This is a list of events in
Scottish television from 1999.
Events
January
*20 January – The
UK government says no political pressure was applied to the BBC over its decision not to give Scotland a separate version of the ''
Six O'Clock News''.
February
*No events.
March
*No events.
April
*30 April – Launch of the digital channel
S2, the Scottish equivalent of
ITV2
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a ...
.
May
*6–7 May – Television coverage of the
1999 Scottish Parliament general election.
*12 May – The
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...
meets in
Edinburgh for its first session. Proceedings have been televised from the outset.
June
*6 June – The final edition of political current affairs programme ''
Scottish Lobby
''Scottish Lobby'' was a current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland during the 1990s on Sunday lunchtimes and occasionally on Saturday evenings for most of its run,
The programme ran from 19 January 1992 to 6 June 1999 when it was r ...
'' is broadcast on
BBC2 Scotland
BBC Two Scotland ( gd, BBC Dhà Alba) was the national variation of BBC Two for BBC Scotland. It was broadcast via digital television and was the sister Scottish channel of BBC One Scotland and Gaelic-language BBC Alba. Unlike BBC One Scotland, w ...
.
July
*No events.
August
*No events.
September
*No events.
October
*1 October – Death of
Lena Zavaroni, the Scottish child singer and television presenter.
*4 October – Launch of ''
Newsnight Scotland'', the
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
opt-out of the main ''
Newsnight'' programme on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
.
*31 October – Establishment of
TeleG
TeleG was established as the first daily digital Gaelic TV channel in Scotland on 31 October 1999, and was available on the Freeview platform until 23 May 2011.
Programs were transmitted on TeleG between 6pm and 7pm each day. The channel slot w ...
, Scotland's first daily
Gaelic language digital channel.
November
*8 November –
Border Television drops its famous 'chopsticks' logo which it had used since it launched in 1961 when it adopts the ITV 'hearts' idents.
December
*No events.
Debuts
BBC
*13 January – ''
Chewin' the Fat'' on
BBC One Scotland (1999–2002)
*4 October – ''
Newsnight Scotland'' on
BBC Two Scotland (1999–2014)
Television series
*''
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)
*''
Taggart'' (1983–2010)
*''
Crossfire'' (1984–2004)
*''
Wheel of Fortune'' (1988–2001)
*''
Win, Lose or Draw'' (1990–2004)
*''
Telefios'' (1993–2000)
*''
Only an Excuse?'' (1993–2020)
Ending this year
*3 December – ''
Fun House'' (1989–1999)
*''
Machair'' (1993–1999)
Deaths
*1 October –
Lena Zavaroni, 35, child singer and television presenter
See also
*
1999 in Scotland
Events from the year 1999 in Scotland
Incumbents
* First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar (from 17 May 1999)
* Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar until 17 May; then John Reid ...
References
{{Years in TV by country, 1999
Television in Scotland by year
1990s in Scottish television