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) ^[3]
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present) ^[4]
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Taggart (1983–2010) ^[5]
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[6]
• Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005) ^[7]
• Balamory (2002–2005) ^[8]
• Jeopardy (2002–2004)
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019) ^[9]
• River City (2002–present)

Ending this year

• 27 April – High Road (1980–2003) ^[10]
• 3 December – Blue Heaven (2003)
• Unknown – Live Floor Show (2002–2003)

Deaths

• 26 November – Gordon Reid, 64, actor

See also

• 2003 in Scotland

References

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. 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. McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-317-16096-0.
6. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
7. Eames, Tom (6 September 2017). "Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
8. Farley, Fidelma; Murray, Jonathan; Stoneman, Rod (14 January 2009). Scottish Cinema Now. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 130. ISBN   978-1-4438-0413-4.
9. "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
10. "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.