2002 in Scottish television

Overview of the events of 2002 in Scottish television

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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2002.

Events

23 January – At a meeting of the Scottish Affairs Committee in Westminster, BBC governor Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin tells the committee that the possibility of a Six O'Clock News bulletin for Scotland will be considered again following next year's Scottish Parliament election.^[1]

4 February – MPs investigating broadcasting in Scotland visit Glasgow to hear evidence from academics and members of the Scottish Parliament.^[2]
11 February – On the same day that the BBC launches its two channels for children, CBeebies Alba is launched as the new programming slot for Children's Gaelic Programmes on BBC One Scotland at 2:55 pm – 3:25 pm every weekday .

2 September – The preschool series Balamory is first broadcast on BBC.^[3]
24 September
- Debut of Scottish soap River City.
- Border Television is rebranded as ITV Border.

The BBC's children's programming in Gaelic resume on BBC Two Scotland during CBeebies under the same name CBeebies Alba.

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)
High Road (1980–2003)^[5]
Taggart (1983–2010)^[6]
Crossfire (1984–2004)
Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)^[7]
Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)^[8]

^ "'Scottish Six' back on the agenda". BBC News. BBC. 23 January 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ "MSPs have say over broadcasting". BBC News. BBC. 4 February 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ "BBC - Press Office - Balamory". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ Farley, Fidelma; Murray, Jonathan; Stoneman, Rod (14 January 2009). Scottish Cinema Now. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4438-0413-4.
^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
^ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ Eames, Tom (6 September 2017). "Monarch of the Glen cast - where are they now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Alan MacNaughtan Public success of a very private man". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 23 May 2022.