1999 in British television

none September 2020 November 2013 1999 British television This is a list of British television related events from 1999. Events January 1 January New Year's Day highlights on BBC One include Ron Howard's acclaimed 1995 Astronaut drama Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Ed Harris.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1999-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016215753/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1999-01-01 dead 16 October 2014 BBC One London – 1 January 1999 BBC Genome BBC 12 November 2016 Denise van Outen presents her final edition of The Big Breakfast although she will return in September of the following year.Fuller Rick https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Outen+with+the+old..%3B+Denise+bids+last+farewell+to+the+Big+Breakfast.-a060364893 Outen with the old..; Denise bids last farewell to the Big Breakfast Trinity Mirror Daily Record 1 January 1999 15 June 2014 In Coronation Street, four-decade resident Alf Roberts dies of a heart attack, just one month before the real-life death of Bryan Mosley, the actor who had portrayed him since his debut in 1961.Anthony Hayward https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bryan-mosley-1070036.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bryan-mosley-1070036.html 1 May 2022 subscription Obituary: Bryan Mosley Independent Print Limited The Independent 11 February 1999 28 April 2014 3–4 January – BBC One airs a two-part adaptation of Andy McNab's book Bravo Two Zero, starring Sean Bean as McNab and set during the Gulf War.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8a62f5a8cc1e4a1e896ffde765c38609 https://web.archive.org/web/20181023235610/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8a62f5a8cc1e4a1e896ffde765c38609 dead 23 October 2018 Bravo Two Zero – BBC One London – 3 January 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 3 January 1999 23 October 2018https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/834d2009c2a147029e942cae78ddd174 https://web.archive.org/web/20181023234337/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/834d2009c2a147029e942cae78ddd174 dead 23 October 2018 Bravo Two Zero – BBC One London – 4 January 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 4 January 1999 23 October 2018 4 January GMTV2 launches during the breakfast downtime of ITV2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIxGRH8Dyfg https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/AIxGRH8Dyfg 2021-12-20 live GMTV2 starts Monday 4th January 1999 thesearethedays 25 February 2018 25 September 2018 YouTube Debut of The Vanessa Show with Vanessa Feltz on BBC One.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1fcdf1277c2d4f34a81833d20c46fbcc https://web.archive.org/web/20180107062640/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1fcdf1277c2d4f34a81833d20c46fbcc dead 7 January 2018 The Vanessa Show – BBC One London – 4 January 1999 – BBC Genome 4 January 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 Australian children's drama Misery Guts begins to air on BBC One.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6d7305ee1cfd44ffb20cddf64de8fdd1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180107062207/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6d7305ee1cfd44ffb20cddf64de8fdd1 dead 7 January 2018 Misery Guts – BBC One London – 4 January 1999 – BBC Genome 4 January 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 Canadian television series for preschoolers Polka Dot Shorts begins to air in the UK on BBC Two. The series is so popular in the UK, it continues airing on the BBC for 6 years until 2004 and a range of videos of the series is released by Abbey Home Media. UK debut of The Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network. Debut of Canadian science-fiction drama television series First Wave on Sky One, starring Sebastian Spence. 5 January Provisional viewing figures suggest that an episode of ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? aired on 3 January was watched by 17 million viewers, making it the highest viewed television programme, excluding soaps and World Cup matches since 1997.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/249276.stm ITV's millionaire windfall BBC BBC News 5 January 1999 12 April 2014 As he prepares to launch a new series of Parkinson, broadcaster Michael Parkinson criticises his chat show rival, footballer Ian Wright telling BBC Radio 5 Live's Sybil Ruscoe that Wright has a "careless attitude" and does not have the "understanding" to do his job properly.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/249010.stm Parkinson shows Wright the red card BBC BBC News 5 January 1999 3 May 2015 6 January In a stunt organised by the recently launched "lads magazine" Front, television presenter Noel Edmonds is hit in the face with two custard pies while filming for Noel's House Party in London's Oxford Street.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/250333.stm Noel gets a pie in the eye BBC BBC News 7 January 1999 21 April 2014 A Broadcasting Standards Commission survey indicates that many viewers believe sex is used on television in order to boost ratings.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/249667.stm Sex used to boost ratings says survey BBC BBC News 6 January 1999 3 May 2014 7 January – BBC One airs the network television premiere of Braveheart, Mel Gibson's 1995 historical drama about the late-13th century warrior William Wallace who led Scots clans in the fight for Scottish independence; it also stars Patrick McGoohan, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack and Sophie Marceau in her first English-language appearance. 8 January Teenage model Kelly Brook is chosen to replace Denise van Outen as co-host of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast alongside Johnny Vaughan.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kelly's+big+break+on+Big+Breakfast.-a060553511 Kelly's big break on Big Breakfast The Birmingham Post Trinity Mirror 8 January 1999 18 May 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/251111.stm Channel 4 wakes up to Kelly BBC BBC News 8 January 1999 18 May 2014 Nita Desai, played by Rebecca Sarker arrives in Coronation Street to take over from Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) as manager of the corner shop. She is the first member of the Desai family—the soap's first Asian family—to be seen on screen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/240023.stm First Asian family joins the Street BBC BBC News 21 December 1998 3 May 2015 Debut of the sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme on BBC Two, starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus. 10 January – ITV replaces its long-running Sunday morning church service broadcast, Morning Worship, with a new religious magazine programme, Sunday Morning, which includes a short service. The first venue for the programme is Frinton Free Church in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5536124.frinton-church-service-on-tv/ Frinton church service on TV 31 December 1998 Colchester Gazette 23 October 2023 ITV begins a six-part adaptation of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island.Tony Purnell https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Weekend+View-a060224928 Weekend View Trinity Mirror The Mirror 11 January 1999 14 October 2016 11 January – The black comedy show The League of Gentlemen debuts on BBC Two.https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/locals-relive-comedy-capers-in-popular-912399 'Locals' relive comedy capers in popular village Trinity Mirror Manchester Evening News 4 March 2009 14 May 2014 Along with The Fast Show and Goodness Gracious Me, it is credited with boosting international interest in British comedy series.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/292749.stm BBC comedy in a different League BBC BBC News 8 March 1999 14 May 2014 12 January Debut of the Casualty spin-off, Holby City on BBC One. Among the cast are several former soap stars including Michael French, Angela Griffin, Nicola Stephenson and Lisa Faulkner.Graham Keal https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Drama+that+gets+right+to+the+heart+of+the+matter%3B+Graham+Keal+finds...-a060553497 Drama that gets right to the heart of the matter Trinity Mirror Birmingham Post 8 January 1999 10 June 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d0c06cb497f240b7b3f60ffb3d999e98 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084141/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d0c06cb497f240b7b3f60ffb3d999e98 dead 20 December 2016 Holby City – BBC One London – 12 January 1999 – BBC Genome 12 January 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 Airline returns to ITV for a second series with EasyJet now as the featured company. 13 January – BBC One's audience share drops below 30% for the first time.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/fewer-than-three-in-ten-viewers-watching-bbc1-1046889.html Fewer than three in ten viewers watching BBC1 The Independent Rhys Williams 14 January 1999 24 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121102205241/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/fewer-than-three-in-ten-viewers-watching-bbc1-1046889.html 2 November 2012 live 16 January – ITV's On the Ball has been recommissioned for a second run for the 1999–2000 football season despite getting off to a slow start, The Mirror newspaper reports.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+ITV+will+keep+'On+The+Ball'+rolling.-a060224570 Football: ITV will keep 'On The Ball' rolling Trinity Mirror Sunday Mirror 16 January 1999 6 May 2014 18 January – British Eurosport launches, replacing the pan-European version on most platforms. The change sees the introduction of live studio presentation of major events. 19 January ITV's This Morning becomes the first programme on British television to show men how to check themselves for signs of testicular cancer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/258090.stm TV first for testicular check BBC BBC News 19 January 1999 16 April 2014 Carlton Communications has spent £91 million on a library of 300 films from Universal Studios. The titles which were part of the ITC Television library, include The Eagle Has Landed, The Big Easy, Sophie's Choice, Thunderbirds, The Saint, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Jesus of Nazareth.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/258411.stm Thunderbirds are going, going, gone BBC BBC News 19 January 1999 22 April 2015 Claire King makes her final regular appearance as Emmerdale character Kim Tate after a decade with the series.https://www.emmerdale.me.uk/emmerdale/profiles/kim.htm Emmerdale's Kim Tate Emmerdale.me.uk 25 September 2018 Following a two decades long absence from the soap in September 2018, ITV confirms King will reprise the role for a special week of episodes from 8 October 2018.https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/news/a866938/emmerdale-kim-tate-claire-king-shocking-return/ Emmerdale confirms a shocking return as Claire King reprises her role as Kim Tate Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Lee Jess 24 September 2018 25 September 2018 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/258512.stm BBC 'not pressured' over Scottish Six BBC BBC News 20 January 1999 15 May 2014 ITV announces that Michael Nicholson and Jonathan Maitland will join Trevor McDonald to present a new current affairs programme for the network.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/259219.stm ITV reveals flagship news team BBC BBC News 20 January 1999 22 April 2015 Channel 4 defends a segment on today's edition of The Big Breakfast in which guest presenter Jenny McCarthy assumes a number of suggestive poses as she plays a "Guess the Balls" game with footballer Vinnie Jones. The item appears at 8:30am when the content can be viewed by children, but a Channel 4 spokesman tells Scotland's Daily Record that "Jenny McCarthy's performance within this criteria has been stunning and we see no areas where she has let us or the public down this week."Smith Steve https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TV+HITS+ROCK+BOTTOM%3B+Big+Breakfast+girl+Jenny+is+fondled+on+a+double...-a060404236 TV hits rock bottom; Big Breakfast girl Jenny is fondled on a double bed Trinity Mirror Daily Record 21 January 1999 17 May 2014 The Broadcasting Standards Commission upholds viewer complaints against the TV series Compromising Situations, aired on Channel 5 as well as the film Centerfold which the network aired in Summer 1998. Channel 5 is also criticised by the BSC for making sexually explicit material available on free-to-air television.