2008 in Scottish television

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

List of years in Scottish television (table)
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Events

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January

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  • No events.

February

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March

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  • No events.

April

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  • No events.
  • 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

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  • No events.

July

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  • No events.

August

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  • No events.

September

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October

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  • 1 October – Scottish Media Group is rebranded STV Group plc. It does this because it wants to highlight its renewed focus on television.[4][5]

November

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December

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  • No events.

Debuts

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Television series

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Ending this year

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Salmond hits out over TV football". BBC News. BBC. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Scotland 'needs national channel'". BBC News. BBC. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ^ "BBC - Press Office - BBC Alba launching on 19 September". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ Fitzsimmons, Caitlin (24 June 2008). "SMG reborn as STV Group". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Goodbye SMG... Hello STV Group". BroadcastNow. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  6. ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
  7. ^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.