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By 2003?  All STV got to make for the ITV network was Taggart & Rebus which = 8 episode if they were lucky a year.    Before that STV had kids programmes, reglion,  high road ( its actually 30 years ago this month network dropped the series but most of ITV company's carried on )  2 Gameshows but then all gone. Of course STV not going to be happy with losing and having no say in the network.

Since then STV have had some notable success on the production front. Catchphrase, and for the BBC Antiques Road Trip and Bridge of Lies come to mind. They seem to have turned themselves into a successful 'indie'

Do STV even opt out much at all nowadays - is it just the 7pm slot on Fridays?

There's Scotland Tonight as well. Mon-Wed post News at Ten, Thursdays at 2030, bumping Tonight to post News at Ten