2007_in_Scottish_television
2007 in Scottish television
Overview of the events of 2007 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2007.
January
- 7 January – Death of television presenter Magnus Magnusson, long-time presenter of the BBC's Mastermind.
- 8 January – STV launches separate news services for the East and West of the STV Central region, initially as a five-minute opt out within the 6:00 pm edition of Scotland Today on weeknights. STV also launches two editions of North Tonight begin to receive two different programmes - those in the Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and north-east Fife area receive a dedicated bulletin within the main North Tonight programme.
- 10 January – Scottish Media Group and Belfast-based UTV agree the details of a merger, including a revised share split between the two. UTV will own 54% of the group, while SMG will take the remaining 46%.[1] However, the deal is once again rejected at the end of February.
February
- No events.
March
- No events.
April
- 12 April – SMG Group plc announce plans to sell Virgin Radio, to enable the company to focus on its television station, STV.[2]
May
- 3 May – Television coverage of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
June
- 7 June – The long-running Scottish Six debate over a separate BBC Six O'Clock News bulletin for Scotland is reignited after the Scottish National Party's Pete Wishart writes to the BBC Director General Mark Thompson calling for a Scottish news programme to be introduced.[3]
July
- 18 July – It is announced that the Scottish Premier League has signed a deal with BBC Scotland for non-exclusive television coverage of the league.[4]
August
- August – The Scottish Government establishes the Scottish Broadcasting Commission to oversee television production and broadcasting in Scotland.[5]
- 31 August – STV celebrates fifty years on air.
September
- 20 September – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown opens the BBC Scotland's new Pacific Quay studio complex in Glasgow.[6] At the opening ceremony BBC Director-General Mark Thompson outlines plans to increase BBC Scotland's content output.[7]
October
- 26 October – Inaugural meeting of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. Chaired by Blair Jenkins the Commission hopes to take television in Scotland "to a different level".[8]
November
- No events.
December
ITV
- 3 December – GMTV Scotland on STV (2007–present)
- Scotsport (1957–2008)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- North Tonight (1980–2009)
- Taggart (1983–2010)[9]
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[10]
- River City (2002–present)
- Politics Now (2004–2011)
- VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
- The Adventure Show (2005–present)
- That Was The Team That Was (2006–2008)
- 31 December – Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)
- 7 January – Magnus Magnusson, 79, broadcaster and presenter
- 9 February – Ian Richardson, 72, actor
- "UTV gains ground in SMG merger negotiations". The Business. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- Holmwood, Leigh (12 April 2007). "SMG strategy was 'flawed'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- "SNP re-ignites Scottish Six idea". BBC News. BBC. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- "Two new major broadcasting deals for the SPL". Scottish Premier League. July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- "Commission looks at broadcasting". BBC News. BBC. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- "Opening ceremony for new BBC HQ". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- "BBC chief in pledge to Scotland". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- "First meeting for broadcast group". BBC News. BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
- "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.