Hogmanay Live
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| Hogmanay Live | |
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 Hogmanay Live 2006 Branding |
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| Genre | New Year's television special |
| Starring | Jackie Bird, Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain |
| Country of origin |  Scotland |
| No. of episodes | ?? |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (Often with a 15 minute preview programme earlier in the evening) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One Scotland (Sometimes BBC One nationally) |
| Original run | ???? – present |
Hogmanay Live is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall on Hogmanay, though in some previous years it was held at BBC Scotland's studios in Glasgow. Occasionally the programme is networked across the United Kingdom on BBC One.
The programme features a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with the firing of the gun at the castle and the preceding fireworks marking the beginning of the New Year.
Its current presenter is Jackie Bird.
[edit] 2005
In 2005, performances on Hogmanay Live were a mix of segments from the open-air concert in Princes Street Gardens, featuring K.T. Tunstall and Texas, and acts inside the Great Hall, including Nicola Benedetti and the now traditional appearances of Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, or 'Phil & Aly' for short.
[edit] 2006
Due to the poor weather on 31 December 2006, the World-famous Edinburgh street party and concert had to be cancelled. As they were unable to relay sections of these events during Hogmanay Live, BBC Scotland instead broadcast the whole hour-long show from inside the Great Hall. Performers included new Scottish singing sensation Paolo Nutini, folk-musician Karine Polwart and again Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain.
