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It鈥檚 all change for 大象传媒 Scotland鈥檚 River City as the acclaimed drama moves to a new multi-series format after the summer on 大象传媒 iPlayer, 大象传媒 Scotland and 大象传媒 One Scotland.

From Monday 23 October, River City will air as three distinct series a year with breaks of six weeks in between. Each series will run for 11 weeks, twice-weekly with new episodes premiering every Monday on 大象传媒 iPlayer.

The current run will come to an end on Wednesday 9 August which will see the life of one character hang in the balance after a dramatic showdown goes horribly wrong. River City 鈥� which recently won 鈥楤est Drama鈥� at the RTS Scotland 2023 awards - will then take a 10 week 鈥榦n screen鈥� break over August and September, returning in its new multi-series drama format from October.

Gavin Smith, Commissioning Executive, 大象传媒 Scotland says: 鈥淭his new format allows the production team the chance to delve deeper in to storylines and create more 鈥榤ust-see鈥� moments, which River City has become renowned for. When the series returns in October, Montego Street will have had a mini makeover and we鈥檒l be introducing the first of three new characters so there will be lots for the River City fans to look forward to when it returns in the Autumn.鈥�

Louise Thornton, Head of Commissioning, 大象传媒 Scotland adds: 鈥湸笙蟠�媒 Scotland is very proud of River City and we know it has an incredibly loyal audience who tune in to follow the drama in Shieldinch every week. That drama will continue but we are changing the broadcast pattern to allow us to keep delivering value to all licence fee payers whilst at the same time bringing more dramatic storylines to Montego Street.鈥�

Martin McCardie, 大象传媒 Studios Series Producer for River City: 鈥溾�榃e are all excited by the new format changes to River City. It means we can be more ambitious with stories and can develop the series to reflect Scotland in 2023 and beyond.鈥�

A 大象传媒 Studios production for 大象传媒 Scotland, filming resumes on Monday 28 August at the 大象传媒 Dumbarton Studios for the first of the new multi-series episodes which will air from October 2023 through to January 2024.

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Notes 

• The new River City multi-series TX pattern will be:
  23rd October - 3rd January (then off for 6 weeks)
  February-May (then off for 6 weeks)
  June - August (off for 7 weeks)
  Then back to the October run as before
  
  
• To implement these changes, the 大象传媒 Studios production team at River City have taken a slightly longer period off in 2023 to adapt to the new process.

• River City debuted on 大象传媒 One Scotland on 25th September 2002 and has grown to become one of the 大象传媒鈥檚 most-loved dramas.
  
  
•  The budget for River City remains the same but due to rising costs, the volume of hours has reduced by 15% over the course of the year. There will now be 33 hours of River City per year.