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BBC Scotland (Gaelic: BBC Alba
BBC Alba

is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland's national broadcaster, BBC Scotland and the name is generally used to describe the Scottish Gaelic services of the BBC....
) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation, almost always referred to by its abbreviation "the BBC", is the world's largest broadcasting.Incorporated in the United Kingdom by government charter, it employs 28,500 people in the country alone and has an annual budget of more than ?4 billion....
, the publicly-funded broadcaster
Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic mass media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public....
 of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy
Autonomy

Autonomy is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethics philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a Rationality individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision....
 from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who are advised in Scotland, by the Audience Council Scotland
Audience Council Scotland

The Audience Council Scotland was created upon establishment of the BBC Trust in January 2007. It replaced the Broadcasting Council for Scotland which had many responsibilities the present Council now has....
. Its Scottish headquarters and studios are at Pacific Quay
Pacific Quay

File:BBC Scotland.jpgPacific Quay is a development in Glasgow, Scotland situated along the south bank of the River Clyde at the former Pacific Quay and Princes' Dock Basin....
, on the south bank of the River Clyde
River Clyde

The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
, beside the new STV
STV

STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian Television and Scottish Television respectively....
 headquarters and the Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow Science Centre

Glasgow Science Centre is a visitor attraction located on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a purpose-built science centre composed of three principal buildings which are the Science Mall, an IMAX Movie theater and the Glasgow Tower....
.

BBC Scotland also has offices including a newsroom, small television studio, and radio studios near to the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, plus an office inside the Parliament building itself.






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BBC Scotland (Gaelic: BBC Alba
BBC Alba

is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland's national broadcaster, BBC Scotland and the name is generally used to describe the Scottish Gaelic services of the BBC....
) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation, almost always referred to by its abbreviation "the BBC", is the world's largest broadcasting.Incorporated in the United Kingdom by government charter, it employs 28,500 people in the country alone and has an annual budget of more than ?4 billion....
, the publicly-funded broadcaster
Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic mass media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public....
 of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy
Autonomy

Autonomy is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethics philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a Rationality individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision....
 from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who are advised in Scotland, by the Audience Council Scotland
Audience Council Scotland

The Audience Council Scotland was created upon establishment of the BBC Trust in January 2007. It replaced the Broadcasting Council for Scotland which had many responsibilities the present Council now has....
. Its Scottish headquarters and studios are at Pacific Quay
Pacific Quay

File:BBC Scotland.jpgPacific Quay is a development in Glasgow, Scotland situated along the south bank of the River Clyde at the former Pacific Quay and Princes' Dock Basin....
, on the south bank of the River Clyde
River Clyde

The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
, beside the new STV
STV

STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian Television and Scottish Television respectively....
 headquarters and the Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow Science Centre

Glasgow Science Centre is a visitor attraction located on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a purpose-built science centre composed of three principal buildings which are the Science Mall, an IMAX Movie theater and the Glasgow Tower....
.

BBC Scotland also has offices including a newsroom, small television studio, and radio studios near to the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, plus an office inside the Parliament building itself. There are also broadcasting centres in Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
, Dundee
Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
, Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
 and Dumfries
Dumfries

Dumfries is a town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith....
. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is the BBC's classical music radio orchestra in Scotland.Founded as the BBC Scottish Orchestra in 1935 by the Scottish composer and conductor Ian Whyte , the orchestra developed a strong profile supporting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the UK and abroad, performing regularly at the BBC Proms, the Edinbur...
 was resident at BBC Scotland's Queen Margaret Drive base until 2006, when it moved to new premises in the city centre. The orchestra performs regularly throughout Scotland and around the world.

