6 January –
Scottish and
Grampian adopt the
celebrity idents package, albeit with their own logos attached and with idents featuring a lot more Scottish personalities alongside those of
ITV1.
27 April – Scottish soap High Road ends after 23 years and over 1,700 episodes. The series airs in some English regions until 2004.
17 December –
BBC Scotland will not pursue the idea of a Scottish Six news programme, following a major review of output which indicated that a majority of viewers are satisfied with the status quo.[1]