2005 in Scottish television

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)
• 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