2004 in Scottish television

none July 2026 2004 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2004. Events January 8 January – STV launches a new political magazine programme, called Politics Now. It replaces Platform, and Grampian's politics and current affairs programme Crossfire. February 2 February – SMG’s sells its stake in GMTV to ITV plc for £31 million.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/may/10/smg.citynews ITV buys GMTV stake from SMG Chris Tryhorn The Guardian 10 May 2004 10 January 2016 March 9 March – An NFO System Three poll conducted for the Scottish Consumer Council indicates that 70% of those questioned are in favour of a Scottish Six news programme replacing the main BBC Six O'Clock News from London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3544071.stm Survey supports BBC Scottish Six BBC BBC News 9 March 2004 4 May 2012 April 20 April – 40th anniversary of BBC Two Scotland. Unknown Autumn – The lunchtime edition of Scotland Today is axed. Debuts BBC 21 September – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One (2004–2005) ITV 8 January – Politics Now on STV (2004–2011) 30 September – High Times on STV (2004–2008) Television series Scotsport (1957–2008)Haynes Richard BBC Sport in Black and White 17 November 2016 Springer 978-1-137-45501-7 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM-GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 en Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) Scotland Today (1972–2009) Sportscene (1975–present)Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko BBC Sport 20 August 2025 6 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250811222945/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko 11 August 2025 live The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present) Grampian Today (1980–2009) Taggart (1983–2010)McElroy Ruth Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box 14 October 2016 Taylor & Francis 978-1-317-16096-0 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=yColDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 en Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18979762.excuse-bbc1-scotland-review/ HeraldScotland 4 November 2021 en Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)Eames Tom Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now? https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a837380/monarch-of-the-glen-cast-where-are-they-now/ Digital Spy 20 November 2021 6 September 2017 Balamory (2002–2005)Farley Fidelma Murray Jonathan Stoneman Rod Scottish Cinema Now 14 January 2009 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 978-1-4438-0413-4 130 https://books.google.com/books?id=-5oYBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 en Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47212482 BBC News 24 May 2022 15 February 2019 River City (2002–2026) The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006)The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/the-scotsman-sessions-192-karen-dunbar-3147423 www.scotsman.com 12 May 2021 en Ending this year 2 September – Jeopardy (2002–2004) 22 October – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004) Unknown – Crossfire (1984–2004) Deaths 27 January – Rikki Fulton, 79, comedian 26 February – Russell Hunter, 79, actor 3 July – Jimmy Mack, 70, broadcaster 31 July – Robert James, 80, actor 28 November – Molly Weir, 94, actress Unknown – Ron Thomson, 75, journalist See also 2004 in Scotland References 2004 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:2000s in Scottish television