From award-winning dramas and documentaries to innovative children's game shows and fresh new comedy talent, 麻豆社 Scotland's creative output on TV , radio and online excelled across the year.

Television

In News, 's audience increased for the second year in a row. More than 477,000 now watch each weekday at 6.30pm, compared to an average audience of 465,000 in 2008.

Nearly one million people tuned in on 4 January as blizzards and freezing conditions swept across the country. For more than a week our TV news coverage provided vital information and live reports from around Scotland to huge audiences watching on 麻豆社 One.

Reporting Scotland and Newsnight Scotland were both in the vanguard of media coverage of the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Glenn Campbell won one of TV's most prestigious News awards 鈥� the Royal Television Society's Award for 鈥楽coop of the Year鈥� 鈥� for breaking the story.

In June 2009, 麻豆社 Scotland marked a decade of devolution with a live televised debate and Brian Taylor's documentary, .

In December 2009, we focused on renewable energy in the run up to the Copenhagen Conference and Hayley Millar investigated Scotland's renewable energy potential in Power of Scotland. Jackie Bird travelled to Afghanistan in February, to report on the Scottish medics running the main field hospital at Camp Bastion. Her live reports featured on Reporting Scotland and in the documentary For Care and Duty.

Throughout the year Business Editor Douglas Fraser provided analysis of the ongoing economic crises, with a particular focus on the Scottish financial sector.

麻豆社 Scotland's Investigations Unit ran a number of high profile reports. revealed how organised crime makes millions from shoplifting, Hash in the Attic examined the growing problem of cannabis farming and investigated the links between tonic wine and violent crime.

For network, the Panorama investigation into Britain's Homecare Scandal won a Scottish BAFTA and prompted a parliamentary motion that applauded it for being 鈥渋n the finest tradition of investigative journalism.鈥� A strong year for factual programming included a number of highlights. The This is Scotland season on 麻豆社 Four offered programmes as varied as , and , Jonathan Meades鈥� idiosyncratic and provocative view of Scotland and the Scots.

December saw the second half of the BAFTA award-winning series transmit on 麻豆社 One Scotland, repeated on 麻豆社 Two network and on the 麻豆社 HD channel.

was a huge hit, with nearly six million viewers on 麻豆社 One network, the highest rated science format on the channel. played well on 麻豆社 Two, where also peaked with an audience of 3.2 million.

A number of key programme strands transferred to Scotland as part of the 麻豆社's Network Supply Review. (formerly Newsnight Review) began broadcasting from Pacific Quay in January and saw Alan Yentob explore topics as diverse as Scrabble and the work of influential sculptor Anish Kapoor. They join an increasingly impressive roster of 麻豆社 network arts programmes from Scotland, which includes and .

Mark Beaumont's latest epic journey took him from the heights of Mount McKinlay in Alaska to Ushuaia in southern Argentina, a journey of some 13,000 miles and all of it played out daily in two-way conversation with our audiences via social networking sites. was broadcast in March on 麻豆社 One.

Around 20% of all of the 麻豆社's Children's programming is commissioned from Scotland, and most of it is made by our Children's Department.

continued to bring to life science and technology for the under-6s on CBeebies and did likewise for 9-12 year olds on C麻豆社 . , now in its 10th series, continued to captivate its loyal young audience, the animated television series for C麻豆社 broke new ground and work commenced on the hugely innovative multiplatform game show, .

In drama, , from Shed Productions, charted the travails of four women on the run and hiding out in a small Scottish town and offered offbeat drama for 麻豆社 Three.

, the award winning adaptation of the Henning Mankel novels, set in Sweden and starring Kenneth Branagh, proved a hit with audiences on 麻豆社 One: a third series has been commissioned.

The fifth series of continued to reflect the ups and downs of daily life in a secondary school. The popular River City, now in a one hour format, remains Scotland's only dedicated soap opera and One Night in Emergency marked the television debut of acclaimed writer Gregory Burke.

In entertainment, , Scotland's biggest music festival, was brought to UK audiences with live and highlights coverage on television and radio, online video steaming and 87 hours of footage available via the 麻豆社 Red Button service.

online videostream attracted over 46,000 hits from viewers across the UK, US, the Commonwealth and Europe. offered, in part, a tribute to Burns on the 250th anniversary of his birth; songs, poems and acts from as far afield as Tonga and China featured in the 麻豆社 One network broadcast.

In November 2009, once again drew an impressive television audience, attracting 1.1 million viewers in Scotland and raising on the night 拢1.65million.

showcased some of Scotland's best traditional and modern musicians. It was available to viewers throughout the UK via Red Button and via the web (which also afforded access, for the first time, for international audiences).

Work continued to uncover, nurture and develop new comedy writing, bringing together established and emergent young writing talent from across the country. Series this year included , with Ford Kiernan, , and, making a successful transition from online to TV , the innovative and . On network, , starring Caroline Quentin, and , with Roger Lloyd Pack and Jane Asher, both returned for second series.

In sport, live Scottish Cup and CIS Insurance Cup action, and the World Cup qualifier between Norway and Scotland, was complemented by 's weekly SPL highlights and online clips of all the goals.

Shinty's Camanachd Cup Final was webstreamed live, allowing global access; and rallying, bowls, athletics, golf, rugby and cricket all featured during the year.

In Learning, 70 Scottish schools participated in the 2010 School Report. A Learning Zone edition of Jimmy's Food Factory was produced for younger viewers and the interactive sought to help 4-6 year olds to engage with numeracy and literacy. allowed four groups to tell their personal tales of how River Clyde regeneration had affected them.

In September 麻豆社 ALBA marked its first year on-air, on satellite, with a schedule featuring a variety of new programming, including , a challenging and intimate portrait of writer and entertainer Norman MacLean.

brought weeknight news, with the winter weather and major local stories, such as the threatened closure of the Qinetic base in Uist, to the fore. Lifestyle challenges facing Scotland were explored in the entertaining and informative series .

In a summer of music 麻豆社 ALBA brought the celebrated Hebridean Celtic Music Festival to a wider audience, alongside , Blas and the Hebridean Tattoo. The Christmas schedule provided a showcase for new writing, directing and acting talent with the children's drama developed in conjunction with the MG ALBA FilmG competition. A new learning zone supporting the 5-14 curriculum was launched in a weekly format, with complementary online resources; alongside , learning support was enhanced by an extended website and the new site.

Under the leadership of internationally-renowned Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles, the played to audiences across Scotland, from Glasgow to Inverness, Aberdeen to Ayr, and at the 麻豆社 Proms in London. The opening concert of the season, Mahler's Symphony No.1, was broadcast on 麻豆社 Two Scotland.

麻豆社 Scotland's public events are many and varied, each designed to allow audiences to engage directly with us in a number of ways. Across the summer, our family days reached over 50,000 people as part of the Scotland's History campaign, and Nina and the Neurons and Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions workshops were a feature of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

The Pacific Quay, and Doors Open tours allowed visitors a look behind the scenes and media literacy workshops offered workshops in film direction and production, for young and old alike.