Reporting Scotland
| Reporting Scotland | |
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| Genre | News |
| Presented by |
Jackie Bird Sally Magnusson |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Studio C, BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow |
| Running time | Main bulletin: 30 minutes; Short bulletins: Durations vary |
| Production company(s) |
BBC Scotland BBC News |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One Scotland |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | 1 April 1968 – 21 October 1983; 30 July 1984 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Scotland 2014 An Là |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Reporting Scotland is BBC Scotland's national television news programme. The programme first aired on 1 April 1968, with three main presenters based in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen - the best known being Mary Marquis. The programme has gone through a variety of presentation combinations, but since 2008 it has been anchored by one presenter most evenings: either Jackie Bird or Sally Magnusson. Reporting Scotland's current editor is Andrew Browne. It is the only Scottish national news programme in the English language on air, with commercial broadcaster STV providing regional news services for the North of Scotland (including an opt-out for Tayside) and the West and East of Central Scotland. ITV Border's news service is shown in southern Scotland and Cumbria.
Although BBC Television had been established in Scotland since February 1952, and had broadcast some opt-out programming, it did not start its Scottish television news service until Friday 30 August 1957, initially consisting of a five-minute bulletin at 6.05pm on weekdays and a sports results programme on Saturdays. The BBC was keen to launch the Scottish News Summary ahead of its new commercial rival in the central belt, Scottish Television (STV) and before the launch of similar bulletins elsewhere in the UK. As it turned out, STV began broadcasting the day after the launch of what was the BBC's first regional TV news bulletin. Topical magazine programmes were later introduced to supplement the Scottish news bulletins including Six Ten, A Quick Look Round and a weekly opt-out programme for the North of Scotland entitled Talk of the North.
Reporting Scotland was launched on 1 April 1968 - for much of its earlier history, the programme was presented from Glasgow, Edinburgh & Aberdeen and integrated into the Nationwide strand. As with the other parts of the UK, the Reporting Scotland news team often contributed reports to the Nationwide programme. When Nationwide ended in 1983, Reporting Scotland was briefly replaced by Scotland Sixty Minutes as part of the revamped news programme, Sixty Minutes, but was reinstated in 1984. Since that time, the name "Reporting Scotland" has also been used as the on-screen identity for all of BBC Scotland's television news bulletins.
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