
[edit] 2008
In 2008 Hogmanay Live returned to the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle and once again was presented by Jackie Bird, who was joined by Hardeep Singh Kohli to present, with various other celebrities in the hall itself. As usual, coverage of the Edinburgh fireworks was shown at midnight.
Live music came from Sharleen Spiteri, Leon Jackson, Hogmanay Live regulars Phil & Aly, and a host of other folk musicians. To mark the year of Homecoming Scotland 2009, Sandi Thom performed at the end of the show, having performed at the Aberdeen hogmanay celebrations only hours earlier[1].
[edit] 2009
Hogmanay Live was broadcast on New Year's Eve from 11.45pm on BBC One Scotland, with Jackie Bird, Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain. Also included in the line-up were Seth Lakeman, Pearl and the Puppets and "Scots Singer of the Year" Emily Smith.
[edit] In Popular Culture
- The show has previously been parodied by BBC Scotland's other 31 December mainstay, Only an Excuse?.
- During Hogmanay Live 2001, one of presenter Jackie Bird's many costume changes included a small gold glittery top which arguably was not best suited to her figure. Amid derision from the media, the top became one of the infamous moments of that year's programme and was auctioned off for BBC Children in Need later in the year.
