2011 in Scottish television

none July 2026 2011 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2011. Events April 12 April – The Nightshift begins airing separate editions in each of STV's four sub-regional areas. 24 April – In an open letter to The Sunday Herald, a group of 20 Scottish artists, writers, comedians, actors and musicians, including Alan Cumming, A. L. Kennedy and Mark Millar urge the UK Government to establish a publicly funded Scottish digital television channel. The Government has previously ruled the prospect out until 2017.Edd McCracken https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13029036.scotland-needs-its-own-digital-tv-channel-say-countrys-top-artists/ Scotland needs its own digital TV channel, say country's top artists Newsquest The Herald 23 April 2011 3 January 2021 27 April – ITV plc and STV settle their legal dispute, with the former receiving £18 million from STV.http://www.lse.co.uk/FinanceNews.asp?ArticleCode=vny6qr23p0n7awp&ArticleHeadline=UPDATE_1STV_agrees_18_million_stg_legal_settlement_with_ITV STV agrees 18 million stg legal settlement with ITV Reuters 27 April 2011 15 January 2015 London South Easthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-13206671 STV ends legal stand-off with ITV Jamie McIvor BBC News 27 April 2011 3 January 2021 Following the completion of digital switchover, the Thursday night programming in Gaelic ends on BBC Two Scotland. Consequently, all programming in Gaelic, with the exception of Children's Gaelic programmes which continued to be broadcast on weekday mornings until 2013 during CBeebies, is broadcast on BBC ALBA. May 5 May – Coverage of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. 12 May – ITV axes the Scottish police drama Taggart after 28 years, citing poor viewing figures in other parts of the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13374238 Taggart police drama axed by ITV BBC BBC Scotland News Jamie McIvor 12 May 2011 1 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513062542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13374238 13 May 2011 live 21 May – The BBC says that due to bandwidth restrictions on Freeview, the launch of BBC Alba will require all but three of its radio stations to stop broadcasting on the platform in Scotland while the Gaelic language TV channel is on air. The stations unaffected are BBC 1Xtra, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC 6 Music.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-13479281 BBC News Radio stations given Freeview reprieve over BBC Alba BBC 21 May 2011 12 January 2014 23 May – The Gaelic language television station TeleG closes after twelve years on air. 25 May – Digital switchover is completed at the Darvel and Rosneath transmitters and their relays. May – Separate half-hour editions of STV News at Six for the East and West are launched along with localised late night news bulletins each weeknight. June 6 June – The BBC announces that the national variations of BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland and BBC One Wales will become available in high definition in 2012.https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/pdf/workplan_0611.pdf BBC Executive priorities and summary workplan for 2011/12 11 PDF BBC Online 6 June 2011 1 May 2012 15 June – Digital switchover is completed at the Craigkelly transmitter and its relays. 22 June – The last analogue television services are switched off in Scotland following the switchover of the last remaining analogue channels at the Black Hill transmitter, making Scotland the second country in the UK to complete Digital switchover. August 23 August – As part of its strategy to increase network programming output from Scotland, the BBC confirms that filming of the BBC One school drama, Waterloo Road will be moved to Scotland from April 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14629725 BBC News BBC switches Waterloo Road production to Scotland BBC 23 August 2011 11 March 2014 October 24 October – STV launches a 30-minute late evening news programme Scotland Tonight.https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/stv/scotland-tonight/ Ident Central" Scotland Tonight 12 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190213011204/https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/stv/scotland-tonight/ 13 February 2019 dead The sub-regional editions of The Nightshift are axed and are replaced with a single pan-regional edition serving both of the Northern and Central areas, with opt-outs for regional news. December The Nightshift is reduced from airing nightly to being on air on four nights a week, airing on Thursday - Sunday nights. Debuts ITV 24 October – Scotland Tonight (2011–present) Returning this year 4 September – STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present) Television series Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) Sportscene (1975–present)Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko BBC Sport 20 August 2025 6 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250811222945/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko 11 August 2025 live The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present) Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18979762.excuse-bbc1-scotland-review/ HeraldScotland 4 November 2021 en River City (2002–2026) The Adventure Show (2005–present) Daybreak Scotland (2007–present) Trusadh (2008–present) Gary: Tank Commander (2009–2012)Scotland's 20 greatest TV shows of all-time - ranked in order https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/scotlands-20-greatest-tv-shows-all-time-ranked-order-2924748?page=4 www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com 25 January 2021 en Sport Nation (2009–present) STV News at Six (2009–present) Limmy's Show (2010–2013) The Nightshift (2010–present) Ending this year 12 February – Brain Box (2010–2011) 30 May – The Scheme (2010–2011) 30 June – Politics Now (2004–2011) 11 October – The Hour (2009–2011) Deaths 31 January – Stuart Hood, 94, writer and television producer 12 February – James Elliott, 82, actor See also 2011 in Scotland References 2011 Category:Television in Scotland by year 2010s in Scottish television