First Minister Nicola Sturgeon thanks fundraisers and pledges future support for the charity

STV weatherman Sean Batty is hoping for clear skies as he jets off to Orkney for two days of fun activities to support the Big Scottish Breakfast campaign by the STV Children's Appeal.

STV has announced a range of programmes to highlight the work carried out by the STV Children’s Appeal and fundraisers across the country to support children and young people living in poverty in Scotland.

The Scottish Children’s Lottery is giving players a second chance to win big while helping to raise money for children in Scotland, with a brand new Thursday draw on STV.

Long running hit show Antiques Road Trip returns to BBC One next week with an extraordinary five figure record sale, as antiques expert Paul Laidlaw makes a £19,940 profit on a rare camera - by far the biggest figure in the history of the show.

Respected drama producer Elaine Collins has signed an exclusive deal with STV Productions to develop and co-produce a slate of TV drama projects.

Babushka, the high-stakes Armoza Formats game show made by STV Productions, is in the running for a coveted Rose d’Or award.

In a news first - not only for Scotland but also for the UK - STV 2’s flagship programme STV News Tonight was streamed simultaneously on Facebook Live yesterday evening (Monday 4 September).

Channel commemorates six decades of Scottish broadcasting with screenings of archive highlights

Special edition of The People’s History Show looks back at some of Scotland’s favourite TV moments

STV Productions has secured its first BBC drama series commission. The four part thriller for BBC One, The Victim - written by Rob Williams (The Man in the High Castle, Chasing Shadows) - will be filmed in Scotland early next year.

STV Productions has received another bumper commission from the BBC, producing a further four series of long running hit show Antiques Road Trip for BBC One and a seventh series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip for BBC Two.

STV will celebrate the fantastic fundraising efforts taking place across the country to help Scotland's children in STV Children’s Appeal Summer Special, broadcast on Friday 4 August at 8pm.

STV and STV2 will bring viewers the best of this summer's Edinburgh Festival, broadcasting live from The Dome in the city's New Town every weekday from Wednesday 2 August.

Glasgow, Orkney, Dundee, Fife, Sutherland and East Kilbride will feature in a new series of STV's The People's History Show, which explores the tales of Scotland's past in eight brand new episodes starting Monday 12 June at 2000.

STV will broadcast the World Cup qualifier match between Scotland and England live from Hampden Park on Saturday 10th June.

STV2’s Peter and Roughie will celebrate Scotland’s greatest football year with a week of special programmes starting Monday 22nd May, including the first transmission in 50 years of a unique Celtic ’67 documentary.

STV will bring viewers extensive on air and online coverage of the 2017 General Election, including a live overnight results programme.

STV Productions, one of the UK’s leading content businesses, has appointed Peter Collins as Head of Specialist Factual. The appointment further strengthens STV Productions’ successful multi-genre team which has a solid record of success across entertainment, factual and drama.

STV has confirmed details of a live TV debate with the leaders of the four main political parties in Scotland ahead of the General Election in June.

STV will explore the shocking range of financial scams in Scotland and the devastating effect they can have on ordinary people as popular series Stopping Scotland's Scammers returns on Friday 5 May at 2000.

STV has confirmed that new channel, STV2, will launch on Monday 24 April with a distinct and exciting schedule, featuring a variety of new programmes for Scotland including an enhanced hourly news service, a live daily magazine show, an award winning soap, features on local sport, the best of UK and international drama as well as classic movies.