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| A key Scottish independence debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling will not be broadcast to TV viewers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. | |
| The debate on Tuesday night, which comes ahead of the referendum on 15 September, will only be shown on TV by STV, the Scottish holder of the ITV franchise. A limited number of homes in the north of England that are covered by the Borders region will also receive it. | |
| Anyone from England, Wales or Northern Ireland interested in the debate will have to tune in online and watch the programme, Salmond and Darling: the Debate, on the STV website. | |
| Viewers outside of Scotland have expressed surprise and anger that no broadcaster is showing the programme, which airs between 8pm and 10pm, in the rest of the UK. | Viewers outside of Scotland have expressed surprise and anger that no broadcaster is showing the programme, which airs between 8pm and 10pm, in the rest of the UK. |
| STV runs the channel 3 network in Scotland and therefore has a relationship with ITV. But ITV will tonight be showing Alan Titchmarsh-fronted show Love Your Garden and Kids Behind Bars, a documentary about American young offenders. | STV runs the channel 3 network in Scotland and therefore has a relationship with ITV. But ITV will tonight be showing Alan Titchmarsh-fronted show Love Your Garden and Kids Behind Bars, a documentary about American young offenders. |
| Similarly its other services ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 also have no room for the debate, fronted by STV’s political editor Bernard Ponsonby from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. | Similarly its other services ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 also have no room for the debate, fronted by STV’s political editor Bernard Ponsonby from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. |
| STV’s website informs viewers how to watch the debate, which starts with the results of a poll on voting intentions carried out by Ipsos-MORI. | STV’s website informs viewers how to watch the debate, which starts with the results of a poll on voting intentions carried out by Ipsos-MORI. |
| The website says the rest of the UK’s viewers will have to watch the debate online with a “globally available livestream” on the STV Player website. It adds that the usual requirement to enter a Scottish postcode will not be necessary. | The website says the rest of the UK’s viewers will have to watch the debate online with a “globally available livestream” on the STV Player website. It adds that the usual requirement to enter a Scottish postcode will not be necessary. |
| The STV Player will also make available a full replay of the debate “within hours of the end of the programme”. | The STV Player will also make available a full replay of the debate “within hours of the end of the programme”. |
| “STV expects there to be a very significant online audience watching the debate through the STV Player this evening,” said a spokeswoman for STV. “We are pleased to have secured the debate and believe this to be a landmark moment.” | |
| Viewers in the rest of the UK may still get the opportunity to watch a debate between the pair. | Viewers in the rest of the UK may still get the opportunity to watch a debate between the pair. |
| It is understood the BBC is close to signing off another debate between the two, which would be expected to be made available to all UK viewers. | It is understood the BBC is close to signing off another debate between the two, which would be expected to be made available to all UK viewers. |
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