SCOTSPORT presenter Grant Stott for once looks stuck for words as STV colleague Michelle Watt tempts him with festive treats.

With the help of mincemeat pies and bubbly, the TV two helped launch the channel's highlights for the coming holiday season.

Television legend Stanley Baxter will take a leading role in the Christmas line-up as he introduces a compilation of shows revealing the high points of STV's 50 years on screen.

On Christmas Eve, there's STV Gold - The Story of the First 50 Years which will spotlight Rebus, High Road, The Steamie, Francie and Josie, and cult series Weir's Way.

On Hogmanay, viewers can see 50 Years of Scotsport in which Grant is joined by a stalwart in sports commentary world, Arthur Montford, and the doyen of Scottish football pundits, Archie Macpherson.

STV will bring in The Bells from Edinburgh's Princes Street party where Grant and Michelle Watt will first foot' the big bash.