2005 in Scottish television

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.

Debuts

BBC

• December – VideoGaiden on BBC Two (2005–2008)

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

Ending this year

• 23 October – Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
• 27 November – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One (2004–2005)
• Balamory (2002–2005)

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

References

References

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5. "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?".
6. (15 February 2019). "Still Game comedy duo say Jack and Victor will not be back".
7. "The Scotsman Sessions #192: Karen Dunbar".
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10. (14 January 2009). "Scottish Cinema Now". Cambridge Scholars Publishing.