BBC Scotland's main rival is STV
STV

STV is the brand used by both ITV licensees in Northern and Central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian Television and Scottish Television respectively....
 (formerly Scottish Television
Scottish Television

Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. The studios were located in Glasgow's Theatre Royal on Hope Street for two decades, and later in custom built premises on an adjacent site on Renfield Street in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, but moving to new studios in Pacific Qua...
 and Grampian Television
Grampian Television

Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife....
), which, despite the name, does not in fact broadcast throughout the country. STV's transmissions are confined to the main population centres of central and northern Scotland, while Border Television
Border Television

Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland, the majority of Cumbria, and the Isle of Man....
 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
    BBC One Scotland

    BBC One Scotland is a television channel operated by BBC Scotland. It is the Scottish equivalent of BBC One.For almost all of the time the channel is referred to on screen as BBC One Scotland, sometimes using overlays to replace the normal channel identifier....
      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
    BBC Two Scotland

    BBC Two Scotland is a television Television station operated by BBC Scotland. It is broadcast via analogue and digital television and is the sister Scottish channel of BBC One Scotland....
      is an opt-out of the UK's BBC Two network. Daily opt-outs include regular news bulletins and a variety of Gaelic
    Scottish Gaelic language

    Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
     children's, youth, current affairs programming and coverage of the devolved Scottish Parliament
    Scottish Parliament

    The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
    .


BBC Scotland (BBC Alba) is also be responsible for the BBC Alba. The channel is funded by the BBC and the MG Alba.

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.

Flagship programmes for Scotland include the nightly news
NeWS

NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S....
 programmes Reporting Scotland and Newsnight Scotland, drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 in the form of River City and Monarch of the Glen, and sports programming in the shape of Sportscene, Grandstand from Scotland and The Adventure Show. BBC Scotland also produces Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
 programming, such as Eòrpa
Eòrpa

E?rpa is long-running current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland . The series has been running since 1993, and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues affecting the Western Isles....
 and Dotaman
Dotaman

Dotaman was the first Scottish Gaelic children's TV programme for pre-schoolers. It began 17 October 1985 and was written by and starred Donnie Macleod, formerly of Na h-Oganaich....
, under the banner BBC Alba
BBC Alba

is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland's national broadcaster, BBC Scotland and the name is generally used to describe the Scottish Gaelic services of the BBC....
.

Eòrpa
Eòrpa

E?rpa is long-running current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland . The series has been running since 1993, and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues affecting the Western Isles....
 hit the headlines in May 2008, specially mentioned in the Scottish Broadcasting Commission's report. 'It was intriguing to note that without fail at every one of our public events BBC2 Scotland's Eòrpa programme was raised, unsolicited, and by non-Gaelic speakers, as an example of a positive, well-respected programme' - Blair Jenkins, Chair - Scottish Broadcasting Commission

BBC Scotland also produces the Scottish opt-out sections of UK-wide programmes such as The Politics Show
The Politics Show

The Politics Show is an hour long BBC television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sundays at Midday. It was launched in 2003 and was originally presented by Jeremy Vine, now a BBC Radio 2 and Panorama presenter....
 and Children in Need
Children in Need

File:BBC Children in Need.svgBBC Children in Need is an annual United Kingdom charitable organization appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over ?500 million....
. Output
Output

Output is the term denote either an exit or changes which exit a system and which activate/modify a process. It is an abstract concept, used in the model ing, system design and system exploitation....
 for the UK network has included such recent high profile dramas as Monarch of the Glen, 55 Degrees North and Sea of Souls.

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

  • Reporting Scotland
    Reporting Scotland

    Reporting Scotland is BBC Scotland's national television news programme. The programme first went on air in 1968, with three main presenters, the most famous being Mary Marquis....
     (1968-present)
  • Newsnight Scotland
    Newsnight Scotland

    Newsnight Scotland is an award winning BBC television news programme which started on Monday October 4, 1999. The programme is aired from BBC Scotland's HQ in Glasgow, and is an opt-out of the main London-based Newsnight programme....
     (1999-present)
  • River City (2002-present)
  • Sportscene
    Sportscene

    Sportscene is the name of a bouquet of Scotland sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland. Its main anchors are Dougie Donnelly, David Currie and Dougie Vipond, with Alison Walker and Richard Gordon acting as relief presenters....
     (1975-present)
  • Scotch and Wry
    Scotch and Wry

    Scotch and Wry was a Scotland comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC One Scotland and starred Rikki Fulton. After two series, in 1978 and 1979, the programme continued as a regular part of the channel's Hogmanay celebrations between 1980 and 1992.This show also gave early exposure to actors like Gregor Fisher, Tony Roper , Gerard K...
     (1978-1992)
  • Chewin' the Fat
    Chewin' the Fat

    Chewin' the Fat is a Scotland comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show....
     (1999-2002 - Hogmanay specials till 2005)
  • The Karen Dunbar Show
    The Karen Dunbar Show

