Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the old year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. It is normally followed by further celebration on the morning of New Year's Day and, in some cases, 2 January—a Scottish bank holiday. In a few contexts, the word Hogmanay is used more loosely to describe the entire period consisting of the last few days of the old year and the first few days of the new year. For instance, not all events held under the banner of Edinburgh's Hogmanay take place on 31 December.
Carol Patricia Smillie is a Scottish former television presenter, actress and model. Smillie became famous as a presenter on British TV during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was best known for assisting Nicky Campbell on the UK version of the game show Wheel of Fortune between 1989 and 1994. Between 1996 and 2003, she was the main presenter on the BBC One home makeover show Changing Rooms.
BBC Reporting Scotland is the BBC's national television news programme for Scotland, broadcast on BBC One Scotland from the headquarters of BBC Scotland in Pacific Quay, Glasgow.
Frederick MacAulay is a Scottish comedian. For 18 years, until March 2015, he presented a daily BBC Scotland radio programme MacAulay and Co. He has appeared on numerous TV shows.
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Vivien Dale Victoria Lumsden is a former television presenter. She was a newsreader on the Scottish TV news programme, Scotland Today for nine years. Before Scottish TV, she worked on BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland from 1984 to 1989.
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Craig Hill is a Scottish comedian, TV presenter and actor known for his cheeky, irreverent and camp act.
Grant Stott is a Scottish broadcaster, radio DJ, television presenter, Scottish cultural commentator, master of ceremonies, events host, actor, and part-time pantomime villain from Edinburgh. He formerly worked as a DJ on Edinburgh radio station Forth 1 until January 2017. He then joined BBC Radio Scotland and now appears on the television soap opera River City. Stott is the brother of television presenter John Leslie.
Laura Miller is a Scottish broadcast journalist and television presenter, who has presented the Monday to Wednesday night edition of BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland since 2019. Miller previously worked for STV News, presenting the East Central Scotland edition of STV News at Six.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the celebrations and observance of Hogmanay—the Scottish celebration of the New Year—held in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. The fireworks display at Edinburgh Castle are broadcast on television in Scotland, such as BBC Scotland's Hogmanay, as well as Hogmanay celebration broadcasts by STV.
Iain Andrew Stirling is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter, narrator and Twitch streamer from Edinburgh, Scotland.
BBC One's New Year's Eve specials have aired in varying formats; in 2000, and since 2004, they have prominently featured live coverage of London's New Year's Eve festivities, including the midnight bongs of Big Ben, and the fireworks show on the River Thames and London Eye.
Susan Grace Calman is a Scottish comedian, television presenter and writer.
STV Children's Appeal is a Scottish charity appeal organised by STV and The Hunter Foundation, in aid of the STV Charitable Trust.
The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Lauren Layfield. It was first broadcast on 17 January 2014 and was originally hosted by the comedian Iain Stirling. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC.
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2020.
STV Hogmanay specials are broadcast on commercial channel STV, and are annual event programmes broadcast on Hogmanay, Scotland's New Year's Eve celebration. The specials have been pre-recorded since 2009, having previously been aired live.
Live into 85 is a New Year's Eve television special that was broadcast by BBC1 on 31 December 1984. Broadcast from the Gleneagles Hotel near Auchterarder, Scotland and presented by the English comedian Tom O'Connor, the special was themed around Scotland's Hogmanay festivities and was a retool of the BBC's then-traditional New Year's specials. The show aimed to be more contemporary following multiple perfunctory editions and to have a broader appeal to English viewers, booking the English singer Maggie Moone and the English band Modern Romance. The show faced a number of production setbacks including the withdrawal of Bucks Fizz and suffered a number of on-screen incidents including failed performances by John Grieve and Chic Murray. The show received poor reception by viewers and critics in England and Scotland alike, with Grieve and Murray coming in for particular criticism. The year after, the BBC ended its networked Hogmanay specials after 32 consecutive years in favour of different formats and relegated its Hogmanay-centric coverage to an opt-out on BBC1 Scotland.
