2009 in Scottish television

none May 2024 2009 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2009. Events March 20 March – STV North's regional news programme North Tonight ends after 29 years on air. 22 March – STV Central's regional news programme Scotland Today ends after 37 years on air. 23 March – Launch of the new look news programme STV News at Six in STV's North and Central regions. July July – The BBC Trust writes to the UK government asking for it to guarantee that future Scotland football internationals are broadcast on terrestrial television.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8176591.stm BBC in Scotland football TV plea BBC BBC News 30 July 2009 4 May 2012 July – Launch of STV Player allowing Internet users to view STV programmes online. July – STV announces that it is withdrawing some ITV1 networked programmes such as The Bill, Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, Poirot and Lewis from its schedules, instead preferring to concentrate on programming made within Scotland.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/11/stv-defends-dropping-itv-dramas The Guardian London STV defends dropping ITV dramas Chris Tryhorn 11 September 2009 1 May 2012 August 28 August – At the Edinburgh International Television Festival News Corporation Chairman James Murdoch delivers the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture in which he launches an attack on the BBC and UK media regulator Ofcom. James Robinson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/28/james-murdoch-bbc-mactaggart-edinburgh-tv-festival James Murdoch hits out at BBC and regulators at Edinburgh TV festival The Guardian 28 August 2009 2 May 2012 London https://web.archive.org/web/20090923134155/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/28/james-murdoch-bbc-mactaggart-edinburgh-tv-festival 23 September 2009 live September 22 September – ITV plc launches legal proceedings against STV for a quoted unpaid debt of £38 million from network programming contributions, following STV's practice of dropping a number of network programmes on the STV franchise. At the same time, STV claims it is also following procedures against ITV plc, for up to £40 million owed to STV under its advertising sales agreements. ITV takes legal action over STV's network programme payments The Guardian 22 September 2009 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/22/itv-stv-network-programme-budget-contributions 1 May 2012 Leigh Holmwood October 26 October – The BBC Trust announces a review of the Gaelic language channel BBC Alba to assess its impact on viewers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8325586.stm Gaelic TV channel being reviewed BBC BBC News 26 October 2009 12 January 2014 Debuts BBC 22 March – Sport Nation on BBC Two (2009–present) 21 October – Gary: Tank Commander (2009–2012) ITV 17 January – wknd@stv (2009) 23 March – STV News at Six (2009–present) 26 May – The Hour (2009–2011) 6 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) Taggart (1983–2010)McElroy Ruth Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box 14 October 2016 Taylor & Francis 978-1-317-16096-0 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=yColDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 en 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) GMTV Scotland (2007–present) Trusadh (2008–present) Ending this year 20 March – North Tonight (1980–2009) 22 March – Scotland Today (1972–2009) Deaths 30 April – Maurice Lindsay, 91, broadcasterRiach Alan Obituary: Maurice Lindsay https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/may/12/maurice-lindsay-obituary-poet-scotland the Guardian 30 April 2021 en 12 May 2009 15 September – Troy Kennedy Martin, 77, screenwriter See also 2009 in Scotland References 2009 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:2000s in Scottish television