    The Karen Dunbar Show is a television comedy sketch show that airs on BBC One Scotland, starring the popular Scotland comedian Karen Dunbar....
     (2003-present)
  • The Beechgrove Garden
    The Beechgrove Garden

    The Beechgrove Garden is a television programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland since 1978, but since 10 April 2007 now broadcast on BBC One Scotland....
     (1978-present)
  • Hogmanay Live
    Hogmanay Live

    Hogmanay Live is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay Studios on Hogmanay, New Years Eve....
     (1991-present)
  • BBC Scotland Investigates
    BBC Scotland Investigates

    BBC Scotland Investigates is a Current affairs programme broadcast in Scotland by BBC Scotland. It is broadcast regularly on BBC One Scotland on weekday nights, currently with varying timeslots....
     (1994-present)
  • Legit
    Legit (TV series)

    Legit was a Scotland sitcom produced by The Comedy Unit, written by Robert Florence and Iain Connell and broadcast on BBC One Scotland. The pilot episode aired on the September 16, 2006 to much critical acclaim and positive reviews....
     (2007-present)
  • Dear Green Place
    Dear Green Place

    For other uses see Dear Green Place Dear Green Place is a Scotland comedy programme set in a park in central Glasgow. It first aired on 19 October 2007 on BBC One Scotland....
     (2007-present)
  • Eòrpa
    Eòrpa

    E?rpa is long-running current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland . The series has been running since 1993, and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues affecting the Western Isles....
     (1993-present)
  • 24/7 (????-present)
  • The Adventure Show (2005-present)
  • Artworks Scotland (????-present)
  • Holyrood Live (1999-present)
  • Landward
    Landward

    Landward is a long-running television programme focusing on agriculture and rural issues, produced and broadcast by BBC Scotland. Until 2007, it aired on Sunday mornings in Scotland, replacing the similar show Countryfile which aired elsewhere in the UK; however in 2007 Landward moved to a regular Friday evening slot, and now repl...
     (1970s-present)
  • The Music Show (2005-present)
  • Politics Scotland (1999-present)
  • Scotland on Film (????-present)
  • VideoGaiden
    VideoGaiden

    VideoGaiden is a Scotland computer games television show broadcast by BBC Scotland. Its creators and presenters, Robert Florence and Ryan Macleod, are responsible for the internet-distributed videogaming show Consolevania, upon which the show is based....
     (2005-2008)


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

  • Hububb (1997-2001)
  • Catchword
    Catchword

    A catchword is a word placed at the foot of a handwritten or Printing page that is meant to be bound along with other pages in a book. The word anticipates the first word of the following page....
     (1984-1995)
  • Castle in the Country (2005-present)
  • Comedy Connections
    Comedy Connections

    Comedy Connections is a BBC One Documentary film series produced by BBC Scotland that has aired since 2003. The show looks at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tie in with the production of other comedy shows ....
     (2003-Present)
  • Life of Riley (2008 - present)
  • Film 2008
    The Film programme

    Film 2009 is a weekly film review show on BBC television, currently presented by Jonathan Ross. The first series was broadcast in 1972 in television under the title Film '72, and the title has been updated annually to match the year of broadcast....
     with Jonathan Ross
    Jonathan Ross (television presenter)

    Jonathan Stephen Ross Order of the British Empire is a triple BAFTA Award-winning England film critic and presenter of radio and television. Working extensively with the BBC, Ross has presented The Film programme since 1997, his own chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross since 2001, and a radio show on BBC Radio 2 beginning in 19...
     (1972-present)
  • Get 100
    Get 100

    Get 100 is a CBBC programme....
     (2007-present)
  • Hedz
    Hedz

    Hedz is a children's satirical show produced by BBC Scotland under the CBBC brand. It was first shown as part of the Saturday Morning Show TMi during its second season....
     (2007-present)
  • Me Too! (2006-present) Childrens TV
  • Carrie and David's Popshop
    Carrie and David's Popshop

    Carrie and David's Popshop is a childrens television series currently aired on Cbeebies with 30 episodes which were first shown from 18 February 2008 until 28 March 2008....
     (2008-present)
  • Monarch of the Glen
    Monarch of the Glen

