Talking Scotland Explained

Talking Scotland was a Scottish social affairs television series on STV and Grampian Television in Northern and Central Scotland.^[1] Each segment was one minute long.

The series was produced in conjunction with the Scottish Executive and broadcast each weekday at approximately 4:58am, 3:58pm and 6:28pm, the programme also aired at 11:03pm on Monday nights when Scotsport was on air.

The issues highlighted during Talking Scotlands run included:

• Alcohol
• Anti-Social Behaviour
• Better Renting
• Biodiversity
• Child Protection on the Internet
• Children's Hearings
• Children's Traffic Club
• Determined to Succeed
• Disability
• Domestic Abuse
• Drink Driving
• Drugs & Drug Driving
• E.coli 0157
• Family Support Groups (Drugs)
• Fire Safety
• Health Service
• Healthy Living
• Internet

• In-Car Safety
• Mental Health
• NHS24 & GP Out Of Hours
• Organ Donation
• The Pneumococcal Jab Race
• Smoking in Public Places
• Social Work/Care
• Speeding
• Tailgating
• Teacher Recruitment
• Teaching
• Travel Awareness
• Violence at Work
• Volunteering
• Waste Awareness
• Working in the NHS
• 20 mph Zones

Notes and References

1. News: Cunningham . Jennifer . 23 August 2004 . Drugs affect people with horses and country houses as well as people who live in poverty . 2024-11-19 . The Herald . Glasgow . ProQuest.