Newsnight Scotland
Newsnight Scotland is a BBC television news programme which started in 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.
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 extenstive 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. This proposal was not popular with the Scottish viewer. A 'compromise' was then reached in 1999, when Newsnight Scotland was devised.
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.
The current presenting team consists of -
- Anne MacKenzie
- Gordon Brewer
- John Milne
- Simon Willis
- Ken MacDonald
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