BBC Scotland

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BBC Scotland (The Glasgow Studios)
Headquarters Pacific Quay, Glasgow
(previously Queen Margaret Drive)
Broadcast area Flag of Scotland Scotland
TV Stations BBC One Scotland
BBC Two Scotland
Gaelic Digital Service
Radio Stations
in this area		 BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
Websites www.bbc.co.uk/scotland

BBC Scotland (Gaelic: BBC Alba)[citation needed] is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters. Formerly based at Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow, since April 2007 it has begun to move into its new Scottish headquarters and studios at Pacific Quay, on the south bank of the River Clyde, beside the new STV headquarters and the Glasgow Science Centre. BBC Scotland completed its move to Pacific Quay in August 2007.[1] BBC Scotland also has offices including a newsroom, small television studio, and radio studios near to the Scottish Parliament, plus an office inside the Parliament building itself. There are also broadcasting centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Dumfries. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra was resident at BBC Scotland's Queen Margaret Drive base until 2006, when it moved to new premises in the city centre. The orchestra performs regularly throughout Scotland and around the world.[2]

BBC Scotland's main rival is STV (formerly Scottish Television and Grampian Television), which, despite the name, does not in fact broadcast throughout the country. STV's transmissions are confined to the main population centres of central and northern Scotland, while Border Television (ITV1 Border) covers the south.

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[edit] Television

BBC Scotland co-ordinates two of the country's five public television stations: BBC One Scotland and BBC Two Scotland

  • BBC One Scotland is the broadcaster's flagship station and offers a mixture of home-grown comedy, drama, news and current affairs programmes, as well as providing viewers with the main output from the BBC's UK network.
  • BBC Two Scotland is an opt-out of the UK's BBC Two network. Daily opt-outs include regular news bulletins and a variety of Gaelic children's, youth, current affairs programming and coverage of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

BBC Scotland (BBC Alba) will also be responsible for the Gaelic Digital Service when it launches in summer 2008. The channel is funded by the BBC and the Gaelic Media Service.

[edit] Programming

As well as producing programming for Scotland, as the largest of the BBC's "Nations & Regions", BBC Scotland also produces television programming intended for the UK network.

Flagship programmes for Scotland include the nightly news programmes Reporting Scotland and Newsnight Scotland, drama in the form of River City and Monarch of the Glen, and sports programming in the shape of Sportscene, Grandstand from Scotland and The Adventure Show. BBC Scotland also produces Gaelic programming, such as Eòrpa and Dotaman, under the banner BBC Alba.

BBC Scotland also produces the Scottish opt-out sections of UK-wide programmes such as The Politics Show and Children in Need. Output for the UK network has included such recent high profile dramas as Monarch of the Glen, 55 Degrees North and Sea of Souls.[3]

[edit] Selected BBC Scotland programming for Scotland

The following are selected BBC Scotland-produced or -commissioned programmes shown in Scotland only:

[edit] Selected BBC Scotland programming for the UK

The following are selected BBC Scotland-produced or -commissioned programmes networked across the UK:

[edit] Studios

The Glasgow Studios

BBC Scotland has 11 television and radio studios in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Portree, Stornoway, Inverness, Selkirk, Dumfries, Orkney and Shetland. BBC Scotland's HQ, Pacific Quay in Glasgow, opened in 2007. Pacific Quay has the largest studio in the UK outside London.There are 3 studios:

[edit] Radio

BBC Scotland also operates the national radio networks:

  • BBC Radio Scotland on 92-95 FM and 810 MW, broadcasts across Scotland and sometimes splits frequencies, with other programming, usually sport, broadcasting only on MW.
  • BBC Radio nan Gàidheal on 103.5-105 FM is the Gaelic language station broadcasting across parts of Scotland, and is often used as an extra frequency for Sportsound's coverage of multiple SPL football matches.

There are also regional news opt-outs broadcasting from Aberdeen (North-East), Inverness (Highlands and Islands), Selkirk (Borders), Dumfries (South-West), Lerwick (Shetland) and Kirkwall (Orkney), with the latter two also providing extra programming for their area.

BBC Scotland also takes part in the 'Regionalisation' of some of the UK-wide BBC's radio output. One example of this is on Thursday nights, when Radio 1 splits the home nations with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland broadcasting their own shows showcasing local talent. The Radio 1 Session in Scotland is presented by Vic Galloway.[4]

[edit] Online

BBC Scotland also provides a large amount of online content specifically aimed at the Scottish user, whether they be from within Scotland, or for Scots from further afield.

  • They are responsible for the Scottish News, Sport and Education portals in the main bbc.co.uk website, along with their own sections such as History, Music and information about their television and radio programmes.
  • Also, BBC Scotland have begun to stream a variety of television and radio content via the BBC Scotland Player on their website. Examples of this include news and current affairs programming available on demand, live Scottish sport and trailers for upcoming programmes.
  • BBC Scotland also produces the first - and still the only - video news download from within the Nations & Regions division. Called "BBC Scotland News Weekly", it contains five stories from television news across the week. It can be accessed on the BBC Scotland news website and via the podcast section of iTunes.[5]

[edit] See also

 BBC Portal 

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pacific Quay", bbc.co.uk/scotland. Retrieved on 2007-08-20. 
  2. ^ "BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - About the Orchestra", bbc.co.uk/scotland. Retrieved on 2007-08-20. 
  3. ^ "BBC Scotland Television", bbc.co.uk/scotland. Retrieved on 2007-08-20. 
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Vic Galloway", bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-20. 
  5. ^ "BBC Scotland News Weekly - video podcast", bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-20. 

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BBC Scotland original television programmes
Drama Monarch of the Glen · River City · Waterloo Road · Hope Springs
Comedy Still Game · Dear Green Place · Legit · Scotch and Wry · Chewin' the Fat · Only an Excuse? · Offside · Naked Video · Rab C. Nesbitt
News & current affairs Reporting Scotland · Newsnight Scotland · BBC Scotland Investigates · The Politics Show Scotland · Politics Scotland · Holyrood Live · 24/7
History Restoration · Scotland on Film
Lifestyle Artworks Scotland · Landward · The Beechgrove Garden · videoGaiden
Quiz shows National Lottery JetSet 2012 · Your Country Needs You
Gaelic Cunntas · Dè a-nis? · Eòrpa · Rapal
Children's Balamory · Hedz · Me Too! · Nina and the Neurons · Raven · Shoebox Zoo
Music Celtic Connections · The Music Show · T in the Park · Hogmanay Live
Sport Sportscene · That Was The Team That Was · The Adventure Show
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