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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

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Scottish Television is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the second-oldest franchise holder in the UK that is still active.

Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands Grampian, Tayside, and parts of north Fife.

Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedian, actress and writer. She first appeared on television on the BBC Scotland sketch comedy series Chewin' the Fat (1999–2002) and was subsequently given her own show by the channel, The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006).

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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.
↑ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
↑ "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.
↑ Farley, Fidelma; Murray, Jonathan; Stoneman, Rod (14 January 2009). Scottish Cinema Now. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4438-0413-4.
↑ "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
↑ "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

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[1] "'Scottish Six' idea dropped". BBC News. BBC. 17 December 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[2] "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[3] McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.

[4] "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[5] Eames, Tom (6 September 2017). "Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[6] Farley, Fidelma; Murray, Jonathan; Stoneman, Rod (14 January 2009). Scottish Cinema Now. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4438-0413-4.

[7] "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[8] "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

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