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.
Unknown
- Autumn – The lunchtime edition of Scotland Today is axed.
Debuts
BBC
- 21 September – Shoebox Zoo on BBC One
ITV
- 8 January – Politics Now on STV
- 30 September – High Times on STV
Television series
- Scotsport
- Reporting Scotland
- Scotland Today
- Sportscene
- The Beechgrove Garden
- Grampian Today
- Taggart
- Only an Excuse?
- Monarch of the Glen
- Balamory
- Still Game
- River City
- ''The Karen Dunbar Show''
Ending this year
- 2 September – Jeopardy
- 22 October – Win, Lose or Draw
- Unknown – ''Crossfire''
Deaths
- 27 January – Rikki Fulton, 79, comedian
- 26 February – Russell Hunter, 79, actor
- 3 July – Jimmy Mack, 70, broadcaster
- 31 July – Robert James, 80, actor
- 28 November – Molly Weir, 94, actress
- Unknown – Ron Thomson, 75, journalist