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264466.stm Soft porn warning from TV watchdog BBC BBC News 28 January 1999 2 May 2015 21 January – ITV and Channel 4 sign a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 27 January After upholding four viewer complaints about Compromising Situations, a late-night erotic anthology series aired on Channel 5, the Broadcasting Standards Commission warns that erotic content on the channel could lead to soft porn being shown on mainstream television. The Commission expresses the opinion that complaints about Compromising Situations and another series, Hot Line raises "significant issues for public debate". The ruling leads to a row between the Commission and Channel 5, with its chief executive David Elstein, comparing the reprimand to the 1960 prosecution of Penguin Books over its publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover.Gibson Janine https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jan/28/janinegibson TV boss refuses to drop erotic series | UK news The Guardian 28 January 1999 2018-01-13https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/264466.stm UK | Soft porn warning from TV watchdog BBC News 1999-01-28 2018-01-13 Cat food brand Whiskas premieres "the first ever commercial for cats" during Coronation Street, receiving wide media coverage 29 January – Channel 5 airs episode 480 of Family Affairs which sees the entire Hart family killed in a boat explosion. The episode marks a change in direction for the soap which is to move from its riverside location to west London.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TONIGHT'S+HIGHLIGHTS.-a060485782 Tonight's highlights Marion McMullen Coventry Evening Telegraph Trinity Mirror 29 January 1999 4 April 2014Nancy Banks-Smith https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jan/30/channelfive.tvandradio Who left the gas on? The Guardian 29 January 1999 3 May 2015 February 1 February Kelly Brook takes over from Denise van Outen as co-presenter of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-are-yhey-famous-kelly-brook-1075869.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-are-yhey-famous-kelly-brook-1075869.html 1 May 2022 subscription Why are they famous? Kelly Brook Independent Print Limited The Independent 24 January 1999 18 May 2014Christy Desmond https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/feb/02/artsfeatures2 Yes! A tenner for every titter The Guardian 2 February 1999 18 May 2014 The Channel 4 Political Awards is broadcast for the first time. 2 February – As Glenn Hoddle is sacked as England football manager following the controversy over comments he made during a recent interview it is revealed his 13-year-old daughter Zara, wrote to the BBC's Ceefax asking people to leave Hoddle alone to get on with his job.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/270608.stm Leave dad alone BBC BBC News 2 February 1999 23 October 2012https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8260196.stm 10 things you didn't know about Ceefax BBC BBC News Magazine 23 September 2009 23 October 2012 3 February It is reported that Martini is to sign a £1 million contract with ITV to sponsor a season of James Bond films. The channel is planning to screen all 18 Bond films, beginning with GoldenEye in March, then broadcasting them in chronological order from Dr. No to Tomorrow Never Dies.Quinn Thomas https://www.thefreelibrary.com/pounds+1m+Bond+deal+stirs+up+Martini.-a060393488 £1m Bond deal stirs up Martini Trinity Mirror The Mirror 3 February 1999 27 April 2014 GoldenEye airs at 8.30 pm on 10 March.McMullen Marion https://www.thefreelibrary.com/And+finally+-+a+TV+news+era+ends%3B+LAST+NIGHT+FOR+POPULAR+PROGRAMME...-a060464299 And finally – a TV news era ends; Last night for popular programme after nearly 32 years Trinity Mirror Coventry Evening Telegraph 5 March 1999 27 April 2014 Dr. No is screened on 29 May.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Shaken+not+stirred%3B+Dr+No+ITV,+8.30pm+-+10.30pm.-a060420581 Shaken not stirred; Dr No ITV, 8.30pm – 10.30pm Daily Record Trinity Mirror 29 May 1999 27 April 2014 Tomorrow Never Dies makes its television debut on 13 October.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Licenced+to+thrill%3B+Tomorrow+Never+Dies+ITV,+8.00pm+-+10.20pm.-a060806408 Licenced to thrill; Tomorrow Never Dies ITV, 8.00pm – 10.20pm Daily Record Trinity Mirror 9 October 1999 27 April 2014https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_bond_on_tv.php3 James Bond On TV – Movies MI6 – The Home Of James Bond 007 5 April 2011 26 January 2018 6 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106124333/https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_bond_on_tv.php3 dead The US romantic comedy-drama Sex and the City makes its British television debut on Channel 4.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/255160.stm Women behaving badly BBC BBC News 3 February 1999 9 June 2018 8 February – Following a five-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, former Central News reporter John Caine is convicted of sexually abusing underage boys over a period of two decades and jailed for five and a half years.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sex-abuse+TV+reporter+jailed+for+sordid+reign.-a060550223 Sex-abuse TV reporter jailed for sordid reign Trinity Mirror The Birmingham Post 9 February 1999 27 January 2018 11 February – Three members of production staff are suspended from BBC One's The Vanessa Show following reports in The Mirror that fake guests appeared on the programme.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/277302.stm Vanessa staff suspended over 'fake guests' BBC BBC News 11 February 1999 21 April 2014 They are later sacked following an internal inquiry.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/290431.stm Vanessa staff sacked BBC BBC News 4 March 1999 21 April 2014 12 February – ITV's Trisha show is caught up in a fake guests controversy after it emerges that the agent who supplied guests to the rival Vanessa Show did the same for Trisha, but the show's editor Sally-Ann Howard, denies any of her team were aware that the guests were fakes.Gibson Janine https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/feb/13/janinegibson Trisha editor says her team knew nothing of fake guests The Guardian 13 February 1999 3 May 2015 13 February – BBC One airs "Face Value", the 250th episode of Casualty.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f64728c8f0d6450498e0facf0adfd177 https://web.archive.org/web/20170802170708/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f64728c8f0d6450498e0facf0adfd177 dead 2 August 2017 Casualty – BBC One London – 13 February 1999 – BBC Genome 13 February 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 15 February – ITV axes Gladiators after eight years due to falling ratings.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/278329.stm Mr Benn the film star news.bbc.co.uk 15 February 1999 5 December 2024 A final mini-series featuring returning champions is commissioned by ONdigital to air in May before being shown on the main ITV network at the end of the year. 18 February – ITV screens the Granada Television film The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, a dramatisation of the aftermath of the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence told from the point of view of his parents.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/276131.stm Entertainment | ITV to screen Lawrence drama BBC BBC News 10 February 1999 21 April 2014 21 February – US/Canadian animated series for preschoolers Salty's Lighthouse which uses footage taken from the children's model animated series that was originally broadcast on ITV is shown on Channel 4 for the first time in the UK. At the same time, it is also the second time Tugs is shown in its homeland. 23 February – Channel 4 debuts Russell T. Davies's groundbreaking series Queer as Folk.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/284984.stm Gay TV drama gets mixed reception BBC BBC News 24 February 1999 5 April 2014https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/15/channel4.gayrights Russell T Davies on Queer As Folk | Media The Guardian 15 September 2003 5 April 2014 25 February The BBC announces that Noel's House Party will be axed after eight years. The most recent edition of the show drew an audience of less than six million and it will finish when its current run ends on 20 March.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/286377.stm The party's over for Edmonds' show BBC BBC News 25 February 1999 15 June 2014 The Broadcasting Standards Commission upholds a complaint about a feature in the Teletext games magazine Digitiser from 26 October 1998. The gossip column, Gossi the Dog had alluded to Gossi's master thrashing the talking cartoon dog with a belt.http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/bsc/pdfs/bulletin/bulletin18.pdf The Bulletin 25 February 1999 16 March 2014 Broadcasting Standards Commission 4 26 February Channel 4 News presenter Sheena McDonald is in intensive care after receiving head injuries when she was hit by a police van on an emergency call in north London.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/287550.stm TV presenter hit by police car BBC BBC News 27 February 1999 18 January 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/287560.stm TV presenter off ventilator BBC BBC News 27 February 1999 18 January 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3399825.stm Am I still me? BBC BBC News 16 January 2004 18 January 2014 Channel 4 is fined £150,000 by the Independent Television Commission for including fake scenes in Too Much Too Young: Chickens, a documentary about rent boys in Glasgow that aired in 1997. The fine is the first such penalty imposed on Channel 4.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/286723.stm Channel 4 fined for faked documentary BBC BBC News 26 February 1999 3 May 2014 March 2 March – Wheel of Fortune is moved to an afternoon slot. The star prize is reduced from a choice of £20,000 or a car to a regular jackpot of £2,000. 4 March – BBC Prime is launched for the first time in South Africa. 5 March – After 32 years, what is billed as the last ever News at Ten is broadcast on ITV. It is replaced with a 6:30pm bulletin, the ITV Evening News from the following Monday.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/262762.stm Bond replaces bongs at ITV BBC BBC News 25 January 1999 28 April 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/292638.stm ITV launches news at six-thirty BBC BBC News 8 March 1999 28 April 2014 In the event, News at Ten returns in 2001, https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1109699.stm News at Ten returns to ITV BBC News 10 January 2001 15 May 2009 is axed again in 2004,https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3411259.stm Later bulletin ends News at Ten BBC BBC News 19 January 2004 28 April 2014 and resurrected in 2008.Martin Nicole https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575243/News-at-Ten-returns-with-Trevor-McDonald.html News at Ten returns with Trevor McDonald The Daily Telegraph 11 January 2008 28 April 2014 It is restored as a five-nights-a-week programme from March 2009.Leigh Holmwood https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/25/news-at-ten-five-night-week News at Ten goes five-nights-a-week The Guardian 25 February 2009 28 April 2014 This day also sees the final broadcast of the ITV Evening News in its long-running 5:40pm slot.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/END+FINALLY..%3B+Bye+bye+with+Burnet+and+Bosanquet.-a060396583 End Finally..; Bye bye with Burnet and Bosanquet The Mirror Trinity Mirror 6 March 1999 28 April 2014 The changes at ITV also prompt other broadcasters to review their news scheduling with Sky News and BBC News 24 both launch 10pm bulletins to fill the gap left by News at Ten, while Channel 5 reschedules its evening news bulletin to 6pm. Channel 4 News is also relaunched.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/291317.stm Battle of the bulletins BBC BBC News 5 March 1999 28 April 2014 7 March – BBC Two airs the final episode of the 1993 series of Grange Hill, concluding a Sunday morning rerun of the first 16 series of the school drama which began in April 1993.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1993-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016231220/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1993-04-04 dead 16 October 2014 BBC Two England – 4 April 1993 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1999-03-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017135542/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1999-03-07 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Two England – 7 March 1999 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 8 March – Following the introduction of the ITV Evening News, UTV's evening news programme, UTV Live is brought forward by half an hour to start at 5:30pm. The first half-hour sees feature reports, light-hearted stories and the weather forecast branded as part of a separate programme, UTV Life which runs before the main evening news which starts at 6pm and keeps the UTV Live name. 9 March – A contestant who won £125,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? despite answering a question incorrectly will be allowed to keep his prize money, it is reported. The error occurred after researchers matched the wrong answer with a question about tennis, but the mistake was quickly spotted by viewers. Celador which produces the show, says it will review its checking procedure.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/293549.stm Quiz 'winner' keeps his prize BBC BBC News 9 March 1999 12 April 2014 10 March Carlton Television buys Bob Geldof's production company, Planet 24, in a deal City analysts believe to be worth £15 million.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/294195.stm Carlton buys Planet 24 BBC BBC News 10 March 1999 21 June 2014 The Vanessa Show is interrupted by a male streaker. The lads' magazine Front later claims responsibility for the stunt.