2003 in Scottish television

none December 2023 2003 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2003. 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3327793.stm 'Scottish Six' idea dropped BBC BBC News 17 December 2003 4 May 2012 Debuts BBC 29 October – Blue Heaven (2003) Unknown – The Karen Dunbar ShowThe 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 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 Crossfire (1984–2004) Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004) 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 Jeopardy (2002–2004) 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) Ending this year 27 April – High Road (1980–2003)Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/popular-scottish-tv-shows-you-ll-remember-1-4392113 www.scotsman.com 4 January 2020 en 3 December – Blue Heaven (2003) Unknown – Live Floor Show (2002–2003) Deaths 26 November – Gordon Reid, 64, actor See also 2003 in Scotland References 2003 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:2000s in Scottish television