2006 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2006.
Events
- January – It is announced that Scottish Screen will amalgamate with the Scottish Arts Council to form the newly created Creative Scotland.
- 2 March – STV Group plc announce that Scottish Television will be known onscreen as STV. Grampian will also rebrand.
- 30 May – Scottish Television becomes known as STV Central and Grampian Television as STV North.
- July – Launch of the STV website stv.tv.
- 29 August – SMG officially rejects a merger offer from Northern Irish ITV franchise holder UTV. The merger approach would have given SMG shareholders a 52% stake in the combined company.[1]
Debuts
BBC
- 10 February – That Was The Team That Was on BBC One (2006–2008)
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)[2]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)[3]
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009) (rebranded as North Tonight)
- Taggart (1983–2010)[4]
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[5]
- Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)[6]
- River City (2002–present)
- Politics Now (2004–2011)
- VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
- The Adventure Show (2005–present)
Ending this year
- 7 April – The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006)[7]
Deaths
- 6 July – Tom Weir, 91, cricketer, author, and broadcaster
See also
References
- ^ Day, Julia (29 August 2006). "SMG turns down UTV merger bid". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
- ^ "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary". BBC Sport. 6 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
- ^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.