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/294372.stm Streaker interrupts Vanessa Show BBC BBC News 10 March 1999 21 April 2014 ITV shows the network television premiere of Martin Campbell's 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan as 007. 11 March Reports that new The Big Breakfast presenter Kelly Brook is struggling with her presenting role are laughed off by the programme after an email from its assistant producer suggested the number of big words in her script should be limited was leaked to the media.11 March 1999 Breakfast bosses defend new host https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/294452.stm 18 May 2014 BBC News BBC ITV shows the network television premiere of the 1994 Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone action film The Specialist. 12 March – This year's Comic Relief telethon includes a Doctor Who parody featuring Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor, Julia Sawalha as his sidekick and Jonathan Pryce as The Master.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/288676.stm Blackadder becomes Dr Who BBC BBC News 1 March 1999 5 April 2014 The 29-minute sketch, written by Steven Moffat also includes the first female version of The Doctor, portrayed by Joanna Lumley.Fullerton Huw https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-24/steven-moffats-classic-doctor-who-sketch-the-curse-of-fatal-death-re-released-for-red-nose-day/ Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death rereleased for Red Nose Day Radio Times 24 March 2017 17 October 2018 A special episode of The Vicar of Dibley includes cameo appearances by Johnny Depp and Sarah, Duchess of York.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/291629.stm The Duchess of Dibley BBC BBC News 6 March 1999 16 April 2014 15 March Debut of the BBC One prison documentary series Jailbirds, a ten-part series that looks at life inside New Hall women's prison in West Yorkshire.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f278068e123a433cba351dc70184c87d https://web.archive.org/web/20180612190657/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f278068e123a433cba351dc70184c87d dead 12 June 2018 Jailbirds – BBC One London – 15 March 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 15 March 1999 10 October 2018 Provisional viewing figures released for the first week of ITV's schedule changes indicate the channel enjoyed a 5% increase in ratings. ITV says it is pleased with the results, but expects the figures to drop again following the initial interest in its new lineup.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/296997.stm ITV ratings soar with new schedule BBC BBC News 15 March 1999 21 April 2014 The BBC children's programme Teletubbies goes on the air in Japan.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/296781.stm Entertainment | Teletubbies say 'konnichi wa' BBC News 1999-03-14 2018-01-13 UK debut of Ed, Edd n Eddy on Cartoon Network. 16 March – The NSPCC launches its new 'full stop' advertising campaign which shows different objects of childhood heroes shielding their eyes as children's voices are heard being abused. It is broadcast after the 9.00pm watershed as a shock tactic to break people's complacency, part of the largest campaign ever undertaken by a charity and the beginning of a long-term strategy to end violence against children. 17 March Entertainer Rod Hull dies after falling from the roof of his house while trying to adjust a television aerial.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/mar/18/2 Rod Hull dies in TV roof tragedy The Guardian 18 March 1999 2014-05-15 The Surfer advertisement for Guinness first airs on ITV.Tim Nudd https://www.adweek.com/adfreak/surfing-guinness-st-patricks-day-16129 Surfing with Guinness on St. Patrick's Day Ad Week 17 March 2008 17 December 2014 An attempt by BSkyB to buy Manchester United F.C. is rejected by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/298072.stm The Company File – BSkyB bid for Man Utd 'kicked out' BBC BBC News 17 March 1999 3 May 2015 To celebrate the recently aired 250th episode of Casualty, BBC One airs Casualty 250: the Full Medical, a documentary in which Gaby Roslin looks back at the show's history. Later the same evening sees a repeat of "Gas", the very first episode from 1986.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1999-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017133911/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1999-03-17 dead 17 October 2014 BBC One London – 17 March 1999 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 19 March – The gameshow Mr and Mrs is relaunched by ITV as one of its new programmes airing in the former News at Ten slot. Hosted by Julian Clary and featuring more adult orientated humour than its original incarnation, it is not successful and is axed after just one series. 20 March The network television premiere of Roger Donaldson's 1995 American science-fiction horror Species on ITV, starring Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley and Natasha Henstridge. The final episode of Noel's House Party is shown on BBC One. 21 March – Ernie Wise, the surviving half of the beloved comedy duo, Morecambe and Wise dies of a heart attack, aged 73, following ongoing heart trouble. 22 March It is announced that The Jack Docherty Show will end after two years as host Jack Docherty is to leave Channel 5. He says the show has "burned out" and is running out of guests. The final edition airs on 23 June.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/300915.stm Docherty leaves Channel 5 chat show BBC BBC News 22 March 1999 15 June 2013 A November 1998 episode of the children's series Sooty & Co. about fragrances in which the characters were seen sniffing medicine bottles is criticised by the Independent Television Commission amid concerns it could prompt copycat behaviour.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/300817.stm Sooty criticised by TV watchdog BBC BBC News 22 March 1999 3 May 2014 24 March Major networks provide news coverage as NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The BBC confirms that Ross Kemp who plays Grant Mitchell in EastEnders, will leave the soap in the Autumn after signing a contract with ITV.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/302330.stm EastEnders loses its Grant BBC BBC News 24 March 1999 29 May 2014 Mirror Group sells its 18.6% stake in SMG to Granada.Larsen Peter Thal https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/granada-stalks-scottish-with-pounds-110m-share-buy-1082697.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/granada-stalks-scottish-with-pounds-110m-share-buy-1082697.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Granada stalks Scottish with pounds 110m share buy The Independent 24 March 1999 2013-06-22 26 March – Debut of As the Crow Flies, a seven-part BBC Two series in which Janet Street-Porter sets out to walk the 350 miles between the Edinburgh and Greenwich observatories.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/34d622103b66461e9da1f0715f29d7b9 https://web.archive.org/web/20170909192149/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/34d622103b66461e9da1f0715f29d7b9 dead 9 September 2017 As the Crow Flies – BBC Two England – 26 March 1999 – BBC Genome 26 March 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 28 March – Lloyd Burgess wins the 1999 series of MasterChef. 29 March Pokémon makes its British television debut on Sky One. The final episode of the children's series Bodger & Badger is aired on BBC One. 30 March UKTV announces plans to rebrand UK Gold Classics as UK Gold 2.Chapman Iain https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a69/uk-gold-classics-renamed.html#~oLfg2qSPVsssbb UK Gold Classics Renamed Digital Spy 30 March 1999 27 July 2014 The changes will take place from the coming weekend.Chapman Iain https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a71/uk-gold-2-update.html#~oLfhht1mzBTEYn UK Gold 2 Update Digital Spy 1 April 1999 27 July 2014 ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are heavily criticised in the Independent Television Commission's annual report on commercial television. ITV is criticised for its low amount of current affairs coverage, particularly in relation to the NATO campaign in Yugoslavia, while Channel 5 is branded as "tacky" for its reliance on low-budget erotic dramas and factual programmes about sex for its late-night schedule.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/307767.stm Too much sex on TV says watchdog BBC BBC News 30 March 1999 30 May 2014Paul McCann https://www.independent.co.uk/news/channel-5-criticised-for-tacky-sex-shows-heady-x3-x3-1084184.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/channel-5-criticised-for-tacky-sex-shows-heady-x3-x3-1084184.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Channel 5 criticised for 'tacky' sex shows heady Independent Print Limited The Independent 31 March 1999 2 May 2015 31 March – ITV announces that Mary Nightingale will take over as presenter of its long-running holiday show Wish You Were Here...?, succeeding Anthea Turner who is stepping down from the role.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/309500.stm New faces for holiday shows BBC BBC News 1 April 1999 30 April 2015 April 1 April The BBC announces that Craig Doyle will succeed Jill Dando as the presenter of Holiday. In EastEnders the Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, marries Frank Butcher (Mike Reid).https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/308079.stm Wedding knees-up in the Square BBC BBC News 30 March 1999 14 March 2015 2 April After two and a half years, Channel 4 is given another whole new look replacing the previous circles idents with all-new idents with the Channel 4 logo in a square and lines against various backgrounds scrolling across the screen. UK Gold launches new fireworks idents and UK Gold Classics is renamed UK Gold 2. It operates as a time-shift service of UK Gold by broadcasting the channel's daytime output during the evening. The two-part adaptation of Minette Walters 1995 crime novel The Dark Room airs on BBC One, starring Dervla Kirwan as the shaven-headed Jane "Jinx" Kingsley and James Wilby as Dr. Protheroe. The serial concludes on 3 April, ending a run of her novels adapted for television which began in February 1996 with The Sculptress. BBC One airs Parkinson Meets Woody Allen, a 50-minute programme in which film director Woody Allen gives his first British television interview for 35 years.Carroll Rory https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/03/rorycarroll Parkinson puts Allen's back up The Guardian 3 April 1999 28 June 2014 Allen is questioned extensively about his private life by host Michael Parkinson, but is reluctant to speak on some topics. The BBC subsequently rejects reports that Allen had asked producers to edit out parts of the interview in which he discusses his marriage to his stepdaughter.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/310302.stm Woody rejects Parky's 'morbid' questions BBC BBC News 3 April 1999 28 June 2014 4 April – Sky One airs its special Valentine's Day episode of The Simpsons, featuring guest appearance by British pop superstar Elton John. 5 April BBC One and ITV air a national television appeal to help refugees from Kosovo. The Kosovo Crisis Appeal, co-ordinated by the Disasters Emergency Committee raises £3m by midday the following day.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/313248.stm Millions pour in to Kosovo appeal BBC BBC News 6 April 1999 31 March 2014 ITV airs Martine McCutcheon: This is My Moment, a one-hour documentary chronicling former EastEnders actress Martine McCutcheon's efforts to launch her singing career.Jordan Richard https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/apr/05/tvandradio.television Watching brief The Guardian 5 April 1999 26 May 2014 Her debut single, "Perfect Moment", reaches number one in the UK Singles Chart on 11 April.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/316897.stm Ex-EastEnders star's perfect moment BBC BBC News 11 April 1999 26 May 2014 8 April Debut of the BBC children's series Miami 7 featuring the manufactured pop group S Club 7. The series combines drama and musical performance and is intended as a vehicle to launch the group's music career with their debut single "Bring It All Back" being released on 7 June.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/314534.stm Seven up for pop fame BBC BBC News 8 April 1999 27 May 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/992aa69077c740aeb8b86cdef4141fd4 https://web.archive.org/web/20181011014055/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/992aa69077c740aeb8b86cdef4141fd4 dead 11 October 2018 Miami 7 – BBC One London – 8 April 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 8 April 1999 10 October 2018 ITV launches its new news and current affairs programme Tonight with Trevor McDonald. Based on the format of US shows such as 60 Minutes and featuring a team of high-profile journalists, the first edition features an interview with the five individuals suspected of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The launch comes amid reports that ITV news coverage has lost as many as a million viewers since News at Ten was axed in March.