2010 in Scottish television

none July 2026 2010 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2010. Events March 25 March – STV loses the contract to provide Scottish news coverage on its own television channel to Scottish News Consortium, a group involving the parent company of the Press and Journal.Forsyth Ian http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1663068 STV loses out in news competition Press and Journal 26 March 2010 3 May 2012 30 March – Dates are announced for the end of analogue television in Scotland, with a gradual switch-off process set to be completed by mid-June 2011.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8595749.stm Analogue TV end dates announced BBC News 30 March 2010 3 January 2021 April 22 April – Launch of The Nightshift on STV Central. The overnight service launches on STV North on 13 July. 25 April – Leaders of Scotland's four main political parties take part in a televised debate on Sky News ahead of the upcoming general election.http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/elections/general_election_2010/news/8089620.Salmond_confirms_TV_election_debate/ Salmond confirms TV election debate Western Telegraph 9 April 2010 3 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20100410234324/http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/elections/general_election_2010/news/8089620.Salmond_confirms_TV_election_debate/ 10 April 2010 dead May 5 May – Digital switchover begins in Scotland when the Bressay Hill transmitter and its relays have their analogue BBC Two signal switched off. Two weeks later the other analogue channels are switched off. The nearby Keelylang Hill transmitter also goes through switchover during May. 6–7 May – Coverage of the 2010 general election is shown on all major television networks and once again, BBC Parliament broadcasts BBC Scotland's results programme to the whole of the UK. June 6 June – STV HD launches.http://www.stv.tv/stvhd HD television is coming to STV STV (TV network) 1 June 2010 It carries the West Central Scotland feed. 8 June – Plans for STV's news output to be taken over by Scottish News Consortium are effectively dead in the water after the recently elected coalition government at Westminster signals its intention to scrap the scheme that made the establishment of alternative news providers possible. The Independently Funded News Consotria scheme had been established by the previous Labour government to help independent television companies who were having difficulties meeting their news coverage remit because of financial constraints, and would have seen Scottish News Consortium awarded £47million from public funds. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt calls the scheme "misguided".http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/25911/fatal-blow-struck-against-scottish-news-pilot-plan Fatal Blow Struck Against Scottish News Pilot Plan All Media Scotland 8 June 2010 3 May 2012 16 June – Digital switchover is completed at the Rumster Forest transmitter and its relays. 20 June – Thousands of hours of programming from STV's archives will be made available online from later in the year after the Scottish broadcaster signed a deal with YouTube, the Daily Record reports.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+WAY+WE+WERE%3B+STV+put+thousands+of+hours+of+archive+shows+on...-a0230111789 The way we were; STV put thousands of hours of archive shows on YouTube Trinity Mirror Daily Record 20 June 2010 8 May 2014 July 21 July – Digital switchover is completed at the Eitshal transmitter and its relays. 28 July – Digital switchover is completed at the Skriaig transmitter and its relays. August 9 August – Viewers in Scotland complain to the BBC after hearing newsreader Kate Silverton swear at the end of a bulletin. The presenter had not realised the mic was still on when she uttered the expletive, which is only picked up by BBC One Scotland. The BBC later apologises for the incident.Stewart Stephen BBC presenter Kate Silverton's 'bloody' big gaffe - heard only in Scotland http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/bbc-presenter-kate-silvertons-bloody-1067200 Daily Record 11 March 2014 15 August 2010 18 August – Digital switchover is completed at the Angus transmitter and its relays. 19 August – STV begins airing the UTV produced quiz strand Brain Box. The unpopular show is axed in February 2011. September 6 September – With the launch of ITV's new breakfast service Daybreak replacing GMTV, GMTV Scotland is renamed Daybreak Scotland. 15 September – Digital switchover is completed at the Durris transmitter and its relays. 22 September – Digital switchover is completed at the Knockmore transmitter and its relays. October 13 October – Digital switchover begins in the STV Central region when the BBC Two analogue signal emanating from the Torosay transmitter and its relays is switched off. The remaining analogue channels stop broadcasting from this transmitter two weeks later. 20 October – Digital switchover in the STV North region is completed when the analogue signal emanating from Rosemarkie and its relays are switched off. November 5 November – Members of the National Union of Journalists at the BBC begin a 48-hour strike in a dispute over proposed changes to the corporation's pension scheme. BBC News operates a reduced service. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11696026 BBC News staff strike over pensions BBC BBC News 5 November 2010 3 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20101105044430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11696026 5 November 2010 live 6 November – BBC TV bulletins in Scotland are dropped as the strike by the corporation's journalists continues.http://news.stv.tv/scotland/207187-bbcs-scottish-tv-bulletins-dropped-as-strike-continues/ BBC's Scottish TV bulletins dropped as strike continues STV News STV 6 November 2010 3 May 2012 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035119/http://news.stv.tv/scotland/207187-bbcs-scottish-tv-bulletins-dropped-as-strike-continues/ dead 7 November – The final episode of Taggart is broadcast, bringing to an end a series which had been on air for more than 25 years.Liam Rudden: There's been a murder! Celebrating Taggart's 35th https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/liam-rudden-theres-been-murder-celebrating-taggarts-35th-581415 www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com 24 May 2022 en 16 November – Former BBC Director-General Greg Dyke says that a Scottish television channel would be "of value" as an alternative to the BBC and STV, but should be publicly funded as advertising revenue would be difficult to raise.Laughlin Andrew http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a288272/greg-dyke-backs-new-scottish-tv-channel.html Greg Dyke backs new Scottish TV channel Digital Spy 17 November 2010 15 February 2014 December 21 December – The BBC Trust gives the go-ahead for the Gaelic language channel BBC Alba to be made available on Freeview in Scotland. However, due to bandwidth restrictions the corporation's 13 radio stations will be unavailable while the channel is on air.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-12049472 BBC News BBC Alba to be shown on Freeview BBC 21 December 2010 12 January 2014 Debuts BBC 11 January – Limmy's Show on BBC Two (2010–2013) 18 May – The Scheme on BBC One (2010–2011) 10 October – Single Father on BBC One (2010) ITV 22 April – The Nightshift (2010–present) 19 August – Brain Box (2010–2011) 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) Politics Now (2004–2011) The Adventure Show (2005–present) Daybreak Scotland (2007–present) Trusadh (2008–present) The Hour (2009–2011) 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) Ending this year 30 May – STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present) 21 October – Single Father (2010) 7 November – Taggart (1983–2010) Deaths 18 April – Tom Fleming, 82, actor 21 June – Tam White, 67, musician 29 August – Ranald Graham, 69, writer, director and producer 19 October – Graham Crowden, 87, actor 28 October – Gerard Kelly, 51, actor See also 2010 in Scotland References 2010 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:2010s in Scottish television