BBC SCOTLAND

'BBC Scotland' (Gaelic: BBC Alba) 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 from the BBC's London headquarters. Formerly based at Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow, since April 2007 it has begun to move into its new Scottish headquarters and studios at Pacific Quay, on the south bank of the River Clyde, beside the new STV headquarters and the Glasgow Science Centre. BBC Scotland completed its move to Pacific Quay in August 2007.^[1] BBC Scotland also has offices including a newsroom, small television studio, and radio studios near to the Scottish Parliament, plus an office inside the Parliament building itself. There are also broadcasting centres in Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 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.^[2]
BBC Scotland's main rival is STV (formerly ''Scottish Television'' and ''Grampian Television''), 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 (ITV1 Border) covers the south.

Contents

Television

Programming

'Selected BBC Scotland programming for Scotland'

'Selected BBC Scotland programming for the UK'

Radio

Online

See also

References

External links

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 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, current affairs programming and coverage of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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 programmes ''Reporting Scotland'' and ''Newsnight Scotland'', drama 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 programming, such as ''Eorpa'' and ''Dotaman'', under the banner BBC Alba.
BBC Scotland also produces the Scottish opt-out sections of national UK programmes such as ''The Politics Show'' and ''Children in Need''. Output for the UK network has included such recent high profile dramas as ''Monarch of the Glen'', ''55 Degrees North'' and ''Sea of Souls''.^[3]

'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)

★ ''Scotch and Wry (1978-1992)

★ ''Chewin' the Fat'' (1999-2002 - Hogmanay specials still produced)

★ ''The Karen Dunbar Show'' (2003-present)

★ ''The Beechgrove Garden'' (1978-present)

★ ''Hogmanay Live'' (????-present)

★ ''Frontline Scotland'' (????-present)

★ ''24/7'' (????-present)

★ ''The Adventure Show'' (2005-present)

★ ''Artworks Scotland'' (????-present)

★ ''Holyrood Live'' (1999-present)

★ ''Landward'' (????-present)

★ ''The Music Show'' (2005-present)

★ ''Politics Scotland'' (1999-present)

★ ''Scotland on Film'' (????-present)

★ ''videoGaiden'' (2005-present)

'Selected BBC Scotland programming for the UK'

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

★ ''Balamory'' (2003-2005)

★ ''Castle in the Country'' (2005-present)

★ ''Comedy Connections'' (2003-present)

★ ''Film 2007'' with Jonathan Ross (1972-present)

★ ''Me Too!'' (2006-present)

★ ''Monarch of the Glen'' (1999-2005)

★ ''Naked Video'' (1986 - 1992)

★ ''National Lottery JetSet 2012'' (2007-present)

★ ''Raven'' (2002-present)

★ ''Restoration'' (2003-present)

★ ''Sea of Souls'' (2004-present)

★ ''Still Game'' (2002-present)

★ ''Shoebox Zoo'' (2004-present)

★ ''The Culture Show'' (2006-present)

★ ''T in the Park'' (1994-present)

★ ''Your Country Needs You'' (2007)

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.
There are also regional news opt-outs broadcasting from Aberdeen (North-East), Inverness (Highlands and Islands), Selkirk (Borders), Dumfries (South-West), Lerwick (Shetland) and Kirkwall (Orkney), with the latter two also providing extra programming for their area.
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.^[4]

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 website, along with their own sections such as History, Music 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.^[5]

See also

★ Scottish Broadcasting Commission

References

1. Pacific Quay
2. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - About the Orchestra
3. BBC Scotland Television
4. BBC Radio 1 - Vic Galloway
5. BBC Scotland News Weekly - video podcast

External links

★ BBC Scotland at bbc.co.uk