BBC Scotland's Hogmanay
BBC Scotland's Hogmanay is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast on Hogmanay, Scotland's New Year's Eve celebration. Regardless of location, the programme rings in the New Year with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One O'Clock Gun and the subsequent fireworks and celebrations in Edinburgh.
| BBC Scotland's Hogmanay | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Hogmanay Live (1991–2018) Hogmanay (2019–present) |
| Genre | New Year's television special |
| Created by | BBC Scotland |
| Presented by | Various (as of 2022; Edith Bowman and Amy Irons) |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow (since 2019) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (often with a preview programme earlier in the evening) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One Scotland (1991–present) BBC Two Scotland (1999) BBC Scotland (2019–present) BBC Red Button |
| Release | 31 December 1991 – present |
| Related | |
| BBC New Year's Eve specials | |
The programme in all its iterations feature a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with some past programming also featuring live coverage of parts of the Princes Street concert in Edinburgh. Jackie Bird and Phil Cunningham often hosted together each year but from 2008 until 2019 she solely presented the programme. Cunningham does still appear on the programme, though not as a host.
Carol Kirkwood reported on the 2016 edition of the show live from Edinburgh Castle. The show currently is hosted live from The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow. Until 2013, Bird was live from Edinburgh Castle or Princes Street, but the show's producers decided that it should take place in Glasgow permanently.
In 2019, Hogmanay Live was rebranded to "Hogmanay" and since then, the programme has been pre-recorded. The current presenters are Edith Bowman and Amy Irons.