2024 in Scottish television

Overview of the events of 2024 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events taking place in 2024 relating to Scottish television.

Events

1 January – STV's Bringing in the Bells is hosted by Alex Norton, Blythe Duff, Martin Compston and others to see in the New Year.^[1]
4 June – 2024 United Kingdom general election: The first leaders debate takes place in Scotland, with the leaders of Scotland's four main political parties taking part in a debate on STV.^[2]
11 June – BBC Scotland airs an election debate featuring the leaders of Scotland's five main political parties: John Swinney (SNP), Douglas Ross (Scottish Conservatives), Anas Sarwar (Scottish Labour), Alex Cole-Hamilton (Scottish Liberal Democrats) and Lorna Slater (Scottish Greens).^[3]
1 July – Steve Carson is to step down as Head of Multi-Platform Commissioning at BBC Scotland in September, in order to take up a senior role at Irish broadcaster RTÉ.^[4]
6 August – Ofcom approves planned changes to the BBC Scotland television channel that will see cutbacks to its news, with its hour-long 9pm weekday programme The Nine replaced by a 30 minute programme at 7pm.^[5]

6 March – Nick Sheridan, 32, Irish journalist and television presenter (News2day, Reporting Scotland, The Nine)^[6]
14 May – Gudrun Ure, 98, actress (Super Gran)^[7]
26 June – Pat Heywood, 92, actress (Lucky Feller, Wuthering Heights, Inspector Morse, Root Into Europe)^[8]
28 July – John Anderson, 92, television referee (Gladiators)^[9]
5 August – Ron Bain, 79, actor (Naked Video)^[10]
9 August – Brian Marjoribanks, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian), actor and broadcaster (BBC Scotland).^[11]

^ Cormack, Morgan (6 December 2023). "Line of Duty and Taggart stars team up to celebrate Hogmanay on STV". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^ "Party leaders clash over North Sea industry in election debate". BBC News. BBC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Who are the leaders of Scotland's political parties?". BBC News. BBC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Steve Carson to step down as head of BBC Scotland". BBC News. BBC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Changes to BBC Scotland news programming approved by Ofcom". BBC News. BBC. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "BBC Scotland presenter Nick Sheridan dies after short illness". BBC News. BBC. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Super Gran star Gudrun Ure dies aged 98". BBC News. 15 May 2024.
^ Barnes, Mike (26 July 2024). "Pat Heywood, the Nurse in Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet,' Dies at 92". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "'Gladiators ready! Contenders ready!': Iconic Gladiators referee John Anderson dies". Sky News. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "'Naked Video' actor and director Ron Bain dies aged 79". BBC News. 6 August 2024.
^ "Tributes to Scottish football star who became successful actor and broadcaster". The Scotsman. Retrieved 13 August 2024.