2000 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2000.

Events

January

• No events.

February

• 28 February – Having decided not to adopt the 1999 ITV generic look, Scottish and Grampian launch a new on-screen logo.

March

• No events.

April

• Capital Radio buys Border Television. ^[1]

May to December

• No events.

Unknown

• ITV's Gaelic news bulletin Telefios is axed.

Debuts

BBC

• 27 February – Monarch of the Glen on BBC One (2000–2005) ^[2]
• 7 August – Tinsel Town on BBC Two (2000–2001)

ITV

• 5 January – Meeow! on Scottish Television (2000–2003)
• 11 May – Harry and the Wrinklies on Scottish Television (2000–2002)
• August – Inside Out on Scottish Television (2000)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[3]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[4]
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• High Road (1980–2003) ^[5]
• Taggart (1983–2010) ^[6]
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[7]
• Chewin' the Fat (1999–2002) ^[8]
• Harry and the Wrinklies (1999–2002)

Ending this year

• December – Inside Out (2000)
• Unknown – Telefios (1993–2000)

See also

• 2000 in Scotland

References

1. "Capital Radio bags Border TV". BBC News. 13 April 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
2. "Episode 1, Series 1, Monarch of the Glen - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
3. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
4. "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary". BBC Sport. 6 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN   978-3-030-39407-3.
6. McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-317-16096-0.
7. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
8. Wilkie, Ian (2016). Performing in Comedy: A Student's Guide. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN   9781317429296.