2008 in Scottish television

none May 2024 2008 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2008. Events February 27 February – In a speech to the Royal Television Society in Glasgow, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond criticises broadcasters such as BBC Scotland and STV for not providing live coverage of Scotland's international football matches.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7267706.stm Salmond hits out over TV football BBC BBC News 27 February 2008 4 May 2012 May 22 May – After over 50 years on air STV's Scotsport airs for the last time. 24 June – SMG plc announces another name change – this time to STV Group plc. September 8 September – A report by the Scottish Broadcasting Commission recommends that up to £75 million of public funds should be used to create a high quality Scottish television channel.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7603396.stm Scotland 'needs national channel' BBC BBC News 8 September 2008 15 February 2014 19 September – Launch of the Scottish Gaelic television channel BBC Alba.BBC - Press Office - BBC Alba launching on 19 September https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/13/alba.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 6 March 2023 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616223413/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/13/alba.shtml live 22 September – The launch of BBC Alba sees the first edition of a new Scottish Gaelic news bulletin called An Là. October 1 October – Scottish Media Group is rebranded STV Group plc. It does this because it wants to highlight its renewed focus on television. SMG reborn as STV Group The Guardian 24 June 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/24/mediabusiness.television 10 January 2016 Caitlin Fitzsimmons Goodbye SMG... Hello STV Group BroadcastNow 1 October 2008 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/10/goodbye_smg_hello_stv_group.html 2 October 2008 November November – A History of Scotland presented by historian Neil Oliver debuts on BBC One in Scotland. It is shown national on BBC Two from January 2009. November – STV announces its intention to opt out of ITV1 programmes they claim are not performing well in their broadcast region. These include series such as Sharpe's Peril, Al Murray's Happy Hour, Moving Wallpaper, Benidorm and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. ITV's coverage of the FA Cup is also dropped. Debuts BBC November – A History of Scotland on BBC One Unknown – Trusadh on BBC Alba (2008–present) Television series Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) Scotland Today (1972–2009) 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) North Tonight (1980–2009) 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) Ending this year 22 February – That Was The Team That Was (2006–2008) April – VideoGaiden (2005–2008) 22 May – Scotsport (1957–2008) Deaths 13 June – John Malcolm, 72, actor 27 July – Bob Crampsey, 78, historian, author and broadcaster See also 2008 in Scotland References 2008 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:2000s in Scottish television