This is a list of events taking place in 2021 relating to Scottish television.
Events
January
- 1 January – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.[1]
- 5 January – Up to sixteen traineeships on the Outlander programme are due to start[2] leading to speculation that filming for the sixth season will commence in the same month.,[3] having been postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked about rumours that this would be the final season, executive producer Maril Davis stated that: "We are not aware that this is the last season. ... But we don't have any additional seasons picked up yet".[4]
September
- 9 September – Scottish Comedian Janey Godley is dropped from a Scottish Government health campaign urging people to wear face coverings and take lateral flow tests after historic tweets were published in which she made derogatory comments about a number of black performers.[5]
Debuts
BBC
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
1970s
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- Landward (1976–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
1990s
- Eòrpa (1993–present)
2000s
- River City (2002–present)
- The Adventure Show (2005–present)
- An Là (2008–present)
- Trusadh (2008–present)
- STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present)
- STV News at Six (2009–present)
2010s
- Scotland Tonight (2011–present)
- Shetland (2013–present)
- Scot Squad (2014–present)
- Two Doors Down (2016–present)
- Molly and Mack (2018–2022)[6]
- The Nine (2019–present)
- Debate Night (2019–present)
- A View from the Terrace (2019–present)
Deaths
- 18 January – Andy Gray, 61, actor and comedy writer (River City)[7]
- 9 November – Gwyneth Guthrie, 84, actress (Take the High Road) [8]
See also
References
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