# Talking Scotland

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'''''Talking Scotland''''' was a Scottish social affairs television series on [STV](/source/STV_(TV_channel)) and [Grampian Television](/source/Grampian_Television) in Northern and Central Scotland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Cunningham |first=Jennifer |date=23 August 2004 |title=Drugs affect people with horses and country houses as well as people who live in poverty |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/332986097 |access-date=2024-11-19 |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |id={{ProQuest|332986097}} }}</ref> Each segment was one minute long.<ref name=":0" /> 

The series was produced in conjunction with the [Scottish Executive](/source/Scottish_Executive) and broadcast each weekday at approximately 4:58{{nbsp}}am, 3:58{{nbsp}}pm and 6:28{{nbsp}}pm, the programme also aired at 11:03{{nbsp}}pm on Monday nights when ''[Scotsport](/source/Scotsport)'' was on air.

The issues highlighted during ''Talking Scotland'''s run included:
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*[Alcohol](/source/Health_effects_of_alcohol)
*[Anti-Social Behaviour](/source/Anti-social_behaviour)
*Better Renting
*[Biodiversity](/source/Biodiversity)
*Child Protection on the Internet
*[Children's Hearing](/source/Children's_Hearing)s
*Children's Traffic Club
*Determined to Succeed
*[Disability](/source/Disability)
*[Domestic Abuse](/source/Domestic_violence)
*[Drink Driving](/source/Driving_under_the_influence)
*Drugs & Drug Driving
*[E.coli 0157](/source/E.coli_0157)
*Family Support Groups (Drugs)
*Fire Safety
*[Health Service](/source/Health_care)
*Healthy Living
*[Internet](/source/Internet)
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*In-Car Safety
*[Mental Health](/source/Mental_health)
*[NHS24](/source/NHS24) & GP Out Of Hours
*Organ Donation
*The [Pneumococcal](/source/Pneumococcal) Jab Race
*[Smoking in Public Places](/source/Smoking_ban)
*[Social Work/Care](/source/Social_work)
*[Speeding](/source/Speed_limit)
*[Tailgating](/source/Tailgating)
*Teacher Recruitment
*[Teaching](/source/Teacher)
*Travel Awareness
*[Violence](/source/Violence) at Work
*[Volunteer](/source/Volunteering)ing
*Waste Awareness
*Working in the [NHS](/source/National_Health_Service)
*20&nbsp;mph Zones
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==References==
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Category:Politics of Scotland
Category:Scottish Government
Category:Television series by STV Studios

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