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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2006.

Events

January – It is announced that Scottish Screen will amalgamate with the Scottish Arts Council to form the newly created Creative Scotland.
2 March – STV Group plc announce that Scottish Television will be known onscreen as STV. Grampian will also rebrand.
30 May – Scottish Television becomes known as STV Central and Grampian Television as STV North.
July – Launch of the STV website stv.tv.
29 August – SMG officially rejects a merger offer from Northern Irish ITV franchise holder UTV. The merger approach would have given SMG shareholders a 52% stake in the combined company.^[1]

Debuts

BBC

10 February – That Was The Team That Was on BBC One (2006–2008)

Television series

Scotsport (1957–2008)
Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sportscene (1975–present)
The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
Grampian Today (1980–2009) (rebranded as North Tonight)
Taggart (1983–2010)^[2]
Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)^[3]
Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)^[4]
River City (2002–present)
Politics Now (2004–2011)
VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
The Adventure Show (2005–present)

Ending this year

Unknown – The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006)^[5]

Deaths

6 July – Tom Weir, 91, cricketer, author, and broadcaster

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References

↑ Day, Julia (29 August 2006). "SMG turns down UTV merger bid". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
↑ 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.
↑ "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
↑ "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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[1] Day, Julia (29 August 2006). "SMG turns down UTV merger bid". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2006.

[2] McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.

[3] "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[4] "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[5] "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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