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 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] 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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Newsnight Scotland to be axed ahead of referendum". Herald Scotland.
  2. ↑ "Scottish independence: journalist Sarah Smith hits back at accusations of BBC referendum bias". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Newsnight Scotland axed for new show led by Sarah Smith".

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