2003 in 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.^[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)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Taggart (1983–2010)^[3]
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)^[4]
• Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)^[5]
• Balamory (2002–2005)^[6]
• Jeopardy (2002–2004)
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)^[7]
• River City (2002–present)

Ending this year

• 27 April – High Road (1980–2003)^[8]
• 3 December – Blue Heaven (2003)
• Unknown – Live Floor Show (2002–2003)

Deaths

• 26 November – Gordon Reid, 64, actor

See also

• 2003 in Scotland

References