2021 in Scottish television

This is a list of events taking place in 2021 relating to Scottish television.

Events

January

• 1 January – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.^[1]
• 5 January – Up to sixteen traineeships on the Outlander programme are due to start^[2] leading to speculation that filming for the sixth season will commence in the same month.,^[3] having been postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked about rumours that this would be the final season, executive producer Maril Davis stated that: "We are not aware that this is the last season. ... But we don't have any additional seasons picked up yet".^[4]

September

• 9 September – Scottish Comedian Janey Godley is dropped from a Scottish Government health campaign urging people to wear face coverings and take lateral flow tests after historic tweets were published in which she made derogatory comments about a number of black performers.^[5]

Debuts

BBC

The Sunday Show

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)

1970s

• Sportscene (1975–present)
• Landward (1976–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)

1990s

• Eòrpa (1993–present)

2000s

• River City (2002–present)
• The Adventure Show (2005–present)
• An Là (2008–present)
• Trusadh (2008–present)
• STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present)
• STV News at Six (2009–present)

2010s

• Scotland Tonight (2011–present)
• Shetland (2013–present)
• Scot Squad (2014–present)
• Two Doors Down (2016–present)
• Molly and Mack (2018–2022)^[6]
• The Nine (2019–present)
• Debate Night (2019–present)
• A View from the Terrace (2019–present)

Deaths

• 18 January – Andy Gray, 61, actor and comedy writer (River City)^[7]
• 9 November – Gwyneth Guthrie, 84, actress (Take the High Road) ^[8]

See also

• 2021 in Scotland

References