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)

ITV

• Unknown – The Scottish Golf Show (2005)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008) ^[2]
• 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]
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020) ^[4]
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019) ^[5]
• River City (2002–present)
• The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006) ^[6]
• Politics Now (2004–2011)

Ending this year

• 23 October – Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005) ^{[7] [8]}
• 27 November – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One (2004–2005)
• Balamory (2002–2005) ^[9]

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. Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN   978-1-137-45501-7.
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. "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back". BBC News. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
6. "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
7. "BBC - Monarch Of The Glen - Live Chats". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
8. Eames, Tom (6 September 2017). "Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
9. Farley, Fidelma; Murray, Jonathan; Stoneman, Rod (14 January 2009). Scottish Cinema Now. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 130. ISBN   978-1-4438-0413-4.