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River City is a television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow. The series primarily centres around the residents of Shieldinch, their houses, flats and apartments and its neighbouring streets, namely Montego Street and which encompasses a pub, bistro, community centre, café and various small businesses, in addition to a subway station and basketball court. The series was originally screened as two half-hour episodes per week. Today, one hour-long episode is broadcast each week - usually Tuesday evenings on BBC One Scotland, repeated Sunday afternoons on either BBC One Scotland or BBC Two Scotland. In Australia, River City is screened 11:00am weekdays on Seven's British-oriented multichannel 7TWO.
About the show
River City is a Scottish television soap opera created by Stephen Greenhorn which had been broadcast on BBC One Scotland for 24 years from 24 September 2002 until 31 August 2026.
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From 2019 onwards, River City aired episodes a day earlier on the new BBC Scotland channel.
The soap was set in the fictional district of Shieldinch in the West End of Glasgow, the programme centred around the stories of local residents and their families as they went about their daily lives.
From its inception in 2002, the soap struggled to grasp viewers' approval, but would gradually see a rise in popularity. In 2023, the soap won 'Best Drama' at the Royal Television Society Scotland awards.
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Behind the camera
- Created by
- Stephen Greenhorn
- Executive producers
- Carol Ann Docherty
Seasons
24 seasons · 43 episodes
