Newsnight Scotland

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Newsnight Scotland
The current Newsnight Scotland titles
Genre	News and Current Affairs Programme
Creator(s)	BBC News Scotland
Starring	Anne MacKenzie Gordon Brewer
Production
Producer(s)	BBC News Scotland
Running time	20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Two Scotland
Original run	4 October 1999 – Present
Chronology
Related shows	Newsnight Reporting Scotland

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 extensive 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 programme is presented by Anne MacKenzie, Gordon Brewer and occasionally John Milne. Gordon normally presents the programme from Monday to Thursday, while Anne fronts the Thursday programme. Sally Magnusson also appears on the show as a stand in presenter. In 1999, the programme had a Friday edition with a brief news summary read by Asad Ahmed before being dropped. Asad now is a presenter with BBC London News.

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.