2018 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2018.

Events

January

• No events.

February

• No events.

March

• No events.

April

• April – Students are able to enrol for the new National Film and Television School in Scotland. ^[1]
• 1 April – 50th anniversary of the first edition of the BBC's Reporting Scotland .

May

• 16 May – STV announces that the STV2 local television network is to close at the end of the following month. ^[2] and that it had sold the channel's assets to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England.

June

• 30 June –
  • STV2 closes down and the channel's assets are sold to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England. ^[3]
  • The closure of STV2 results in the cancellation of STV News Tonight.

July

• No events.

August

• No events.

September

• 7 September – The Edinburgh edition of STV News at Six ends and is replaced on the 10th by shorter opt-outs within a Central Scotland programme. ^[4]

October

• 15 October – That's TV Scotland launches as the replacement local television service in Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. ^[5]

November

• No events.

December

• No events.

Debuts

Cbeebies

• 12 November – Molly and Mack (2018–2022) ^{[6] [7]}

Television series

• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[8]
• Landward (1976–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Eòrpa (1993–present)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[9]
• River City (2002–present)
• The Adventure Show (2005–present)
• Daybreak Scotland (2007–present)
• An Là (2008–present)
• Trusadh (2008–present)
• STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present)
• STV News at Six (2009–present)
• The Nightshift (2010–present)
• Scotland Tonight (2011–present)
• Shetland (2013–present)
• Scot Squad (2014–present)
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019) ^[10]
• Two Doors Down (2016–present)

Deaths

• 25 April – Edith MacArthur, 92, actress ( Take the High Road ) ^[11]

See also

• 2018 in Scotland

References

1. "Scotland to have new film and television school". BBC News . 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
2. Glenday, John (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
3. Glenday, John (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. Union to ballot over industrial action as almost 60 journalism jobs set to go, Hold the Front Page, 17 May 2018
5. "Low key launch for new Scottish channel". Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
6. "QMU graduates take starring roles in new CBeebies pre-school drama". www.qmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
7. "Goodbye Molly and Mack – CBeebies' most adorable show". the Guardian. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
8. "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.
9. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
10. "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
11. Steven, Alasdair (27 April 2018). "Obituary - Edith MacArthur, Scottish actress best known for Take The High Road". The Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2024.