2006 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2006.

Events
January –  It is announced that Scottish Screen will amalgamate with Scottish Arts Council to form the newly created Creative Scotland.
2 March – STV Group plc announce that Scottish Television will be known onscreen as STV. Grampian will also rebrand.
30 May – Scottish Television becomes known as STV Central and Grampian Television as STV North.
July – Launch of the STV website stv.tv.
29 August – SMG officially rejects a merger offer from Northern Irish ITV franchise holder UTV. The merger approach from would have given SMG shareholders a 52% stake in the combined company.

Debuts

BBC
10 February – That Was The Team That Was on BBC One (2006–2008)

Television series
Scotsport (1957–2008)
Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sportscene (1975–present)
Public Account (1976–present)
The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
Grampian Today (1980–2009) (rebranded as North Tonight)
Taggart (1983–present)
Only an Excuse? (1993–present)
Still Game (2002–2007)
River City (2002–present)
Politics Now (2004–2011)
VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
The Adventure Show (2005–present)

Ending this year
Unknown – The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006)

Deaths
6 July – Tom Weir, 91, cricketer, author, and broadcaster

See also
2006 in Scotland

References

Television
Scottish
Category:Years in Scottish television
Category:2000s in Scottish television