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BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters. Currently based at Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow, new Scottish headquarters and studios are being built for them at Pacific Quay, on the south bank of the Clyde, where they will be beside the new stv headquarters and the Glasgow Science Centre. BBC Scotland also has a small studio in Holyrood, Edinburgh, adjacent to the Scottish Parliament, and broadcasting centres in Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is resident at BBC Scotland and performs regularly throughout Scotland and around the world.

BBC Scotland's main rival is stv (formerly Scottish Television & Grampian Television), though despite the name does not in fact broadcast throughout Scotland. Its transmissions are confined to the main population centres of the Central and Northern Scotland while Border Television (ITV1 Border) covers the south.

Television

BBC Scotland co-ordinates two of the country's five public television stations: BBC One Scotland and BBC Two Scotland

  • BBC One Scotland is the broadcaster's flagship station and offers a mixture of home-grown comedy, drama, news and current affairs programmes, as well as providing viewers with the main output from the BBC's UK network.
  • BBC Two Scotland is really little more than an opt-out of the UK's BBC Two network. Daily opt-outs include regular news bulletins and a variety of Gaelic children's, youth and current affairs programming.

Radio

BBC Scotland also operates the national radio networks:

  • BBC Radio Scotland on 92-95 FM and 810 MW, broadcasts across Scotland and sometimes splits frequencies, with other programming, usually sport, broadcasting only on MW.
  • BBC Radio nan Gàidheal on 103.5-105 FM is the Gaelic language station broadcasting across Scotland, and is often used as an extra frequency for Sportsound's coverage of multiple SPL football matches.

BBC Scotland also takes part in the 'Regionalisation' of some of the UK-wide BBC's radio output. One example of this is on Thursday nights, when Radio 1 splits the home nations with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland broadcasting their own shows showcasing regional talent. The Radio 1 Session in Scotland is presented by Vic Galloway.

Programming

As well as producing programming for Scotland, as the largest of the BBC's "Nations & Regions" BBC Scotland also produces television programming intended for the UK network.

Selected BBC Scotland programming for Scotland

The following are selected BBC Scotland-produced or -commissioned programmes shown in Scotland only:

  • Reporting Scotland (1968-present)
  • Newsnight Scotland (1999-present)
  • River City (2002-present)
  • Sportscene (1975-present)
  • Chewin the Fat (1999-2003 - Hogmanay specials still produced)
  • The Karen Dunbar Show (2003-present)
  • 24/7 (????-present)
  • The Adventure Show (2005-present)
  • Artworks Scotland (????-present)
  • Beechgrove Garden (1978-present)
  • Frontline Scotland (????-present)
  • Hogmanay Live (????-present)
  • Holyrood Live (1999-present)
  • Landward (????-present)
  • Scotland on Film (????-present)

Selected BBC Scotland programming for the UK

The following are selected BBC Scotland-produced or -commissioned programmes networked across the UK:

See also


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