    Monarch of the Glen is a television drama, produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom....
     (1999-2005)
  • Movie Connections
    Movie Connections

    Movie Connections is a BBC One Documentary film series which looks at the stories behind the production of popular British films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies ....
     (2007-present)
  • Naked Video
    Naked Video

    Naked Video was a BBC Scotland comedy series, broadcast between 1986 and 1991 on national BBC2. It was a television version of the BBC Radio Scotland comedy...
     (1986 - 1994)
  • National Lottery JetSet 2012
    Jet set

    "Jet set" is a journalistic term that was used to describe an international social group of wealthy people, organizing and participating in social activities all around the world that are unreachable to ordinary people....
     (2007)
  • Raven
    Raven (game show)

    Raven is a BAFTA BBC Scotland children's adventure game show, currently showing on CBBC in the United Kingdom and on BBC Kids in Canada, with eight Television program so far....
     (2002-present)
  • Restoration
    Restoration (TV series)

    Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund....
     (2003-present)
  • Sea of Souls
    Sea of Souls

    Sea of Souls is a BBC Television drama series, based around the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, initially in association with Sony Pictures, the series debuted on BBC One in the UK in February 2004....
     (2004-present)
  • Still Game
    Still Game

    Still Game is a Scottish people sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with the BBC. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who play the lead characters - two Glasgow pensioners, named Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade....
     (2002-2007)
  • Shoebox Zoo
    Shoebox Zoo

    Shoebox Zoo is a children's fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canada television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with Computer-generated imagery used for the animal figurines....
     (2004-present)
  • The Culture Show
    The Culture Show

    The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two magazine programme broadcast on Tuesday nights, focussing on the latest developments in the worlds of film, music, art, fashion and the performing arts....
     (2006-present)
  • T in the Park
    T in the Park

    T in the Park is a major music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents....
     (199?-present)
  • Your Country Needs You (2007)
  • Life of Riley (2008 - present)
  • VideoGaiden
    VideoGaiden

    VideoGaiden is a Scotland computer games television show broadcast by BBC Scotland. Its creators and presenters, Robert Florence and Ryan Macleod, are responsible for the internet-distributed videogaming show Consolevania, upon which the show is based....
     (2007-present)
  • Waterloo Road
    Waterloo Road (TV series)

    Waterloo Road is a BBC television drama series set in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, and is about a troubled comprehensive school. The programme focuses on its teachers and students, and confronts social issues, including affairs, abortion, divorce and suicide....
     (2005-present)
  • This Time Tomorrow (2008-present)
  • The Kids Are Alright
    The Kids Are Alright

    The Kids Are Alright can refer to:*The Kids Are Alright *The Kids Are Alright **The Kids Are Alright *The Kids Are Alright , an episode from the American television series Ugly Betty...
     (2008-present)
  • The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan
    The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan

    The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan is a British BBC television series presented by Piers Morgan exploring the downside of fame. The show follows an interview format in which each episode is devoted to one particular celebrity figure who has seen the "dark side of fame"....
     (2008-present)
  • Wallander
    Wallander (TV series)

    Wallander is a television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector....
     (2008)


Selected BBC Scotland programming for Europe
  • Eurovision Song Contest 1972
    Eurovision Song Contest 1972

    The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition series. Monaco was unable to host this year's Eurovision as they were unable to provide the resources....
     (1972)
  • Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
    Eurovision Dance Contest 2008

    The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by BBC Scotland on 6 September....
     (2008)


Studios

BBC Scotland has 11 television and radio studios in Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
, Dundee
Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
, Portree
Portree

Portree Portree has a harbour, fringed by cliffs, with a pier designed by Thomas Telford.Attractions in the town include the Aros Centre which celebrate the island's Gaels heritage....
, Stornoway
Stornoway

Stornoway is a burgh on the Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.The town's population is approximately 8,055, out of a total population of 26,370 for the whole of the Western Isles....
, Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
, Selkirk
Selkirk

Selkirk, a royal burgh in the heart of the Scotland Scottish Borders, lies on the River Ettrick, a tributary of the River Tweed. At the time of the 2008 census, Selkirk's population was 17,839....
, Dumfries
Dumfries

Dumfries is a town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith....
, Orkney and Shetland. BBC Scotland's HQ, Pacific Quay Studios
Pacific Quay Studios

File:BBC Scotland.jpgPacific Quay Studios is BBC Scotland's television and radio studio complex at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland. Opened by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in August 2007, the studios are home to BBC Scotland's television, radio and online services....
 in Glasgow, opened in 2007. Pacific Quay has the largest studio in the UK outside London.

