2018 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2018.

Events

January

  • No events.

February

  • No events.

March

  • No events.

April

May

  • 16 May – STV announces that the STV2 local television network is to close at the end of the following month.[2] and that it had sold the channel's assets to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England.

June

  • 30 June –
    • STV2 closes down and the channel's assets are sold to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England.[3]
    • The closure of STV2 results in the cancellation of STV News Tonight.

July

  • No events.

August

  • No events.

September

  • 7 September – The Edinburgh edition of STV News at Six ends and is replaced on the 10th by shorter opt-outs within a Central Scotland programme.[4]

October

  • 15 October – That's TV Scotland launches as the replacement local television service in Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.[5]

November

  • No events.

December

  • No events.

Debuts

Cbeebies

Television series

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Scotland to have new film and television school". BBC News. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ Glenday, John (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ Glenday, John (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. ^ Union to ballot over industrial action as almost 60 journalism jobs set to go, Hold the Front Page, 17 May 2018
  5. ^ "Low key launch for new Scottish channel". Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  6. ^ "QMU graduates take starring roles in new CBeebies pre-school drama". www.qmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Goodbye Molly and Mack – CBeebies' most adorable show". the Guardian. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ Steven, Alasdair (27 April 2018). "Obituary - Edith MacArthur, Scottish actress best known for Take The High Road". The Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2024.