2025 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events taking place in 2025 relating to Scottish television.

Events

January

• 1 January – Seeing in the New Year: BBC Scotland's Hogmanay will be hosted by Amy Irons and Des Clarke and others, with most of the show pre-recorded. ^[1] STV's Bringing in the Bells will be hosted by Seán Batty, Laura Boyd, Jean Johansson, Grado and others. ^[2]
• 2 January – The very last edition of Sportscene Results is broadcast. ^[3]
• 6 January – Debut of BBC Scotland's new weeknight news bulletin, Reporting Scotland: News at Seven , presented by Laura Maciver and Amy Irons. ^[4]
• 9 January – On BBC One Scotland Sportscene Results' replacement begins. Called Open All Mics, the programme is an in-vision simulcasts of BBC Radio Scotland supplemented by on-screen graphics such as the vidiprinter, scores, statistics and match summaries. ^[5]
• 30 January – Sally Magnusson announces she will stand down as presenter of the BBC's Reporting Scotland in April, but will continue to work for the BBC on a freelance basis. ^[6]

March

• 18 March – BBC Scotland announces its flagship soap, River City , will end in Autumn 2026 after 24 years on air. ^[7]

April

• 24 April – Stars of Scottish soap River City stage a protest against its cancellation outside the Scottish Parliament. ^[8]
• 30 April – Laura Goodwin is named as the new lead presenter of Reporting Scotland . ^[9]

July

• 17 July – It is announced that Scottish comedy Two Doors Down will return for a 2025 Christmas special. ^[10]

Debuts

• BBC Reporting Scotland: News at Seven
• January – An t-Eilean ^[11]

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)

1970s

• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[12]
• 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)
• Still Game (2016–present)
• Two Doors Down (2016–present)
• The Nine (2019–present)
• Debate Night (2019–present)
• A View from the Terrace (2019–present)

Deaths

• 18 February – James Martin, 93, Scottish actor ( Still Game ). ^[13]
• 13 April – Paddy Higson, 83, Scottish film and television producer ( Taggart ) and ( Brond ). ^[14]
• 9 July – Glen Michael, 99, children's television presenter and entertainer ( Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade ). ^[15]
• 11 December – Stanley Baxter, 99, Scottish comedian, impressionist and entertainer. ^[16]

See also

• 2025 in Scotland

References

1. Dingwall, John (7 November 2024). "BBC Scotland's Hogmanay show hosts revealed - how to apply for tickets". Daily Record . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
2. Suresh, Sandhya (10 December 2024). "STV reveals star-studded line-up for 2024 Hogmanay show". Glasgow Times . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
3. "BBC One Scotland > Sportscene Results". BBC. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
4. "News at Seven: BBC Scotland launches new programme". BBC News. BBC. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
5. "BBC Scotland makes change to football coverage with popular show axed". The National . 22 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
6. "Sally Magnusson to leave Reporting Scotland after 27 years". BBC News. BBC. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
7. "BBC Scotland to scrap flagship drama River City". BBC News. BBC. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
8. "River City stars protest soap's cancellation at Scottish Parliament". BBC News. BBC. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
9. "Laura Goodwin named as new Reporting Scotland presenter". BBC News. BBC. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
10. "Two Doors Down in surprise return with Christmas special". BBC News. BBC. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
11. "An t-Eilean (The Island) cast on the UK's first ever high-end Gaelic drama series - "there is such passion for the language and the culture reemerging"". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
12. "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.
13. "Tributes paid to Still Game's 'Eric' star following his death". The Herald. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
14. Gilbey, Ryan (24 April 2025). "Paddy Higson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
15. Fulton, Matthew (10 July 2025). "Much-loved STV children's entertainer Glen Michael dies aged 99". STV News . Retrieved 13 July 2025.
16. Dixon, Stephen (12 December 2025). "Stanley Baxter obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2025.