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/313890.stm ITV gears up – despite ratings worries BBC BBC News 8 April 1999 30 March 2014 The edition prompts fifteen complaints to the Independent Television Commission from viewers who felt it wrong to give the men a platform to defend themselves, but the Commission rules in August that Martin Bashir's questioning had meant the programme was "anything but a platform" for the suspects.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/421146.stm 'Lawrence Five' broadcast defended BBC BBC News 16 August 1999 14 May 2014 9 April – Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Stephen Byers announces that BSkyB's £626m bid to buy Manchester United will not be allowed to go ahead.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/315459.stm FA Carling Premiership – BSkyB failure 'a victory for fanpower' BBC BBC News 9 April 1999 3 May 2015Gibson Janine Watt Nicholas https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/apr/10/newsstory.sport13 BSkyB bid for United blocked The Guardian 10 April 1999 3 May 2015 12 April – Long-running children's animated television series Bob the Builder begins on BBC One, filmed in stop-motion. 13 April – Past and present stars of Coronation Street attend a memorial service for Bryan Mosley at Salford Cathedral.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/318396.stm Entertainment | Street star Mosley remembered BBC News 1999-04-13 2018-01-13 14 April – ITV airs the network television premiere of Girls' Night, a film produced by Granada Television as part of the ITV Film Initiative, a scheme established in 1996 aimed at boosting the British film industry and increasing the number of home grown films.Bentley Stephanie http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/itv-revives-scheme-for-peaktime-films/2036504.article ITV revives scheme for peaktime films Marketing Week 8 April 1999 21 April 2014 15 April – A fire breaks out at the headquarters of MTV Europe, the former TV-am Breakfast Television Centre, in Camden, London, forcing them off air while the fire is being tackled.Fire hits MTV Studios https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/319882.stm 15 April 1999 BBC 25 June 2015 19 April – US talk show presenter Jerry Springer makes his UK television debut presenting the first of two editions of This Morning alongside Judy Finnigan while her husband Richard Madeley is busy working on another television project.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/323008.stm Springer presents UK TV show BBC BBC News 19 April 1999 5 June 2014 20 April – It is emerged that Channel 4 have asked the producers of Brookside to tone down an attempted rape scene due to air the following evening because the content may be too graphic to air before the 9pm watershed.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/324257.stm Brookside edits rape scene BBC BBC News 20 April 1999 22 June 2014 21 April – A week after the government announces new targets for the proportion of ethnic police officers, ITV's The Bill announces two new black characters will join the series. Police Constable Di Worrell, played by Jane Wall and Detective Constable Danny Glaze (Karl Collins) who will become the show's first black male CID officer. The Bills producers say the announcement is not a response to the government initiative, but had been planned for several months.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/325079.stm More black officers in The Bill BBC BBC News 21 April 1999 19 June 2014 22 April – Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson appears on The Frank Skinner Show slurring her words and being unsure who the host is; she enters drug rehabilitation shortly afterwards.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38912628 Tara Palmer-Tomkinson – the ultimate It girl in pictures BBC News 2017-02-08 2024-01-26 26 April Television presenter Jill Dando is shot dead outside her home in west London. BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/328804.stm BBC presenter shot dead 26 April 1999 31 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100123021143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/328804.stm 23 January 2010 live Her death sparks a huge manhunt by the Metropolitan Police and leads to the trial of Barry George. Initially convicted of the murder, after a successful appeal and retrial George is acquitted on 1 August 2008, thus leaving the crime unsolved. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7536815.stm George not guilty of Dando murder BBC News 1 August 2008 1 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081017160804/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7536815.stm 17 October 2008 live BSkyB Chief Executive Mark Booth announces his resignation after 18 months in the position.Barrie Chris https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/apr/28/bskyb BSkyB chief Booth quits The Guardian 27 April 1999 3 May 2015 27 April The Open University wins the 1998–99 series of University Challenge, beating Oriel College, Oxford 265–210. Channel 5 announces plans to resurrect It's a Knockout with original presenter Stuart Hall at the helm. The channel is also bringing Jeremy Beadle back to television with a new series in which contestants win his money.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/329476.stm It's A Knockout returns BBC BBC News 27 April 1999 9 May 2014 28 April – BBC Two debuts My Year with Beethoven, a six-part programme in which German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter talks about the devastating impact which the onset of deafness had on Beethoven's life and music, accompanied by American pianist Lambert Orkis who performs one of Beethoven's most tempestuous works on a personal journey throughout ten different sonatas. The series continues on 11 May. 29 April Six episodes of Channel 5's Sex and Shopping are criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for containing explicit material which the Commission feels was "unacceptable for broadcast at any time".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/330845.stm Channel 5 rapped over sex series BBC BBC News 29 April 1999 3 May 2014 Retailer WHSmith announces plans to sell books and stationary via interactive digital television after signing a deal with the Rupert Murdoch backed venture Open.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/331097.stm WH Smith opens television bookshop BBC BBC News 29 April 1999 22 May 2014 The Planets, an eight-part documentary series exploring the Solar System, debuts on BBC Two. 30 April The BBC is reviewing whether or not to air the remaining episodes of Antiques Inspectors following Jill Dando's murder, Broadcast magazine reports. The series had made its debut with Dando as presenter on 25 April with filming of the final episode completed two days before that.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc-may-pull-antiques-show/1213779.article BBC may pull antiques show Broadcast 30 April 1999 12 April 2014 The programme is subsequently cancelled,https://www.thefreelibrary.com/JILL+DANDO%3A+EVERY+PICTURE+TELLS+A+STORY...-a060149175 Jill Dando: Every picture tells a story The People Trinity Mirror 9 May 1999 13 April 2014 but it is decided later in the year that it should be aired as a tribute to the presenter with the series beginning its run from 5 September.Richard Savage http://www.thefreelibrary.com/JILL+DANDO'S+LAST+TV+SHOW+GOES+ON.-a060409270 Jill Dando's last TV show goes on The Mirror Trinity Mirror 4 September 1999 13 April 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/688e6069f16a498a83d56295dc8f14f0 https://web.archive.org/web/20180923235433/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/688e6069f16a498a83d56295dc8f14f0 dead 23 September 2018 Antiques Inspectors – BBC One London – 5 September 1999 – BBC Genome 5 September 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 Sky Soap closes due to poor viewing figures. Scottish Television launches S2. May 1 May Channel 4 airs Now We Are Two, a weekend of programmes marking the second anniversary of the election of Tony Blair's Labour Government. On this day, If John Smith Had Lived imagines the direction the Labour Party might have taken under the leadership of John Smith, while The Trial of Margaret Thatcher debates the policies of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a courtroom setting. The following day, Blair's Third Way looks at Tony Blair's governing style.John Davies https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/higher-channels/146127.article Higher channels Times Higher Education TES Global 30 April 1999 31 March 2016 From the Earth to the Moon, a thirteen-part spin-off from the film Apollo 13 made by HBO debuts on Channel 4.https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/apr/19/tvandradio.television4 Everyone's gone to the moon The Guardian 19 April 1999 14 May 2014 The cable-only film service Home Video Channel closes after 14 years on air. 2 May – Sheena McDonald is released from hospital two months after she received severe head injuries when she was hit by a police van.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/333653.stm TV presenter home after accident BBC BBC News 2 May 1999 18 January 2014 5 May – An inquest into the death of Rod Hull records a verdict of accidental death.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/336174.stm Rod Hull's death 'accidental' BBC BBC News 5 May 1999 15 May 2014 6–7 May – BBC One provides coverage of the first elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, as well as the year's local elections.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc-reveals-details-of-election-coverage/1213277.article BBC reveals details of election coverage Broadcast 16 April 1999 15 May 2014 7 May – Martyn Lewis presented his final news bulletin for BBC News. 9 May – Michael Parkinson presents the 1999 British Television Academy Awards in which the UK television industry pays tribute to the late Jill Dando. She had been due to host the ceremony alongside Parkinson, but following her death the BBC had decided not to replace her.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/339084.stm TV stars honour Jill Dando BBC BBC News 10 May 1999 12 April 2014 10 May – BBC News relaunches with a new set and theme music composed by David Lowe. The Six O'Clock News switches to a solo presenter format with Huw Edwards as the main anchor whilst Anna Ford becomes the new main anchor of the One O'Clock News. BBC News 24 adopts the new look in October. 11 May News at Ten and World in Action, both of which have been axed by ITV are announced as winners at the Royal Television Society's Journalism Awards. News at Ten is voted programme of the year, while World in Action wins the judges' award. Other winners include the Nine O'Clock News in the international category for its coverage of the Drenica massacre and Dermot Murnaghan for an ITV Lunchtime News interview with Peter Mandelson in which he questioned the politician about his loan from Geoffrey Robinson.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/axed-itv-shows-win-rts-awards/1214352.article Axed ITV shows win RTS awards Broadcast 14 May 1999 1 May 2015 The BBC confirms that EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook will return to the soap as Sam Mitchell in the Summer, three years after she was last seen on screen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/341174.stm Sam's back in the Square BBC BBC News 11 May 1999 26 May 2014 14 May – Helen Rollason presents the first Friday sport bulletin on the BBC's Six O'Clock News.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Helen+takes+on+top+BBC+sports+job+as+she+battles+cancer.-a060424704 Helen takes on top BBC sports job as she battles cancer Trinity Mirror Daily Record 21 April 1999 29 May 2014 17 May The Independent Television Commission rejects a number of viewer complaints about editions of The Jerry Springer Show featuring a gay marriage and amateur strippers that aired on weekday afternoons as not being inappropriate viewing. The Commission finds that the subject of same-sex marriage was dealt with sensitively, while the episode featuring the strippers was "not explicit" because they had only removed some of their clothes. However, a complaint is upheld against Sky One's Bloody Foreigners that aired on 2 March which featured an interview with a female member of a wife-swapping club while an explicit pornographic film played on a television in the background.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345832.stm Watchdog backs Springer BBC BBC News 17 May 1999 3 May 2015 Channel 4 airs the network television premiere of Bill Condon's 1995 American horror sequel film Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, starring Tony Todd and Kelly Rowan. 18 May – The BBC's Crimewatch programme broadcasts a reconstruction of presenter Jill Dando's murder. The show opens without its usual titles and music.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/346237.stm Crimewatch tribute to Jill Dando BBC BBC News 18 May 1999 16 April 2014 19 May – ITV airs the first British Soap Awards, which are presented by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The Awards ceremony had been recorded the previous weekend.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/PICK+OF+THE+BOX%3B+Gorgeous+George+crashes+out.-a060420742 Pick of the Box; Gorgeous George crashes out Trinity Mirror Daily Record 19 May 1999 27 April 2014 20 May The first Pride of Britain Awards, an annual event launched by The Mirror newspaper to honour ordinary people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations is presented by Carol Vorderman at London's Dorchester Hotel.