Scotsport
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| Genre | Sport |
| Presented by | Grant Stott, Andy Walker, Richie Gray |
| Country of origin |  Scotland |
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| Producer(s) | Henry Eagles, Andrea Brownlie, Alastair Hindle |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes (including adverts) |
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| Original channel | STV, ITV1 Border Scotland |
| Original run | September 18, 1957 – present |
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| Related shows | Champions League Live |
Scotsport is a Scottish sports television programme. It was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest running sports television programme.[citation needed] The programme is still broadcast on STV, as well as on ITV1 Border Scotland.
The show began on September 18, 1957[1], and the vast majority of its coverage is of football, rather than sport in general, as the name might imply. The football coverage is, in turn, most of the Scottish Premier League. The show also follows Scottish clubs in the UEFA Champions League via live matches and highlights programmes, though is simply branded as Champions League Live. Scotsport's main rival is the BBC Scotland produced Sportscene, fronted by Dougie Donnelly.
The Monday night show features highlights and chat with football experts and the latest news on the SPL.
From season 2007/08, Scotsport is set to face competition for viewers of its SPL coverage. On July 18, 2007, it was announced that the SPL had signed a similar deal with BBC Scotland for non-exclusive television coverage of the league.[2] This is unlikely to affect Scotsport's production, though it is likely the programme will experience a reduction in viewer numbers considering its terrestrial coverage of the SPL will no longer be exclusive. However, Scotsport continues in its 10.35pm-11.35pm Monday night slot, with Sportscene's SPL offering being shown later in the week on Wednesdays at 10pm on BBC Two Scotland.
On Hogmanay 2007, STV broadcast 50 Years of Scotsport, a programme taking a look back at the shows best moments over the 50 years it has been on air. Featuring colleagues from past and present, current host Grant Stott fronted the anniversary show.
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[edit] The Team
Despite being the world's longest running sports television programme, there has only been five main anchors in 50 years of broadcasting, including new presenters Grant Stott and Andy Walker. The previous main anchors of Scotsport were Arthur Montford, Jim White, who joined Sky Sports News in the mid-90s, and Jim Delahunt who is now working for Setanta Sports .
Andy Walker is also anchor of STV's Champions League coverage.
Scotsport's featured match highlights are commentated on by Archie Macpherson, Jock Brown and Ian Crocker. Rob MacLean, Ken McRobb and David McKinney.
[edit] Spin-Offs
- Between the 1988/89 and 1999/00 seasons, There was a preview programme called Scotsport Extra Time (later renamed simply Extra Time) shown on Friday nights featuring the weekend football fixtures, interviews from football and other sports including rugby, snooker and golf. Originally Jim White and Hazel Irvine presented it before Hazel moved to BBC Scotland in 1990. Jim White then presented it on his own until moving to Sky in 1998. Jim Delahunt presented it till the end. It was a Friday night show for many years. In the final season, It was moved to Saturday lunchtimes.
- During the seasons when Scotsport owned the rights to Scotland's premier Rugby league, live matches and highlights were shown under the Scotsport Rugby Roundup banner.
- For the years where STV had the highlights rights for both the Scottish Premier League and the First Division, Scotsport was divided into Scotsport First, which went out on Sunday mornings and retained a traditional programme format, and Scotsport SPL, which was known for trying out ideas that hadn't been widely used for sports television programmes before, including multiple presenters and a live studio audience.
- Scotsport Fanzone was broadcast in the latter half of the 2005/06 season on Thursday nights. This forum-based show encouraged Scottish football fans to have their say on the week's news. Despite not having currently re-appeared for the 2006/07 season, several sections from the show have been incorporated into the now live Monday night Scotsport.
[edit] Scotsport Rugby Sunday
Scotsport Rugby Sunday is the newest spin-off of the longest running sports programme in the world, specifically focussed on rugby union in Scotland. Richie Gray presents the show, with all the latest news and highlights, including footage of Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, club rugby and the women's games. The show began on Sunday November 11, 2007 at 6pm, only on STV.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Scotsport's debut", stv.tv, July, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Two new major broadcasting deals for the SPL", Offial SPL website, July, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Scotsport Rugby Sunday", stv.tv, November, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
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