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Newsnight Scotland Format News and Current Affairs Programme Presented by Gordon Brewer,
Glenn CampbellProduction Producer(s) BBC Scotland News Location(s) BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland Running time 20 minutes Broadcast Original channel BBC Two Scotland Picture format 720x576 anamorphic 16:9 Original run 4 October 1999 – Present Chronology Related shows Newsnight
Reporting Scotland
An LàNewsnight Scotland is a BBC Scotland television news programme which started on Monday October 4, 1999. The programme is aired from BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow, and is an opt out of the main London-based Newsnight programme. It is on at 11pm from Mondays to Thursdays, replacing the last twenty minutes of Newsnight on BBC Two Scotland (available from the Astra 2D satellite outside Scotland).
Newsnight Scotland covers all topical and political issues that affect Scotland. Often the issues derive from the goings-on at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. The programme has investigated many topics, including the costs of the construction of the Holyrood site. It reported in great details about the decisions leading to this, including the competition for Scotland's new parliament. The biggest story covered so far was the parliament itself; with extensive coverage of the Fraser Inquiry.
Newsnight Scotland came about as a result of calls for a Scottish-based version of the BBC News at Six (the so-called "Scottish Six") following the vote in favour of Scottish devolution. As this did not come about a 'compromise' was then reached in 1999, when Newsnight Scotland was devised.
The programme is presented by Glenn Campbell on Mondays, and Gordon Brewer fronts the programme on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Isobel Fraser, Sally Magnusson and Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland co-presenter Gary Robertson also appear on the show as stand-in presenters. In 1999, the programme had a Friday edition with a brief news summary before being dropped.
The Newsnight Scotland team were rewarded for their work in bringing environmental issues to a wider public audience at the 2003 British Environmental Media Awards (BEMAs) in London. The award was for a report from Newfoundland, concerning the collapse of the Canadian cod fisheries.
It is broadcast from Studio C at Pacific Quay Studios in Glasgow, using the same set as Reporting Scotland.
Contents
The Team
Currently, the Newsnight Scotland on-air team consists of the following;
Main anchors
- Gordon Brewer
- Gary Robertson (stand-in)
- Glenn Campbell
- Isobel Fraser (stand-in)
Reporters
- Simon Willis
- Ken Macdonald
- Julie Peacock
- David Henderson
- Derek Bateman
Past presenters/reporters
- Abeer MacIntyre
- Anne MacKenzie
- John Milne (now retired)
See also
External links
BBC Scotland current television programmes Drama Comedy Limmy's Show · Legit · Only an Excuse? · Rab C. Nesbitt · Empty · The Old Guys · Gary: Tank Commander · Happy HollidaysNews & current affairs Reporting Scotland · Newsnight Scotland · BBC Scotland Investigates · The Politics Show Scotland · Holyrood LiveHistory Lifestyle Game shows Gaelic (BBC Alba) Air Bhàrr nan Tonn · Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail · An Là · Seachd Là · Can Seo · Cunntas · Dè a-nis? · Dotaman · Eòrpa · Rapal · Spòrs · Rugby Beo · Rathad an Sutha · Cuide ri CathyChildren's Balamory · Hedz · Me Too! · Nina and the Neurons · Raven (The Island, The Secret Temple, The Dragon's Eye)Music Sport See also: List of BBC Scotland programmes BBC Nations & Regions Television News English regions Nations Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Categories:- 1999 British television programme debuts
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