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/1999+Pride+of+Britain+Awards%3a+Our+proudest+day%3b+The+waiting's+over.-a060385507 1999 Pride of Britain Awards: Our proudest day; The waiting's over The Mirror Trinity Mirror 20 May 1999 27 April 2014Maguire Kevin https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pride+of+Britain+Awards%3A+Hard-working,+creative+tolerant,+understated...-a060385062 Pride of Britain Awards: Hard-working, creative tolerant, understated courageous, generous.. a quiet heroism which makes our Great Britain The Mirror Trinity Mirror 21 May 1999 27 April 2014 The Awards are such a success that ITV agrees to screen the second event the following year.Sayid Ruki http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Mirror's+Pride+Of+Britain%3B+DON'T+MISS+THE+BIG+EVENT+IN+AND+ON+ITV...-a061392261 The Mirror's Pride Of Britain Trinity Mirror Daily Mirror 8 April 2000 27 April 2014 The broadcasters union BECTU condemns plans to air a Party election broadcast by the far right British National Party due to be shown on 21 May and says it will support any of its members who refuse to work on the broadcast.BECTU http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/gen/ng0056.html BECTU News BNP broadcast condemned BECTU 20 May 1999 14 May 2014 9 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100809120630/http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/gen/ng0056.html dead The BNP has been allocated a party political broadcast slot for the forthcoming European election after fielding enough candidates to qualify for free airtime during the election campaign. The Independent Television Commission receives seven complaints from viewers that the BNP should not have been allowed to air their views, but the Commission later rules that none of its rules were breached because the broadcast did not mention race or immigration and to ban the BNP from television on principle would be undemocratic. 21 May – The funeral of Jill Dando is held in her home town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. Although the service itself is private, footage is relayed to a crowd gathered in the town's Ellensborough Park East.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/349661.stm Emotional farewell to Dando BBC BBC News 21 May 1999 23 March 2014 24 May – The Digital Spy website reports that UK Gold 2 is to have its broadcasting hours extended from 1 June. The channel has operated on a limited basis, airing on Fridays to Sundays from 6pm to 2am, but will become a daily service.Chapman Iain https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a120/uk-gold-2-to-increase-its-hours.html#~oLfi6QZgalEmSk UK Gold 2 To Increase I t's [sic] Hours Digital Spy 24 May 1999 27 July 2014 25 May – Bostock's Cup a single comedy-drama about a fictional football team winning the 1974 FA Cup Final airs on ITV.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Those+were+the+Des%3B+BOSTOCK'S+CUP%3B+ITV,TUESDAY,+9.00pm.-a060512964 Those were the Des; Bostock's Cup; ITV, Tuesday, 9.00pm Daily Record Trinity Mirror 22 May 1999 14 May 2014Morgan Kathleen https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Too+many+own+goals+in+football+side+swipe.-a060420866 Too many own goals in football side swipe Daily Record Trinity Mirror 26 May 1999 14 May 2014Davies Mile http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Central's+ball+skills+found+wanting.-a060540148 Central's ball skills found wanting The Birmingham Post Trinity Mirror 26 May 1999 14 May 2014 26 May Following a ten-day trial at London's Snaresbrook Crown Court, former London's Burning actor John Alford is jailed for nine months after being convicted of supplying cocaine and cannabis resin to an undercover reporter. He has been the victim of a sting by a tabloid newspaper, a factor taken into account in his sentencing.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/drugs/355161.stm Alford jailed for nine months BBC BBC News 28 May 1999 19 May 2014 He is released from prison six weeks later.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/396003.stm London's Burning star released BBC BBC News 16 July 1999 19 May 2014 19 million viewers see Manchester United complete The Treble by beating Bayern Munich 2–1 in injury time in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/354290.stm Millions watch United victory BBC BBC News 27 May 1999 19 May 2014 27 May – The Broadcasting Standards Commission upholds several viewer complaints about an episode of EastEnders aired on Valentine's Day that featured the killing of the character Saskia Duncan which the watchdog rules was too graphic to be shown before the watershed when the content could be seen by children.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/353641.stm EastEnders killing too 'macabre' BBC BBC News 27 May 1999 31 March 2014 28 May – The BBC have signed a deal to air the network television premiere of Titanic. 29 May – Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson wins the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem with "Take Me to Your Heaven". 29–31 May – The final mini-series of Gladiators is aired exclusively on the ONdigital platform. The four episodes would be later shown on ITV at Christmas. June 1 June ITN's Bill Neely sends a report from the Albania-Kosovo border as NATO aircraft mistakenly bomb Albanian army forces on the Albanian side of the border, destroying a guard box.http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITN/1999/06/01/T01069931/?s=Bill%20Neely%20Albania Kosovo: NATO action: Albania hit ITN ITN Source 1 June 1999 10 May 2014 The educational channel BBC Knowledge goes on the air.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/355646.stm BBC launches digital learning channel BBC BBC News 30 May 1999 10 May 2014 Debut of ITV's gritty prison drama Bad Girls, a series set in a high security women's prison.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+soft+cell%3B+BAD+GIRLS+ITV,+TUESDAY,+9.00pm.-a060420599 The soft cell; Bad Girls ITV, TUESDAY, 9.00pm Trinity Mirror Daily Record 29 May 1999 7 June 2014 4 June – ITV airs the final edition of the 1999 series of Play Your Cards Right, the last of the current run since the series was revived in 1994. It will be revived again in 2002 but axed again a year later.http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Play_Your_Cards_Right Play Your Cards Right UKGameshows.com 18 August 2017 5 June – Ian Moor wins the tenth series of Stars in Their Eyes, performing as Chris De Burgh.Rockett Karen http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IAN'S+GOT+STARS+IN+HIS+EYES.-a060163970 Ian's got stars in his eyes Trinity Mirror Sunday Mirror 6 June 1999 27 April 2014 6 June – Six TV, Britain's sixth and last free-to-air terrestrial analogue local channel, broadcast on UHF under a restricted television service licence, launches in both Oxfordshire and Southampton as the Oxford channel in Oxfordshire and the Southampton channel in Hampshire.Oksana Vozhdaeva https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/The%20crisis%20in%20commercial%20regional%20TV%20main%20challenges%20and%20possible%20solutions.%20%20A%20comparison%20of%20Russia%20and%20the%20UK.pdf The crisis in commercial regional TV: main challenges and possible solutions Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 2009–2010 49–51 3 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151008030615/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/The%20crisis%20in%20commercial%20regional%20TV%20main%20challenges%20and%20possible%20solutions.%20%20A%20comparison%20of%20Russia%20and%20the%20UK.pdf 8 October 2015 dead 7 June – A study by the Broadcasting Standards Commission finds an increase in the number of viewer complaints about the amount of sex on television. Among those surveyed, the number feeling there was too much sex on television rose from 32% in 1997 to 38% in 1998.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/362966.stm TV sex complaints rise BBC BBC News 7 June 1999 28 April 2014 8 June – The BBC axes the Hale and Pace entertainment series h&p@bbc due to poor ratings. The series was planned to "hilariously interact" with the public.Nicola Methven https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BBC+DUMP+HALE+AND+PACE+SHOW.-a060452299 BBC dump Hale and Pace show Trinity Mirror The Mirror 9 June 1999 12 November 2016 10 June – BBC One announces that the short-lived The Vanessa Show which was at the centre of a fake guests controversy earlier in the year, will be axed. The final edition will air on 23 July.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/365302.stm Vanessa 'will be back' on BBC BBC BBC News 10 June 1999 21 April 2014 12 June Debut of Winning Lines, the BBC's new National Lottery game show hosted by Simon Mayo. Viewers could interact by phoning in to apply to be a contestant on the show if the numbers generated in the opening round of the game matched the last six digits of their phone number. The show also includes the launch of Thunderball, a new game to accompany the main Lottery draw on Saturday nights onwards. Following two special one-offs the previous year, Man O Man returns to ITV for a full series of eight episodes. 13 June S Club 7, stars of the BBC children's television series Miami 7, reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their debut single "Bring It All Back".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/368484.stm Spice svengali celebrates S Club success BBC BBC News 14 June 1999 27 May 2014 Changing Places, the Heartbeat spin-off starring Nick Berry that takes his character, PC Nick Rowan, to Canada after Berry left the series, receives its debut on ITV.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Nick%27s+done+well%2C+which+is+nice%3B+HEARTBEAT%3B+SUNDAY%2C+ITV%2C+8.20pm.-a060419212 Nick's done well, which is nice; HEARTBEAT; SUNDAY, ITV, 8.20pm. – Free Online Library Thefreelibrary.com 2018-01-13 19 June – The wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor.Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. 0-14-102715-0. 20 June – The BBC broadcasts live cricket for the final time for more than 20 years when it shows live coverage of the 1999 Cricket World Cup Final, bringing to an end sixty years of continuous cricket coverage on the BBC. The terrestrial rights now transfer to Channel 4.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/cricket/194168.stm Channel 4 wins rights to home Tests BBC BBC News 16 October 1998 22 June – The Independent Television Commission criticises Channel 4 for failing to warn viewers about the level of explicit sex scenes in its controversial gay drama, Queer as Folk. Concern is also expressed about the series first episode which included a scene portraying the seduction of a teenager below the age of consent by an older gay male, but says the content did not breach broadcasting regulations.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/374973.stm Gay drama rapped over sex warnings BBC BBC News 22 June 1999 28 April 2014 24 June – The Broadcasting Standards Commission rejects viewer complaints about the second series of BBC One drama The Lakes which had featured sexual violence, rape and a relationship between a Roman Catholic priest and a member of his congregation, saying the programme "had not exceeded acceptable boundaries".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/377112.stm Lakes complaints rejected BBC BBC News 24 June 1999 28 April 2014 25 June – It is announced that Pearson TV chairman Greg Dyke will succeed John Birt as Director-General of the BBC from April 2000. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/06/99/bbc_after_birt/377424.stm Greg Dyke is new BBC boss BBC News 25 June 1999 30 April 2009 28 June BBC One airs the last episode in the original run of its time-travelling comedy series Goodnight Sweetheart.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/238c1e6ce4bd4adab01a2b501e888506 https://web.archive.org/web/20180924033820/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/238c1e6ce4bd4adab01a2b501e888506 dead 24 September 2018 Goodnight Sweetheart – BBC One London – 28 June 1999 – BBC Genome 28 June 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 It returns in 2016 for a one-off special as part of the BBC's 60th anniversary of comedy celebrations.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/09/02/goodnight-sweethearts-revival-reminded-us-just-how-weird-its-pre/ Goodnight Sweetheart's revival reminded us just how weird its premise is – review Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph 2 September 2016 9 July 2017 Ulster Television launches TV You (later UTV2). 30 June – Janet Street-Porter, pioneer of "yoof" television at the BBC, is appointed as editor of The Independent on Sunday, her first major role in print journalism.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/382142.stm Street-Porter scoops top newspaper job BBC BBC News 30 June 1999 31 May 2014 July 1 July BBC One airs a special edition of Question Time from Birmingham featuring Leader of the Opposition William Hague as the sole panelist.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/question_time/your_comments/383550.stm Question Time, July 1, Birmingham BBC News July 1999 22 June 2014 Channel 4 starts broadcasting cricket following the channel sensationally obtaining the rights from the BBC the previous year. 3 July Following a one-off pilot the previous year, Give Your Mate a Break returns to ITV for a full series of six episodes. Les Dennis takes over as host from John Leslie, who had hosted the pilot episode. FilmFour will launch an interactive service similar to Digital Teletext, the website Digital Spy reports.