2007 in Scottish television

Events

January

• 7 January – Death of television presenter Magnus Magnusson, long-time presenter of the BBC's Mastermind.
• 8 January – STV launches separate news services for the East and West of the STV Central region, initially as a five-minute opt out within the 6:00 pm edition of Scotland Today on weeknights. STV also launches two editions of North Tonight begin to receive two different programmes - those in the Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and north-east Fife area receive a dedicated bulletin within the main North Tonight programme.
• 10 January – Scottish Media Group and Belfast-based UTV agree the details of a merger, including a revised share split between the two. UTV will own 54% of the group, while SMG will take the remaining 46%.{{cite news

April

• 12 April – SMG Group plc announce plans to sell Virgin Radio, to enable the company to focus on its television station, STV.{{cite news | access-date = 1 May 2012

May

• 3 May – Television coverage of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

June

• 7 June – The long-running Scottish Six debate over a separate BBC Six O'Clock News bulletin for Scotland is reignited after the Scottish National Party's Pete Wishart writes to the BBC Director General Mark Thompson calling for a Scottish news programme to be introduced.

July

• 18 July – It is announced that the Scottish Premier League has signed a deal with BBC Scotland for non-exclusive television coverage of the league.

August

• August – The Scottish Government establishes the Scottish Broadcasting Commission to oversee television production and broadcasting in Scotland.
• 31 August – STV celebrates fifty years on air.

September

• 20 September – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown opens the BBC Scotland's new Pacific Quay studio complex in Glasgow. At the opening ceremony BBC Director-General Mark Thompson outlines plans to increase BBC Scotland's content output.

October

• 26 October – Inaugural meeting of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. Chaired by Blair Jenkins the Commission hopes to take television in Scotland "to a different level".

December

• 3 December – News opt-outs for Scotland during GMTV are taken over by MacMillan Media following a long-running dispute between GMTV and STV. Previously STV and Grampian had provided local news coverage during GMTV.

Debuts

BBC

• 26 February – The Adventure Show on BBC Two (2007–present)

ITV

• 3 December – GMTV Scotland on STV (2007–2012)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• North Tonight (1980–2009)
• Taggart (1983–2010)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)
• River City (2002–present)
• Politics Now (2004–2011)
• VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
• The Adventure Show (2007–present)
• That Was The Team That Was (2006–2008)

Ending this year

• 31 December – Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)

Deaths

• 7 January – Magnus Magnusson, 79, broadcaster and presenter
• 9 February – Ian Richardson, 72, actor

References

References

1. (7 June 2007). "SNP re-ignites Scottish Six idea". BBC.
2. (July 2007). "Two new major broadcasting deals for the SPL". Scottish Premier League.
3. (8 August 2007). "Commission looks at broadcasting". BBC.
4. (20 September 2007). "Opening ceremony for new BBC HQ". BBC.
5. (20 September 2007). "BBC chief in pledge to Scotland". BBC.
6. (26 October 2007). "First meeting for broadcast group". BBC.
7. (17 November 2016). "BBC Sport in Black and White". Springer.
8. (6 August 2025). "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary".
9. (14 October 2016). "Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box". Taylor & Francis.
10. (31 December 2020). "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?".