Hogmanay Live

infobox television
show_name = Hogmanay Live


caption = Hogmanay Live Branding
format = New Year's television special
runtime = 60 minutes
(Often with a preview programme earlier in the evening)
creator =
starring = Jackie Bird,
Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain
country = SCO
network = BBC One Scotland
(Sometimes BBC One nationally)
first_aired = ????
last_aired = present
location = Pacific Quay Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
num_episodes = |

"Hogmanay Live" is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay Studioson Hogmanay. Regardless of location, the programme rings in the New Year with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One O'Clock Gun and the subseqent fireworks in Edinburgh. Occasionally the programme is networked across the United Kingdom on BBC One and it is usually also streamed live over BBC Scotland's website.

The programme features a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with some past programming also featuring live coverage of parts of the Princes Street concert in Edinburgh.

Its current presenter is Jackie Bird.

History

The programme has its roots in "The White Heather Club" which preceded it. Whilst Hogmanay Live is vastly different nowadays from the programme that came before it, "The White Heather Club" brought the Scottish tradition of Hogmanay to television for the first time. Various incarnations and evolutions of the show have appeared over the years, such as "The Hogmanay Show", which blend the old with the new and mark the beginning of a New Year from a distinctly Scottish perspective. Hogmanay Live, briefly renamed "New Year Live" in 1998, has continued this tradition, giving viewers a chance to both reflect on the year gone by and look forward to the year ahead in a uniquely Scottish fashion.

2005

In 2005, performances on Hogmanay Live were a mix of segments from the open-air concert in Princes Street Gardens, featuring K.T. Tunstall and Texas, and acts inside the Great Hall, including Nicola Benedetti and the now traditional appearances of Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, or 'Phil & Aly' for short.

2006

Due to the poor weather on 31 December, 2006, the World-famous Edinburgh street party and concert had to be cancelled. As they were unable to relay sections of these events during Hogmanay Live, BBC Scotland instead broadcast the whole hour-long show from inside the Great Hall. Performers included new Scottish singing sensation Paolo Nutini, folk-musician Karine Polwart and again Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain.

2007

The 2007 "Hogmanay Live" was broadcast live from BBC Scotland's new HQ at Pacific Quay by the River Clyde in Glasgow. Live music came from Hogmanay regulars Phil & Aly, along with other folk musicians, and Marti Pellow and Amy MacDonald also. Coverage as usual included the firing of Mons Meg and the Edinburgh Castle fireworks to mark the beginning of 2008.

In Popular Culture

* The show has previously been parodied by BBC Scotland's other 31st December mainstay, Only an Excuse?.

* During "Hogmanay Live 2001", one of presenter Jackie Bird's many costume changes included a small gold glittery top which arguably was not best suited to her figure. Amid derision from the media, the top became one of the infamous moments of that year's programme and was auctioned off for BBC Children in Need later in the year.

References

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=hogmanay|title=Hogmanay Live
*imdb title|id=0446711|title=Hogmanay Live
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b008l2tk.shtml BBC iPlayer - Hogmanay Live 2007] - available to watch online