2004 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2004.

Events

January

• 8 January – STV launches a new political magazine programme, called Politics Now . It replaces Platform, and Grampian's politics and current affairs programme Crossfire .

February

• 2 February – SMG’s sells its stake in GMTV to ITV plc for £31 million. ^[1]

March

• 9 March – An NFO System Three poll conducted for the Scottish Consumer Council indicates that 70% of those questioned are in favour of a Scottish Six news programme replacing the main BBC Six O'Clock News from London. ^[2]

April

• 20 April – 40th anniversary of BBC Two Scotland.

May to December

• No events.

Unknown

• Autumn – The lunchtime edition of Scotland Today is axed.

Debuts

BBC

• 21 September – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One (2004–2005)

ITV

• 8 January – Politics Now on STV (2004–2011)
• 30 September – High Times on STV (2004–2008)

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]
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[6]
• Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005) ^[7]
• Balamory (2002–2005) ^[8]
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019) ^[9]
• River City (2002–present)
• The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006) ^[10]

Ending this year

• 2 September – Jeopardy (2002–2004)
• 22 October – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Unknown – Crossfire (1984–2004)

Deaths

• 27 January – Rikki Fulton, 79, comedian
• 26 February – Russell Hunter, 79, actor
• 3 July – Jimmy Mack, 70, broadcaster
• 31 July – Robert James, 80, actor
• 28 November – Molly Weir, 94, actress
• Unknown – Ron Thomson, 75, journalist

See also

• 2004 in Scotland

References

1. Tryhorn, Chris (10 May 2004). "ITV buys GMTV stake from SMG". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
2. "Survey supports BBC Scottish Six". BBC News. BBC. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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. "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.