2003 in Scottish television

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.

Debuts

BBC

• 29 October – Blue Heaven (2003)
• Unknown – The Karen Dunbar Show

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)
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)
• Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
• Balamory (2002–2005)
• Jeopardy (2002–2004)
• Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)
• River City (2002–present)

Ending this year

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

Deaths

• 26 November – Gordon Reid, 64, actor

References

References

1. (17 December 2003). "'Scottish Six' idea dropped". BBC.
2. "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar".
3. (17 November 2016). "BBC Sport in Black and White". Springer.
4. (6 August 2025). "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary".
5. (14 October 2016). "Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box". Taylor & Francis.
6. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?".
7. (6 September 2017). "Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now?".
8. (14 January 2009). "Scottish Cinema Now". Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
9. (15 February 2019). "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back".
10. "Popular Scottish TV shows you'll remember".