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a157/filmfour-to-launch-interactive-service.html#~oEaAgUWECswJPW FilmFour to launch Interactive Service Digital Spy 3 July 1999 13 May 2014 5 July – BBC One Controller Peter Salmon has commissioned a World in Action-style investigative series to air as part of the Autumn schedule. The as-yet untitled programme is being developed by several members of the team who formerly worked for the now defunct ITV programme.Janine Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jul/05/mondaymediasection.broadcasting BBC1 sets up investigative news show The Guardian 5 July 1999 1 May 2015 6 July BBC Director-General John Birt warns that the increase in paid for digital television could lead to a "knowledge underclass" if public service broadcasters such as the BBC do not remain universally available.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/387079.stm Birt warns of digital threat BBC BBC News 6 July 1999 10 May 2014 ITV unveils its first Autumn schedule since moving News at Ten to a later time slot. Highlights include a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, written by Alan Bleasdale that will attempt to update the character of Fagin, moving him away from the Ron Moody interpretation that is often associated with the story.McCann Paul https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a-new-twist-in-fagins-life-as-bleasdale-fleshes-out-dickens-1104596.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a-new-twist-in-fagins-life-as-bleasdale-fleshes-out-dickens-1104596.html 1 May 2022 subscription live A new twist in Fagin's life as Bleasdale fleshes out Dickens Independent Print Limited The Independent 6 July 1999 20 April 2014 8 July Singer Robbie Williams will appear in a TV advert aimed at raising awareness of testicular cancer, it is reported.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/389088.stm Campaigning Robbie goes below the belt BBC BBC News 8 July 1999 16 April 2014 BBC One airs a special edition of Question Time from London with Prime Minister Tony Blair as its sole panelist.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/question_time/your_comments/389324.stm Question Time, July 8, London BBC News 8 July 1999 22 June 2014 9 July – Carlton Cinema has signed a deal with MGM. 14 July – Debut of BBC One's groundbreaking series The Secret Life of Twins.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/394741.stm Twin trouble BBC BBC News 14 July 1999 12 April 2014 15 July – US crime drama The Sopranos makes its British television debut on Channel 4.Mark Lawson https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jul/12/tvandradio.columnists In the family way The Guardian 12 July 1999 19 April 2014https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LAST+NIGHT%3B+Mafia+gets+a+kick+up+the+90s+in+a+big+way.-a060355446 Last night; Mafia gets a kick up the 90s in a big way Kathleen Morgan Daily Record Trinity Mirror 16 July 1999 19 April 2014 16 July BBC One airs the Two Ronnies Night, an evening of programmes paying tribute to The Two Ronnies, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker. The evening sees the two comedians reunited on screen for the first time since Christmas Day 1987.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/389107.stm Tempting back The Two Ronnies BBC BBC News 9 July 1999 20 April 2014 Channel 4 announces the axing of the highly acclaimed Trial and Error, a series that investigates miscarriages of justice which it feels is outdated. The final edition looking at the murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins airs on 26 July.Jane Robins https://www.independent.co.uk/news/channel-4-to-axe-outdated-criminal-justice-show-1106580.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/channel-4-to-axe-outdated-criminal-justice-show-1106580.html 1 May 2022 subscription Channel 4 to axe 'outdated' criminal justice show Independent Print Limited The Independent 16 July 1999 20 April 2014 Channel 4 launches its Over the Moon season to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing. The season includes Real Time Apollo, a five-day broadcast of footage of the Moon mission, airing at roughly the same time events happened in 1969. The programme also features interviews with Buzz Aldrin who took part in the mission.https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jul/16/tvandradio.television3 Watch this: terrestrial The Guardian 16 July 1999 14 May 2014 17 July – Debut of Channel 4's Late Night Poker,https://www.thefreelibrary.com/One+small+step+for+man+...-a060354957 One small step for man ... Daily Record Trinity Mirror 17 July 1999 14 May 2014 a series which helps to popularise poker in the 2000s and developed a cult following.Aled Blake Western Mail https://www.thefreelibrary.com/POKER+nation.-a0112331268 Poker nation Trinity Mirror 17 January 2004 14 May 2014 The programme includes under table cameras allowing viewers to view players cards that are hidden from the others taking part in the game and is unique in that participants are allowed to smoke on air.Syal Rajeev https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1450878/Its-full-house-as-poker-deals-TV-a-winning-hand.html It's full house as poker deals TV a winning hand The Daily Telegraph 4 January 2004 14 May 2014 19 July – Channel 4 airs an evening of programmes about space ahead of the Moon landing anniversary.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/PICK+OF+THE+BOX%3B+Hospital+life+should+be+a+tonic.-a060355090 Pick of the Box; Hospital life should be a tonic Daily Record Trinity Mirror 19 July 1999 14 May 2014 22 July – Test cricket coverage debuts on Channel 4 with an updated format and new presenters.Stan Hey https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-channel-4-passes-the-screen-test-1108162.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-channel-4-passes-the-screen-test-1108162.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Cricket: Channel 4 passes the screen Test Independent Print Limited The Independent 23 July 1999 20 April 2014 23 July The Queen unveils a bronze statue of Eric Morecambe at a ceremony in the Lancashire town of Morecambe, the comedian's home town from which he took his stage name, fifteen years after his death.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/401617.stm Eric brings Morecambe lasting sunshine BBC BBC News 23 July 1999 11 December 2014 Channel 4 has commissioned Projector Productions to make a £2 million feature-length adaptation of the children's fairytale Cinderella to be aired over Christmas.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/projector-productions-has-been-commissioned-by-channel-4-to-make-a2-million-feature-length-tv-adaptation-of-cinderella-to-be-broadcast-over-christmas-writes-wale-azeez-the-90-minute-drama-underst/1217406.article Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas Wale Azeez Broadcast 23 July 1999 20 April 2014 Broadcast magazine reports that Teletext Ltd's plans for a digital teletext service have been put back by delays in software development to support the service on the ONdigital platform.Wale Azeez https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/teletext-digital-delayed-again/1217559.article Teletext digital delayed again Broadcast 23 July 1999 14 May 2014 24 July – Goodness Gracious Me Night, an evening of programming dedicated to the Asian comedy sketch show Goodness Gracious Me airs on BBC Two.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/401948.stm A night of Gracious comedy BBC BBC News 23 July 1999 20 April 2014 27 July – Cable TV operator NTL buys its largest rival, Cable & Wireless Communications, for £8.2bn.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/403884.stm NTL spends Ł8.2bn in UK cable deal BBC BBC News 27 July 1999 1 May 2015 30 July After two decades with the BBC, comedy writer John Sullivan signs a deal to write material for ITV, although he will continue to write his current BBC series Roger Roger and Heartburn Hotel.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/sullivan-snubs-bbc-to-sign-itv-contract/1217673.article Sullivan snubs BBC to sign ITV contract Broadcast 30 July 1999 12 April 2014 Three contestants who did not disclose unspent criminal convictions before appearing on ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? are to have their winnings withdrawn, the show's producers confirm.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/407878.stm Quiz contestants denied winnings BBC BBC News 30 July 1999 12 April 2014 Channel 4 confirms that Kelly Brook has left The Big Breakfast. The announcement follows recent media speculation about her future with the programme.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jul/30/2 Brook quits Big Breakfast The Guardian 30 July 1999 18 May 2014 August 1 August Dominique Fraser wins the 1999 series of Junior MasterChef. BBC One airs the network television premiere of A Time to Kill.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4c04b67275b34786875224208c78840c https://web.archive.org/web/20161023071234/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4c04b67275b34786875224208c78840c dead 23 October 2016 A Time to Kill – BBC One London – 1 August 1999 BBC Genome August 1999 BBC 26 October 2016 2 August – It is announced that ITV has signed the BBC sports presenter Des Lynam on a four-year contract. He is to become the company's main football presenter.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/409897.stm ITV signs Des Lynam BBC News 2 August 1999 24 May 2009 3 August – Liza Tarbuck is chosen to replace Kelly Brook as co-presenter of The Big Breakfast.Alba Carlos https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Liza+is+new+toast+of+The+Big+Breakfast.-a060356000 Liza is new toast of The Big Breakfast Daily Record Trinity Mirror 4 August 1999 19 May 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/411398.stm Tarbuck on Big Breakfast menu BBC BBC News 4 August 1999 19 May 2014 5 August The publication of the Davies Report which sets out proposals for the future funding of BBC digital services.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/412332.stm Move to audit BBC accounts BBC BBC News 5 August 1999 12 April 2014 Former EastEnders co-stars Leslie Grantham and Anita Dobson who played Den and Angie Watts are to team up again to play husband and wife in a Sky Premier adaptation of the Stephen Leather thriller The Stretch which will air the following year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/412777.stm Den and Angie team up again BBC BBC News 5 August 1999 14 March 2015 6 August – ITV axes two programmes from its primetime Monday night slot because of falling ratings. Tested to Destruction presented by Carol Vorderman and documentary series The Sexual Century debuted at 9pm and 9:30pm respectively on 26 July, but will be replaced from 9 August and aired elsewhere in the schedule.Jason Deans https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/itv-scraps-the-sexual-century-from-2130-slot/1218005.article ITV scraps The Sexual Century from 21.30 slot Broadcast 6 August 1999 6 April 2014 8 August The Sunday Telegraph reports that former player Gary Lineker has signed a £500,000 five-year contract to become the BBC's new face of football coverage following the departure of Des Lynam.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/414635.stm Lineker 'steps into Des's shoes' BBC BBC News 8 August 1999 3 May 2015 Lineker will remain in this role for more than 20 years. Noel Edmonds announces he is leaving the BBC because its programmes are "too boring". His contract with the Corporation expires in March 2000 and he will present two further shows before his departure, an August Bank Holiday special and Noel's Christmas Presents Unwrapped.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/414837.stm Noel Edmonds to leave BBC BBC BBC News 8 August 1999 15 June 2014 9 August – Helen Rollason who in 1990 became the first female presenter on BBC One's Grandstand, dies aged 43, following a two-year battle with cancer.Kathy Marks https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bbc-sports-presenter-helen-rollason-dies-1111805.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bbc-sports-presenter-helen-rollason-dies-1111805.html 1 May 2022 subscription live BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason dies Independent Print Limited The Independent 10 August 1999 23 March 2014Adam Szreter https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-helen-rollason-1111811.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-helen-rollason-1111811.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Helen Rollason Independent Print Limited The Independent 10 August 1999 23 March 2014 11 August – BBC One and Channel 5 show live coverage of the 1999 solar eclipse. It is not shown live on the ITV network, but in the only region where the eclipse is total, Westcountry Television, just weeks away from losing its on-screen identity, opts out and provides its own coverage.