Scotland Tonight

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Scotland Tonight
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GenreNews, current affairs
Directed byJohn Mason
Laura Trimble
Alasdair Murray
Presented by John MacKay
Rona Dougall
Theme music composerRage Music
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Production location Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen
Running time25 minutes
Production company STV News
Release
Original network STV
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release24 October 2011 (2011-10-24) 
present
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Scotland Tonight is a Scottish news and current affairs programme, covering the two STV franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by STV News. The programme is presented by STV News at Six Central anchor John MacKay on Mondays & Tuesdays and former Sky News Scotland correspondent Rona Dougall on Wednesdays & Thursday. [1]

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The half-hour programme, which launched on Monday 24 October 2011, replacing the former STV weekly-political programme Politics Now . [2] Scotland Tonight airs at 22:40 on Monday – Wednesday nights following the late bulletin from STV News; the Thursday edition has aired in a prime-time 19:30 slot since January 2020. The programme features reports, interviews & analysis on the Scottish national news of the day alongside coverage of politics, business, sport and the arts & entertainment. In January 2022, it was announced that the Thursday edition would move one hour later to 20:30 from March 2022, due to other changes to STV's evening schedules. [3]

Scotland Tonight is broadcast across both STV regions (North & Central). The programme is broadcast from studio 1 at STV's Glasgow studios, sharing the studio with the West edition of STV News at Six.

Gordon Chree, Colin Mackay, Aasmah Mir, Halla Mohieddeen, Bernard Ponsonby, Claire Stewart and Kelly Ann Woodland have each presented on occasion.

Specials

Special extend programmes are also held for any Scottish By-election, usually presented by Bernard Ponsonby.

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References

  1. Wylie, Alice (28 February 2019). "Night vision: Scotland Tonight celebrates a year on air". The Scotsman . Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. "Scotland Tonight: STV launches new nightly news and current affairs programme". stv.tv. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  3. "Coronation Street and Emmerdale timeslots change in STV schedule revamp". STV News. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.