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.
1 May – Television coverage of the 2003 Scottish Parliament general election.
17 December – BBC Scotland will not pursue the idea of a Scottish Six news programme following a major review of output which indicated a majority of viewers are satisfied with the status quo.