Newsnight Scotland

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Newsnight Scotland
The current Newsnight Scotland titles
Format	News and Current Affairs Programme
Run time	20 minutes
Creator(s)	BBC News Scotland
Starring	Anne MacKenzie Gordon Brewer
Channel	BBC Two Scotland
Production company	BBC News Scotland
Related shows	Newsnight Reporting Scotland
Air dates	4 October 1999 – Present

Newsnight Scotland is an award winning BBC television news programme which started on Monday October 4, 1999. The programme is aired from BBC Scotland's HQ in Glasgow, and is an opt-out of the main London-based Newsnight programme. It is on at 11pm from Mondays to Thursdays, replacing the last twenty minutes of Newsnight on BBC Two Scotland (Channel 2 in Scotland, Sky Channel 990 in the rest of the UK).

Newsnight Scotland covers all topical and political issues that affect Scotland. Most of the issues derive from the goings ons at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. The programmes has investigated many topics, including the costs of the construction of the Holyrood site. It reported in great details about the decisions leading to this, including the competition for Scotland's new parliament. The biggest story covered so far, ironically, was the parliament itself; with extenstive coverage of the Fraser Inquiry.

Newsnight Scotland came about as a result of calls for a Scottish-based version of the BBC Six O'Clock News (the so-called "Scottish Six") following the vote in favour of Scottish devolution. As this did not come about a 'compromise' was then reached in 1999, when Newsnight Scotland was devised.

The Newsnight Scotland team were rewarded for their work in bringing environmental issues to a wider public audience at the 2003 British Environmental Media Awards (BEMAs) in London. This was with a report from Newfoundland, concerning the collapse of the Canadian cod fisheries.

1 On Air
2 The Team
- 2.1 Presenters:
- 2.2 Reporters:
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] On Air

Newsnight Scotland airs on BBC Two Scotland four days a week:

Weekdays

23.00 - 23.20 (After Newsnight)

[edit] The Team

Currently, the main presenting team consist of the following;

[edit] Presenters:

Anne MacKenzie
Gordon Brewer
John Milne

[edit] Reporters:

Simon Willis
Ken MacDonald
David Henderson
Louise Batchelor

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

BBC Scotland - News at bbc.co.uk
Newsnight Scotland at bbc.co.uk

BBC Regional Television
BBC London News	(London)	Midlands Today	(West Midlands)
East Midlands Today	(East Midlands)	BBC North West Tonight	(North West England)
Look East	(Eastern England)	BBC Points West	(West of England)
BBC Look North	(East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)	South East Today	(Kent and East Sussex)
BBC Look North	(North East and Cumbria)	South Today	(Southern England)
BBC Look North	(Yorkshire and North Midlands)	Spotlight	(South West England)
BBC Newsline	(Northern Ireland)	Wales Today	(Wales)
Reporting Scotland	(Scotland)	Newsnight Scotland	(Scotland)