BBC Scotland scheduling carnage

Yes that would be the ideal solution and may be cheaper for them in the long run as well.

All they need to do really is employ decent schedulers.


The increase in repeats across the BBC should help them, and already the BBC2 7-8pm slot is practically always used for this purpose.

If BBC Scotland were bright enough to realise BBC1 isn't the only channel on TV this one-hour a night of flexibility could be used to full advantage.


As for later screenings, I think BBC Wales's approach of using the 10.35pm slot primarily works alot better. Yes, it means content is on late, but on the other hand people know where to find it rather than it being squeezed into the primetime schedule.

I would rather that, instead of trying to replace half the network with inferior programming, they actually provided proper local news. Scotland is far too big a region.

Instead of piss-poor comedies like Karen Dunbar and Dear Green Place (all attempts at quality control were clearly at the door when the creators said 'But we did Still Game'), I'd rather we had news for the west, east, north and south as a proper programme, rather than having to watch programmes which do five minute reports on birds in the Orkneys.

STV can do it. Why can't they?

Regional programmes are a good addition, but they don't need to dominate the schedule.

Lisa McLaughlin ( BBC Scotland's head of scheduling ) said on PoV that they always inform viewers when programmes are changing time. There was absolutely no mention at the end of the Armstrong and Miller Show last week that it was moving to Sunday night after the news...

so the Blair years are moving to 10.45?

More Scottish schedule quirks. Due to Sports Personality of the Year, Waterloo Road will be back in 2 weeks meaning they will move from being 4 days ahead of Network to 3 days behind!

BBC Scotland finally got round to showing the last editiong of Arrange Me A Marriage on Saturday ( while the rest of the UK was getting a repeat of Coast ). After constant badgering it seems the final episode fo Grandad's Back In Business ( originally show in Septemeber ) is getting an airing soon.

I've noticed BBC One Scotland has had comparitively little changes over the first two weeks of this year. Maybe they are finally getting the message...

As it's called BBC 1 Scotland, why shouldn't they show different programmes to network? :

we don;t mind if there don;t,

it just WE HATE waiting what till the next year to see episodes. and there move all over the place

The BBC could save money by not calling it BBC One Scotland, and just letting Scotland have the " national " UK idents. Even the new David Attenborough programme trail has him saying " coming soon on BBC One Scotland " I'm sure we're all perfectly aware that we are watching in Scotland.

And despite a promise from the BBC Info office that the final episode of Grandad's Back in Business would be shown in January - still no sign!

Thing is you'd never notice the difference if they did. BBC Scotland rarely show any imagine in their presentation. You're not going to see a special ident if we beat the English in rugby.

It's unlikely that would ever happen, especially as the new Scottish Government are scrutinising Scottish broadcasters and their lack of output.

Also, the point you made would need to apply to all the nations, not just Scotland.