2021 in Scottish television

This is a list of events taking place in 2021 relating to Scottish television.

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Events

January

• 1 January – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.^[1]
• 5 January – Up to sixteen traineeships on the Outlander programme are due to start^[2] leading to speculation that filming for the sixth season will commence in the same month.,^[3] having been postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked about rumours that this would be the final season, executive producer Maril Davis stated that: "We are not aware that this is the last season. ... But we don't have any additional seasons picked up yet".^[4]

September

• 9 September – Scottish Comedian Janey Godley is dropped from a Scottish Government health campaign urging people to wear face coverings and take lateral flow tests after historic tweets were published in which she made derogatory comments about a number of black performers.^[5]

Debuts

BBC

The Sunday Show

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

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

1970s

• Sportscene (1975–present)
• 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)
• Two Doors Down (2016–present)
• Molly and Mack (2018–2022)^[6]
• The Nine (2019–present)
• Debate Night (2019–present)
• A View from the Terrace (2019–present)

Deaths

• 18 January – Andy Gray, 61, actor and comedy writer (River City)^[7]

See also

• 2021 in Scotland

References

1. "New Year fireworks watched by 10 million viewers on BBC One". 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
2. Shuttleworth, Jamie (7 November 2020). "Outlander Casting: Scots wanted to star in new season". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
3. Macfarlane, Jenna (4 December 2020). "Outlander season 6: release date, cast, number of episodes and what will happen in the new series". Retrieved 31 December 2020.
4. Bonner, Mehera (9 May 2020). "Outlander Season 6: Everything We Know". Harper's Bazaar. from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
5. "Janey Godley dropped from government Covid ads over tweets". 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
6. "Goodbye Molly and Mack – CBeebies' most adorable show". the Guardian. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
7. "Tributes to Andy Gray after legendary Scottish actor and comedy star passes away". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.