2020 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2020.
Events
January to June
- No events.
July
- 31 July – Steve Carson named as new director of BBC Scotland, to replace Donalda MacKinnon later in the year.[1]
August
- 25 August – Filming recommences on BBC Scotland's soap River City after it was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
September
- No events.
October
- 19 October – Steve Carson starts as director of BBC Scotland. Around twenty staff departures, including some long-serving correspondents, are announced, as attempts are made to reduce the budget of the organisation by around £6.2 million by April.[3]
November
- 4 November – Amazon announces that its supernatural thriller series The Rig is to be filmed in Scotland.[4]
- 7 November – Sky Sports announces that the Scotland and Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off finals will be made free-to-air on UK television.[5]
December
- 1 December – BBC Scotland announces that Susan Calman will front their Hogmanay Live programme for a second time, with Deacon Blue, Amy Macdonald and Blazin' Fiddles. Jackie Bird is to host an hour-long programme celebrating Scotland's heroes of the coronavirus pandemic.[6]
- 19 December – Nicola Walker will take on the role of DI Annika Strandhed in a UKTV drama series around murders that are discovered in the waterways of Scotland.[7]
- 27 December – Details of the cast for BBC Scotland's Hogmanay programme for 2020, are released.[8]
- 31 December – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.[9]
Debuts
BBC
The Scotts, Group and the Daly Grind.[10]
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
1970s
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- Landward (1976–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
1990s
- Eòrpa (1993–present)
2000s
- River City (2002–present)
- The Adventure Show (2005–present)
- An Là (2008–present)
- Trusadh (2008–present)
- STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present)
- STV News at Six (2009–present)
2010s
- Scotland Tonight (2011–present)
- Shetland (2013–present)
- Scot Squad (2014–present)
- Still Game (2016–present)
- Two Doors Down (2016–present)
- The Nine (2019–present)
- Debate Night (2019–present)
- A View from the Terrace (2019–present)
Ending this year
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[11]
Deaths
- 9 July – Johnny Beattie, actor (born 1926)[12]
- 15 July – Maurice Roëves, actor (born 1937)[13]
See also
References
- ^ Mullen, Stacey (31 July 2020). "Steve Carson named as new director of BBC Scotland". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ McLean, Pauline (25 August 2020). "Coronavirus: Filming resumes on Scottish soap River City". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Boal, Daniel (16 October 2020). "BBC Scotland newsroom talent lead mass exodus amid cost-cutting measures". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Amazon Original The Rig to be filmed in Scotland". BBC News. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Scotland & Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off finals free-to-air". BBC Sport. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Ferguson, Brian (1 December 2020). "Jackie Bird to make BBC Scotland festive comeback as Deacon Blue and Amy Macdonald headline Hogmanay special". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Ferguson, Brian (19 December 2020). "Scotland to get new marine murder mystery TV series focusing on Norwegian detective". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Sabljak, Ema (27 December 2020). "Susan Calman reveals cast of Hogmanay 2020 show". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "New Year fireworks watched by 10 million viewers on BBC One". 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Ferguson, Brian (26 November 2019). "BBC ready to launch three new comedies with Scottish star Shauna Macdonald". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Only An Excuse had 'a good kick of the ball'". BBC News. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Stage and screen entertainer Johnny Beattie dies aged 93". BBC News. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Scottish actor Maurice Roeves dies aged 83". BBC News. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.