2006 in Scottish television

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) ^[2]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[3]
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009) (rebranded as North Tonight)
• Taggart (1983–2010) ^[4]
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[5]
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019) ^[6]
• River City (2002–present)
• Politics Now (2004–2011)
• VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
• The Adventure Show (2005–present)

Ending this year

• 7 April – The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006) ^[7]

Deaths

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

See also

• 2006 in Scotland

References

1. Day, Julia (29 August 2006). "SMG turns down UTV merger bid". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
2. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
3. "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary". BBC Sport. 6 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-317-16096-0.
5. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
6. "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
7. "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.