2004 in Scottish television
# 2004 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2004.

## Events

### January

* 8 January – STV launches a new political magazine programme, called Politics Now. It replaces Platform, and Grampian's politics and current affairs programme Crossfire.

### February

* 2 February – SMG’s sells its stake in GMTV to ITV plc for £31 million.

### March

* 9 March – An NFO System Three poll conducted for the Scottish Consumer Council indicates that 70% of those questioned are in favour of a Scottish Six news programme replacing the main BBC Six O'Clock News from London.

### April

* 20 April – 40th anniversary of BBC Two Scotland.

### May to December

* No events.

### Unknown

* Autumn – The lunchtime edition of Scotland Today is axed.

## Debuts

### BBC

* 21 September – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One (2004–2005)

### ITV

* 30 September – High Times on STV (2004–2008)
* Unknown – Politics Now on STV (2004–2011)

## 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)
* Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
* Balamory (2002–2005)
* Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)
* River City (2002–present)
* The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2006)

## Ending this year

* 2 September – Jeopardy (2002–2004)
* 22 October – Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
* Unknown – Crossfire (1984–2004)

## Deaths

* 27 January – Rikki Fulton, 79, comedian
* 26 February – Russell Hunter, 79, actor
* 31 July – Robert James, 80, actor
* 28 November – Molly Weir, 94, actress
* Unknown – Jimmy Mack, 70, broadcaster
* Unknown – Ron Thomson, 75, journalist
