2005 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2005.

Events

• 5–6 May – BBC Parliament broadcasts BBC Scotland's 2005 general election results programme.
• 18 September – The STV sports programme Scotsport celebrates 50 years on air. ^[1]

Debuts

BBC

• December – VideoGaiden on BBC Two (2005–2008)
• Unknown – The Adventure Show on BBC Two (2005–present)

ITV

• Unknown – The Scottish Golf Show (2005)

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) ^[2]
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[3]
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019) ^[4]
• River City (2002–present)
• The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006) ^[5]
• Politics Now (2004–2011)

Ending this year

• 23 October – Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005) ^{[6] [7]}
• 27 November – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One (2004–2005)
• Balamory (2002–2005) ^[8]

Deaths

• 9 March – Kathie Kay, 86, singer
• 14 May - George Barron, 91, original presenter of The Beechgrove Garden (1978–84)
• 31 August – Michael Sheard, 77, actor

See also

• 2005 in Scotland

References

1. "Reports – Scotland | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
2. McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-317-16096-0.
3. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
4. "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
5. "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
6. "BBC - Monarch Of The Glen - Live Chats". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 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.