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/eclipse-covering-the-eclipse/1218217.article Eclipse – Covering the eclipse Broadcast 6 August 1999 28 April 2014 12 August – The BBC programme complaints unit rules that jokes about speech impediments made by comedian Frank Skinner on an edition of his BBC One chat show on 20 May were "insensitive".https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/418361.stm Skinner's 'insensitive' joke slammed BBC BBC News 12 August 1999 7 June 2014 13 August – Following a successful month-long trial, Cable & Wireless Communications begins offering its customers email and internet services through their television sets.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/419044.stm Cable firm offers two-way TV BBC BBC News 12 August 1999 13 May 2014 16 August – The US version of ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? debuts on ABC with Regis Philbin as host. The show's success leads to an increase in interest in UK game shows from American producers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/424092.stm Millionaire cash-in for US TV BBC BBC News 18 August 1999 13 May 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/430617.stm Who wants a UK quiz show? BBC BBC News 26 August 1999 13 May 2014 19 August – Claims by The Sun that it has obtained a document detailing EastEnders plotlines for the forthcoming year have been dismissed by the show's producers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/424715.stm BBC shrugs off EastEnders 'leak' BBC BBC News 19 August 1999 11 June 2014 22 August – Sky Sports Xtra launches, initially as an interactive service.https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/aug/13/newsstory.sport Now armchair fans get to control what they watch Chaudhary Vivek 12 August 1999 The Guardian 20 August 2018 en-GB 0261-3077 24 August – BBC One airs Helen Rollason: The Bravest Fight, a 30-minute documentary presented by Peter Sissons in which friends and colleagues pay tribute to her.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BBC+tribute+to+brave+Helen.-a060492273 BBC tribute to brave Helen Trinity Mirror The Birmingham Post 11 August 1999 27 December 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f36833f361474af899b2940be34f0f15 https://web.archive.org/web/20161024032631/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f36833f361474af899b2940be34f0f15 dead 24 October 2016 Helen Rollason: the Bravest Fight – BBC One London – 24 August 1999 BBC Genome 24 August 1999 BBC 26 October 2016 24 August – The final edition of The Cook Report airs on ITV. 27 August – The BBC names Gordon Brewer and Anne Mackenzie as the presenters of Newsnight Scotland, BBC Two's forthcoming Newsnight opt-out for Scottish viewers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/431782.stm Leading names present Newsnight Scotland BBC BBC News 27 August 1999 13 May 2014 31 August – The BBC unveils plans to create separate television, radio and online news services for four new regions in London and the South East.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/434798.stm BBC hopes for capital gains BBC BBC News 31 August 1999 9 May 2014 September 1 September – Launch of Nick Jr., the UK's first television channel dedicated to viewers under the age of seven.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/435278.stm Digital choice for juniors BBC BBC News 1 September 1999 9 May 2014 2 September Comedian Frank Skinner has been dropped by the BBC after demanding a reported £20 million to stay with the network.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/436289.stm BBC rejects Skinner's 'ridiculous' demands BBC BBC News 2 September 1999 7 June 2014 ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald that launched earlier in the year, is to be cut from an hour to 45 minutes and moved from Thursdays to Wednesdays. ITV says this is to make way for documentaries and drama in the Thursday slot.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/436554.stm ITV trims down Tonight BBC BBC News 2 September 1999 30 March 2014 3 September – An updated version of the classic slapstick game show It's a Knockout makes its Channel 5 debut with Keith Chegwin taking on the presenting role. He is joined by Frank Bruno, Lucy Alexander and Nell McAndrew.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/421695.stm Channel 5's knockout comeback BBC BBC News 16 August 1999 9 May 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/437501.stm Channel 5's Knockout punch BBC BBC News 3 September 1999 9 May 2014 Two series are aired over the following 18 months before Channel 5 announce in April 2001 that they have no plans to commission more series.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1287863.stm It's a Knockout out for the count BBC BBC News 20 April 2001 9 May 2014 5 September – ITV debuts Springer on Sunday, a one-off David Letterman-style chat show presented by Jerry Springer. Guests include Robbie Coltrane, Glenda Jackson and Tom Jones.https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/sep/06/tvandradio.television Are we getting too much sex? The Guardian 6 September 1999 27 July 2014 6 September The ITV London Weekday franchise Carlton drops the on-air branding of the Central and Westcountry ITV regions, replacing them both with Carlton.Timms Dominic https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/carlton-axes-central-and-westcountry/1219328.article Carlton axes Central and Westcountry Broadcast 3 September 1999 28 May 2014 CITV show Art Attack is now broadcast twice weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays. Diagnosis Murder, a US comedy/mystery/medical drama series starring Dick Van Dyke, makes its BBC One debut.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a4b2eaa348a4e1f88e7a60fb6704d5f https://web.archive.org/web/20200903015821/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a4b2eaa348a4e1f88e7a60fb6704d5f dead 3 September 2020 Diagnosis Murder – BBC One London – 6 September 1999 BBC Genome 3 September 1999 BBC 25 July 2017 Debut of ITV's daytime topical discussion show, Loose Women,http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60360176.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221831/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60360176.html usurped 14 July 2014 EastEnder Nadia switches sides Trinity Mirror Daily Record 24 August 1999 10 June 2014 subscription Glasgow, Scotland HighBeam Research originally from Norwich. The show will pass its 3000th episode in 2018. The popular children's programme Tweenies makes its debut on BBC2 at 10:30am and again at 3:25pm on BBC1.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8c3d44d59f84f0e9917a2e9bd614f63 https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100812/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8c3d44d59f84f0e9917a2e9bd614f63 dead 14 November 2018 Tweenies – BBC Two England – 6 September 1999 BBC Genome 6 September 1999 BBC 25 July 2017 7 September A man is arrested by police after using a coffee table to smash his way through a plate glass window into the BBC newsroom at White City as journalists were preparing for the 11am bulletin. The intruder also hurled computers and furniture in what is reported to be a protest against the BBC's coverage of a story. The broadcaster launches an inquiry into the incident, after security was tightened at the BBC in the wake of Jill Dando's murder earlier in the year.Janine Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/sep/08/mondaymediasection.broadcasting1 BBC staff terrified by violent intruder The Guardian 8 September 1999 23 March 2014http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5008110.html https://archive.today/20140323142327/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5008110.html usurped 23 March 2014 Intruder attacks BBC newsroom Paul McCann The Independent Independent Print Limited subscription 8 September 1999 HighBeam Research 23 March 2014Leonard Tom https://www.independent.ie/world-news/man-faces-court-after-rampage-and-threats-in-bbc-newsroom-26137796.html Man faces court after rampage and threats in BBC newsroom Independent News and Media Irish Independent 8 September 1999 23 March 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/441429.stm Papers predict Portillo's return BBC BBC News 8 September 1999 23 March 2014 Channel 5 airs the network television premiere of Roland Emmerich's 1996 science-fiction epic film Independence Day, giving the broadcaster an average audience of 4.98 million (24%) and peaking at 5.5 million (25%) at 10pm, its largest to date.Tina Mistry https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/channel-5-clocked-up-its-best-ever-audience-figures-this-week-with-the-terrestrial-tv-premiere-of-independence-day-pulling-in-an-average-498-million-viewers-24-per-cent-share-on/1219679.article Channel 5 clocked up its best ever audience figures this week with the terrestrial TV premiere of Independence Day pulling in an average 4.98 million viewers (24 per cent share) on Tuesday Broadcast 10 September 1999 19 April 2015 9 September – Debut of the ITV documentary series The Second World War in Colour which marks sixty years since the start of the conflict, showing rare colour footage of World War II which has taken ten years to collate. The series is narrated by the actor John Thaw.Grimley Terry https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Adding+colour+to+the+Holocaust+horror%3B+Terry+Grimley+previews+a...-a060466831 Adding colour to the Holocaust horror; Terry Grimley previews a documentary spun around a spectacular photographic find Trinity Mirror The Birmingham Post 3 September 1999 29 May 2014McMullen Marion https://www.thefreelibrary.com/True+colours+of+war%3B+The+fabulous+new+film+footage+that+means+the...-a060310698 True colours of war; The fabulous new film footage that means the Second World War can now be seen in colour for the first time Trinity Mirror Coventry Evening Telegraph 4 September 1999 29 May 2014 11 September – The first of Channel 4's '100 Greatest' programmes air, starting with 100 Greatest TV Moments. 13 September – Blackadder Back and Forth, a new installment of the Blackadder comedy series will be part of the exhibition at the Millennium Dome from January 2000. The episode will receive its television debut on Sky in 2001 with the BBC also planning to show it.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/445805.stm Blackadder back to the future BBC BBC News 13 September 1999 21 April 2014 The episode is part of "Skyscape", the Sky-sponsored entertainment venue at the Dome, something which has led to some confusion over who owns the broadcasting rights to the series that made its debut on the BBC.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/419247.stm Blackadder's millennium duel BBC BBC News 13 August 1999 21 April 2014 15 September S4C2 launches.S4C2 Launching... Iain Chapman 5 September 1999 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a240/s4c2-launching.html Digital Spy https://web.archive.org/web/20180320045229/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a240/s4c2-launching.html 20 March 2018 live It broadcasts coverage of the National Assembly for Wales and extended coverage of events being shown on S4C.https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/s4c-2-channel-terminated-welsh-2736141 S4C 2 channel is 'terminated', Welsh broadcaster says Tom Bodden 15 January 2011 northwales 26 May 2019David Williamson https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/s4c2-scrapped-in-cuts-1858179 S4C2 scrapped in cuts Trinity Mirror The Western Mail 14 January 2011 26 May 2019 A police officer is charged with driving without due care and attention over the accident that left newsreader Sheena McDonald in hospital earlier in the year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/448695.stm PC charged over TV presenter accident BBC News BBC 15 September 1999 18 January 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/448803.stm Policeman charged over newsreader accident BBC BBC News 16 September 1999 18 January 2014 16 September – The first episode of the British-Canadian children's stop-motion animated series Rotten Ralph begins on BBC One with "Happy Birthday Rotten Ralph". 19 September – ITV airs Clive James's Postcard from... Havana, a documentary in which Clive James visits Cuba and investigates the impact Communism has on the ordinary lives of Cubans forty years after the Cuban Revolution.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Island+of+dreams+turns+sour%3B+Clive+James%3A+Postcard+From+Havana+ITV%2C...-a060358416 Island of dreams turns sour; Clive James: Postcard From Havana ITV, 11.15pm Trinity Mirror The Daily Record 18 September 1999 13 January 2018Robert Hanks https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/television-review-1120747.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/television-review-1120747.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Television Review Independent Print Limited The Independent 20 September 1999 13 January 2018McMullen Marion https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SUNDAY+TV%3b+TODAY%27S+HIGHLIGHTS.-a060309924 Sunday TV; Today's Highlights Coventry Evening Telegraph Trinity Mirror 18 September 1999 23 October 2018 20 September Jerry Springer UK debuts on ITV.Reade Brian https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Over+the+top,+over+paid..+and+over+here%3B+Jerry+Springer+is+getting...