2003 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2003.
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Events
- 6 January – Scottish and Grampian adopt the celebrity idents package, albeit with their own logos attached and with idents featuring a lot more Scottish personalities alongside those of ITV1.
- 27 April – Scottish soap High Road ends after 23 years and over 1,700 episodes. The series airs in some English regions until 2004.
- 1 May – Television coverage of the 2003 Scottish Parliament general election.
- 17 December – BBC Scotland will not pursue the idea of a Scottish Six news programme, following a major review of output which indicated that a majority of viewers are satisfied with the status quo.[1]
Debuts
BBC
- 29 October – Blue Heaven (2003)
- Unknown – The Karen Dunbar Show[2]
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)
- Public Account (1976–present)
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Taggart (1983–present)
- Crossfire (1984–2004)
- Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
- Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)[3]
- Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)[4]
- Jeopardy (2002–2004)
- Still Game (2002–2007)
- River City (2002–present)
Ending this year
- 27 April – High Road (1980–2003)[5]
- 3 December – Blue Heaven (2003)
- Unknown – Live Floor Show (2002–2003)
Deaths
- 26 November – Gordon Reid, 64, actor
See also
References
- "'Scottish Six' idea dropped". BBC News. BBC. 17 December 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- Eames, Tom (6 September 2017). "Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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