BBC Scotland (Gaelic: BBC Alba) is part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. Its Scottish headquarters and studios are now at BBC Pacific Quay on the south bank of the River Clyde, beside the STV headquarters and the Glasgow Science Centre.

BBC Scotland started broadcasting on 6 March 1923, providing a national radio service for Scotland. In 1935, BBC Scotland moved to North Park House in Queen Margaret Drive. On 14 March 1952, the first television service started in black and white on 405 lines from the Kirk o Shotts transmitter in Central Scotland with other transmitters following soon afterwards. The station has a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters. It is run by the BBC Trust, who are advised in Scotland by the Audience Council Scotland. BBC Scotland's headquarters were based at Queen Margaret Drive from 1952 - 2007 until the new Pacific Quay studios opened. These studios are among the most modern in Europe.

Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba ([ˈalˠ̪apə]  listen (help·info))) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland constitutes over 790 islands including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

Edinburgh, the country's capital and second largest city, is one of Europe's largest financial centres. Edinburgh was the hub of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, which transformed Scotland into one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of Europe. Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, was once one of the world's leading industrial cities and now lies at the centre of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Scottish waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union. This has given Aberdeen, the third largest city in Scotland, the title of Europe's oil capital.