The Politics Show Scotland
The Politics Show

The Politics Show is an hour long BBC television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sundays at Midday. It was launched in 2003 and was originally presented by Jeremy Vine, now a BBC Radio 2 and Panorama presenter....
, like much of BBC Scotland's political output, was broadcast from BBC Scotland's studios in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, near to the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
. However from 2008, The Politics Show moved to Pacific Quay studio C sharing the same set with Reporting Scotland
Reporting Scotland

Reporting Scotland is BBC Scotland's national television news programme. The programme first went on air in 1968, with three main presenters, the most famous being Mary Marquis....
.

Radio

BBC Scotland also operates the national radio networks:

  • BBC Radio Scotland
    BBC Radio Scotland

    BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio station. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, The arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle....
     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
    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

    BBC Radio nan G?idheal is the BBC's Scottish Gaelic language station. It can also be heard on digital satellite television and Digital Audio Broadcasting....
          on 103.5-105 FM is the Gaelic language station broadcasting across parts of Scotland, and is often used as an extra frequency for Sportsounds coverage of multiple SPL football matches.


There are also regional news opt-outs broadcasting from Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 (North-East), Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
 (Highlands and Islands), Selkirk
Selkirk

Selkirk, a royal burgh in the heart of the Scotland Scottish Borders, lies on the River Ettrick, a tributary of the River Tweed. At the time of the 2008 census, Selkirk's population was 17,839....
 (Borders), Dumfries
Dumfries

Dumfries is a town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith....
 (South-West), Lerwick
Lerwick

Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Great Britain on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland....
 (Shetland) and Kirkwall
Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046....
 (Orkney), with the latter two also providing extra programming for their area.

BBC Scotland also takes part in the 'Regionalisation'
BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
 of some of the UK-wide BBC's radio output. One example of this is on Thursday nights, when Radio 1
BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
 splits the home nations with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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 broadcasting their own shows showcasing local talent. The Radio 1 Session in Scotland is presented by Vic Galloway
Vic Galloway

Michael "Vic" Galloway is a DJ on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 1, Vic presents a self-titled show on Radio Scotland every Monday from 8:05pm-10pm and does the BBC Introducing Scotland Radio 1 programme Wednesday evenings/Thursday mornings from 12:00-2:00am...
.

Online

BBC Scotland also provides a large amount of online content specifically aimed at the Scottish user, whether they be from within Scotland, or for Scots from further afield.

  • They are responsible for the Scottish News, Sport and Education portals in the main bbc.co.uk
    Bbc.co.uk

    BBC Online is the brand name and home for the BBC's United Kingdom online service. It is a large network of websites including such high profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on demand video and radio services co-branded BBC iPlayer, the pre-school site Cbeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize....
     website, along with their own sections such as History
    HIStory

    HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
    , Music
    Music

    Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
     and information about their television and radio programmes.


  • Also, BBC Scotland have begun to stream a variety of television and radio content via the BBC Scotland Player on their website. Examples of this include news and current affairs programming available on demand, live Scottish sport and trailers for upcoming programmes.


  • BBC Scotland also produces the first - and still the only - video news download from within the Nations & Regions division. Called "BBC Scotland News Weekly", it contains five stories from television news across the week. It can be accessed on the BBC Scotland news website and via the podcast section of iTunes
    ITunes

    iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
    .


Controllers and heads

Controllers of BBC Scotland:
  • Ken MacQuarrie (Apr 2004 - present)
  • John McCormick (Jan 1992 - Apr 2004)


See also

  • Scottish Broadcasting Commission
    Scottish Broadcasting Commission

    The Scottish Broadcasting Commission was established by the Scottish Government in August 2007. Its purpose is to conduct an independent investigation into television production and broadcasting in Scotland, and to define a strategic way forward for the industry....
  • Audience Council Scotland
    Audience Council Scotland

    The Audience Council Scotland was created upon establishment of the BBC Trust in January 2007. It replaced the Broadcasting Council for Scotland which had many responsibilities the present Council now has....


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