2021 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events taking place in 2021 relating to Scottish television.
Events
January
- 1 January – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.[1]
- 5 January – Up to sixteen traineeships on the Outlander programme are due to start[2] leading to speculation that filming for the sixth season will commence in the same month.,[3] having been postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked about rumours that this would be the final season, executive producer Maril Davis stated that: "We are not aware that this is the last season. ... But we don't have any additional seasons picked up yet".[4]
September
- 9 September – Scottish Comedian Janey Godley is dropped from a Scottish Government health campaign urging people to wear face coverings and take lateral flow tests after historic tweets were published in which she made derogatory comments about a number of black performers.[5]
Debuts
BBC
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)
- Two Doors Down (2016–present)
- Molly and Mack (2018–2022)[6]
- The Nine (2019–present)
- Debate Night (2019–present)
- A View from the Terrace (2019–present)
Deaths
- 18 January – Andy Gray, 61, actor and comedy writer (River City)[7]
See also
References
- ^ "New Year fireworks watched by 10 million viewers on BBC One". 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Shuttleworth, Jamie (7 November 2020). "Outlander Casting: Scots wanted to star in new season". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Macfarlane, Jenna (4 December 2020). "Outlander season 6: release date, cast, number of episodes and what will happen in the new series". Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Bonner, Mehera (9 May 2020). "Outlander Season 6: Everything We Know". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Janey Godley dropped from government Covid ads over tweets". 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Goodbye Molly and Mack – CBeebies' most adorable show". the Guardian. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Tributes to Andy Gray after legendary Scottish actor and comedy star passes away". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.