Scotland 2016

Scotland 2016
Presented by Sarah Smith
Jonathan Sutherland (Thursday evenings), Shelley Jofre
Production
Producer(s) BBC Scotland News
Location(s) BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network BBC Two Scotland
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
Original release 28 May 2014 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Newsnight Scotland (1999-2014)
Related shows Newsnight
Reporting Scotland
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Website

Scotland 2016 is a news and current affairs programme from BBC Scotland News, presented by Sarah Smith and Jonathan Sutherland. Starting 28 May 2014, it was called Scotland 2014 before being renamed to reflect the year. It replaced Newsnight Scotland as BBC Scotland's flagship political programme. The half-hour programme airs from 10.30pm Monday to Thursday, opposite STV's Scotland Tonight, with Newsnight being broadcast in Scotland at 11pm.

History

Scotland 2014 was announced in February 2014, part of a major shake-up in BBC Scotland News and current affairs programme in the run up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.[1][2] It was initially scheduled to run until October of that year.[1] The BBC stated the series "will demonstrate how Scotland impacts on national and global events and how national and global events impact on Scotland."[3]

In mid-2016 it was thought that the average audience was around 35,000.[4]

On 21 June 2016 the BBC announced that the show was being discontinued.[5] The BBC revised its discussion and the series returned on 22 August 2016.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Miller, Phil (6 February 2014). "Newsnight Scotland to be axed ahead of referendum". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Cramb, Auslan (6 February 2014). "Scottish independence: journalist Sarah Smith hits back at accusations of BBC referendum bias". Telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Morkis, Stefan (6 February 2014). "Newsnight Scotland axed for new show led by Sarah Smith". The Courier. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Miller, Phil (22 June 2016). "BBC Scotland cancels Scotland 2016 after losing late-night news show battle". The Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Carrell, Severin (21 June 2016). "BBC to scrap flagship current affairs show Scotland 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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