BBC Two Scotland provides for the specialist needs and interests of audiences in Scotland, complementing the appeal of network programmes on BBC Two Scotland.

BBC Two Scotland typically fulfils its remit by time-shifting the network schedule to accommodate programmes made in Scotland for Scottish audiences. It will continue to contribute towards the delivery of the BBC's public purposes in the range of ways set out in the service licence. Key developments for BBC Two Scotland this year are as follows.

1 Sustaining citizenship and civil society

• Priority: Primetime, a joint BBC Scotland and Big Lottery Fund initiative, will celebrate and promote health, well-being, fitness and physical activity for today's over-50s in Scotland and will be broadcast on BBC Two Scotland. The programmes will focus on a range of diverse projects that encourage older people to feel good about themselves, improve links between the generations and contribute to Scotland's communities. Six projects will win a share of the £3million Big Lottery Fund and the initiative will be supported across BBC Scotland broadcast platforms and with a dedicated media literacy campaign.

2 Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence

• BBC Two Scotland will feature a season of programmes in January 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns (including complementary content and programming on Radio Scotland, Radio nan Gàidheal and online).
• A range of documentaries and magazine programmes will reflect the breadth of activity in the arts in Scotland, including the Edinburgh Festival and other national performance-based events such as T in the Park.
• We will develop programming that reflects and resonates with Scotland's constantly evolving demographic mix, including a feature-length drama which, in production and subject matter, will involve Scotland's asylum-seeking communities.

3 Promoting education and learning

• We will invest in high-quality factual programming, in English and in Gaelic, which deals with topics and subject matter of particular relevance and interest to audiences across Scotland. This will include a Gaelic series on young entrepreneurs.

Unless otherwise stated, all commitments are minimum hours and include originations, repeats and acquisitions.
All conditions are annual unless otherwise stated.

Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence

• 190 hours of non-news programming, including Gaelic language output

In addition to the conditions and commitments outlined in this annex, BBC Two Scotland will contribute as appropriate to the fulfilment of a number of statutory commitments for the networked BBC Two service as described in the master Statement of Programme Policy for BBC Two.