1. Events
    January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 

2. Debuts
    BBC 

3. Television series

4. Ending this year

5. Deaths

6. See also

7. References

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2008.

Events

January

• No events.

February

• 27 February – In a speech to the Royal Television Society in Glasgow, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond criticises broadcasters such as BBC Scotland and STV for not providing live coverage of Scotland's international football matches.^[1]

March

• No events.

April

• No events.

May

• 22 May – After over 50 years on air STV's Scotsport airs for the last time.
• 24 June – SMG plc announces another name change – this time to STV Group plc.

June

• No events.

July

• No events.

August

• No events.

September

• 8 September – A report by the Scottish Broadcasting Commission recommends that up to £75 million of public funds should be used to create a high quality Scottish television channel.^[2]
• 19 September – Launch of the Scottish Gaelic television channel BBC Alba.

October

• 1 October – Scottish Media Group is rebranded STV Group plc. It does this because it wants to highlight its renewed focus on television.^[3][4]

November

• November – A History of Scotland presented by historian Neil Oliver debuts on BBC One in Scotland. It is shown national on BBC Two from January 2009.
• November – STV announces its intention to opt out of ITV1 programmes they claim are not performing well in their broadcast region. These include series such as Sharpe's Peril, Al Murray's Happy Hour, Moving Wallpaper, Benidorm and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. ITV's coverage of the FA Cup is also dropped.

December

• No events.

Debuts

BBC

• November – A History of Scotland on BBC One
• Unknown – Trusadh on BBC Alba (2008–present)

Television series

• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• Public Account (1976–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• North Tonight (1980–2009)
• Taggart (1983–present)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–present)
• River City (2002–present)
• Politics Now (2004–2011)
• The Adventure Show (2005–present)
• GMTV Scotland (2007–present)

Ending this year

• 22 February – That Was The Team That Was (2006–2008)
• April – VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
• 22 May – Scotsport (1957–2008)

Deaths

• 13 June – John Malcolm, 72, actor

See also

• 2008 in Scotland

References

• Typhoon Chanthu (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Chebi (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Chedeng
• Typhoon Chedeng (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Choi-wan
• Typhoon Choi-wan (2009)
• Typhoon Choi-wan (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Chuck (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Cimaron (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Club (film)
• Typhoon Connie
• Typhoon Conson
• Typhoon Conson 2004
• Typhoon Conson (2004)
• Typhoon Conson (2010)
• Typhoon Conson (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Cosme
• Typhoon Crising
• Typhoon Damrey (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Dan (1989)
• Typhoon Danas (disambiguation)
• Typhoon Dante
• Typhoon Dante (disambiguation)
• Typhoon David (1997)
• Typhoon Dianmu