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)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- Public Account (1976–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009) (rebranded as North Tonight)
- Taggart (1983–present)
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[2]
- Still Game (2002–2007)
- River City (2002–present)
- Politics Now (2004–2011)
- VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
- The Adventure Show (2005–present)
Ending this year[]
- Unknown – The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006)[3]
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. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
- ^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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