-a060414202 Over the top, over paid.. and over here Trinity Mirror The Mirror 18 September 1999 5 June 2014 Children's animation Bob the Builder goes on the air on television in Australia on ABC. 21 September – The US animated sitcoms Futurama and Family Guy both debut in the UK on Sky One. 23 September – Launch of BBC Text, the service which was renamed BBCi in 2001 and BBC Red Button in 2008, 25 years after the launch of the Ceefax service.Andrew Laughlin https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a442794/bbc-revamps-red-button-for-connected-tv-future.html#~oEf1kjOEwWAQUY BBC revamps Red Button for connected TV future Digital Spy 4 December 2012 14 May 2014 24 September – Channel 4's cult sitcom Spaced airs its first episode. 25 September – Addressing clergy at a conference in Lancashire, The Right Reverend Allan Chesters, Bishop of Blackburn, criticises soaps such as Coronation Street for their high divorce rates.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/457612.stm Soaps criticised for divorce rates BBC BBC News 25 September 1999 11 June 2014 26 September – Channel 4 broadcasts the network television premiere of Mary Reilly, starring Julia Roberts. 27 September The popular children's puppet Sooty returns to television with a brand new series called Sooty Heights, set in a hotel with Richard Cadell and Liana Bridges taking over as presenters as their predecessor Matthew Corbett retired last year. The children's cartoon series Angelmouse, narrated by David Jason, makes its debut on BBC One.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e77f4643a60945dfae5e3cd8f697976c https://web.archive.org/web/20170806030057/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e77f4643a60945dfae5e3cd8f697976c dead 6 August 2017 Angel Mouse – BBC One London – 27 September 1999 – BBC Genome 27 September 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 28 September – A service of thanksgiving is held for Jill Dando at All Soul's Church in Langham Place, London which is attended by family, friends and colleagues.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/456654.stm The service of thanksgiving BBC BBC News 28 September 1999 23 March 2014 The service includes a special address from BBC Director-General John Birt.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/459941.stm Sir John Birt's tribute to Jill Dando BBC BBC News 28 September 1999 23 March 2014 29 September – The European Commission rejects a complaint from BSkyB that the licence fee funding of BBC News 24 is illegal under EU law because it amounts to state funding.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/461002.stm BSkyB loses News 24 complaint BBC BBC News 29 September 1999 29 June 2014 30 September The BBC announces details of 2000 to 1, a unique quiz for the millennium that will give one person the chance to win a year off work with prize money equivalent to double their annual salary. The show, presented by Gary Lineker will air through December with the winner being decided on New Year's Eve, although Lineker would be replaced as host by Michael Parkinson prior to filming.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/461682.stm BBC offers year off work BBC BBC News 30 September 1999 7 June 2014Methven Nicola https://www.thefreelibrary.com/WIN+YEAR+2000+OFF+WORK+IN+TELLY+QUIZ.-a060332506 Win year 2000 off work in telly quiz Trinity Mirror The Mirror 1 October 1999 7 June 2014 The Broadcasting Standards Commission upholds 28 complaints about Channel 4's drama Psychos which aired in May, finding that the series reinforced stereotypes and prejudice towards people with mental health problems.Janine Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/sep/30/channel4.mondaymediasection Channel 4 criticised on Psychos The Guardian 30 September 1999 22 April 2015 October 1 October – Sky MovieMax 5 is launched.http://wotsat.com:80/ SatelliteTV online https://web.archive.org/web/19991103190355/http://wotsat.com/ 3 November 1999 3 November 1999 23 September 2018 live 1 October–6 November – ITV provides coverage of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, hosted for the second time by several countries. Wales are the main host, but many matches are played in England, Scotland, Ireland and France. 2 October – The Mirrors Matthew Wright reports that a recent Coronation Street storyline involving the death of the character Judy Mallett, played by Gaynor Faye, has helped to save the life of a woman who sought medical help after watching the episode in which Judy died of a blood clot in her leg following a car crash. The unnamed woman had recently been involved in a motoring accident herself and was experiencing leg pain that she had attributed to bruising. She subsequently attended hospital where doctors diagnosed a blood clot.Wright Matthew http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MATTHEW+WRIGHT'S+COLUMN%3A+SPOOKY+SCREEN+SAVER..-a060332024 Spooky Screen Saver Trinity Mirror The Mirror 2 October 1999 15 June 2014 4 October Launch of Newsnight Scotland, the BBC Scotland opt-out of the main Newsnight programme on BBC Two.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/newsnight/463230.stm Newsnight Scotland BBC BBC News 4 October 1999 13 May 2014Williams Craig https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/newsnight25/4206477.stm Devolution and Newsnight Scotland BBC BBC News 25 January 2005 13 May 2014 BBC Wales unveils a new look for its news programmes with new sets and titles.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/464216.stm BBC Wales news gets a facelift BBC BBC News 4 October 1999 3 May 2015 The BBC have agreed a deal with Welsh broadcaster S4C to screen Welsh language episodes of Teletubbies.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/464128.stm Wales | Teletubbies' adventure in Welsh BBC News 1999-10-04 2018-01-13 HTV Wales launches the soap Nuts and Bolts, a series set in the South Wales Valleys which airs at 7pm. The Independent Television Commission later upholds nine viewer complaints against the programme because some of its content was inappropriate for airing before the watershed. HTV subsequently airs a later episode of the series containing similar content at 10pm.http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/complaints_reports/programme_complaints/show_complaint.asp-prog_complaint_id=230.html Complaints & Interventions Report for Nuts and Bolts Independent Television Commission 3 May 2015 4 October–8 November – The six-part documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs airs on BBC One, using computer-generated imagery and animatronics to show life in the Mesozoic era.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/specials/sheffield_99/448505.stm Walking like a dinosaur BBC BBC News 16 September 1999 15 June 2014Morgan Kathleen https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gripping+drama+of+Jurassic+survival%3B+WALKING+WITH+DINOSAURS+(BBC1).-a060328727 Gripping drama of Jurassic survival; Walking with Dinosaurs (BBC1) Daily Record Trinity Mirror 5 October 1999 15 June 2014Donovan Paul https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/overnight-ratings-tv-soap-and-quiz-blitz-pulls-in-punters/1224585.article Overnight ratings – TV soap and quiz blitz pulls in punters Broadcast 12 November 1999 15 June 2014 Figures issued on 20 October by the Broadcasters Audience Research Board indicate that the first episode was watched by 18.9 million viewers, making it the all-time most watched science programme in the UK and the BBC's 19th most watched programme of all time. 15 million see the episode on 4 October, while a further 3.91 million watch the repeat on 10 October.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/480284.stm Ratings record for dino saga BBC BBC News 20 October 1999 2 May 2014 6 October – ITV airs the network television premiere of the 1996 disaster film Twister, starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. 7 October – Gimme Some Truth, a 56-minute documentary featuring unseen footage of John Lennon is set to be aired on British television. Work has recently been completed on the project, but a deal to broadcast it is yet to be agreed.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/467885.stm Unseen Lennon on screen BBC BBC News 7 October 1999 31 March 2014 The film is ultimately shown on BBC Two on 13 February 2000.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf913a6e0cbc472d811695b97607d7e2 https://web.archive.org/web/20181015002956/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf913a6e0cbc472d811695b97607d7e2 dead 15 October 2018 Gimme Some Truth – BBC Two England – 13 February 2000 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 13 February 2000 14 October 2018 8 October – The BBC prepares itself for a backlash from EastEnders viewers after a murder trial in the soap ends in a wrongful conviction. The character Matthew Rose is found guilty of the manslaughter of Saskia Duncan, but the killing was actually carried out by Steve Owen who walks free.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/469278.stm Shock verdict in EastEnders trial BBC BBC News 8 October 1999 31 March 2014 The episode prompts a tabloid newspaper campaign to free Rose who is dubbed "The Walford One". Joe Absolom who plays the character, announces a few days later his intention to leave the show at the end of the year, although he will be seen on screen until February 2000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/480204.stm Absolom quits EastEnders BBC BBC News 20 October 1999 31 March 2014 11 October – Debut of BBC One's The Major Years, a three-part documentary about the premiership of former Prime Minister John Major.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/463400.stm Major hits back over 'Black Wednesday' BBC BBC News 2 October 1999 29 June 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/470585.stm Major savages 'trite' Thatcher BBC BBC News 10 October 1999 29 June 2014 12 October – Launch of Open, the UK's first interactive television shopping channel available to Sky Digital subscribers. Viewers can access services from several high street retailers, including WHSmith, Dixons and HSBC.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/472160.stm Interactive shopping hits UK BBC BBC News 12 October 1999 22 May 2014 14 October – BBC One airs a special edition of Question Time recorded in Sydney, Australia, ahead of the country's republic referendum.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/question_time/your_comments/475380.stm Question Time, Thursday 14 October BBC News 14 October 1999 22 June 2014 15 October – TNT Classic Movies is replaced with TCM. Also on this day is the launch of the short-lived analogue version of TNT. 18 October – Sheena McDonald presents the 1999 Gramophone Awards, her first public appearance since her accident in February.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/478141.stm Sheena back in the spotlight BBC BBC News 18 October 1999 18 January 2014 19 October – At a hearing at London's Horseferry Road Magistrates Court, a media studies student who went on the rampage in the BBC newsroom the previous month pleads guilty to affray and common assault.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Student's+TV+news+rampage.-a060406394 Student's TV news rampage The Mirror Trinity Mirror 20 October 1999 23 March 2014 At a subsequent hearing in March 2000, the man who was protesting against TV licence charges and planned to tackle Greg Dyke on the issue, is ordered to be detained indefinitely at a psychiatric hospital because of ongoing mental health problems.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/mar/14/bbc.uknews BBC newsroom protester to be held under mental health act The Guardian 14 March 2000 23 March 2014 21 October – L!VE TV is expected to close after emerges that Mirror Group Newspapers are in negotiations with NTL to sell the channel.Janine Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/oct/22/mondaymediasection.broadcasting1 £30m gimmick ends with death of Live TV The Guardian 22 October 1999 28 June 2014 24 October – Debut of the BBC Two documentary series, Playing the Race Card which looks at the history of race and immigration in the United Kingdom.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/482565.stm Looking back at race relations BBC BBC News 24 October 1999 3 May 2015 25 October Relaunch of BBC News 24 with a new set design.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/481625.stm Relaunch for News 24 BBC BBC News 24 October 1999 3 May 2015 The final episode of BBC One's The Major Years shows footage of an abandoned Conservative Party political broadcast depicting Labour leader Tony Blair as Faust and Peter Mandelson as the Devil. John Major vetoed its use before the 1997 general election believing it would backfire on the Conservatives.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/484738.stm Major's sympathy for the 'devil' BBC BBC News 25 October 1999 29 June 2014 27 October – BBC Two airs the 150th edition of TOTP2.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/893cb7f8b2b1421d8d756433d07f51e2 https://web.archive.org/web/20181031053248/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/893cb7f8b2b1421d8d756433d07f51e2 dead 31 October 2018 TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 27 October 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 27 October 1999 30 October 2018 29 October ITV chief executive Richard Eyre is named as the new head of Pearson TV, replacing Greg Dyke in the new year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_company_file/493794.stm Eyre joins Pearson BBC BBC News 29 October 1999 11 June 2014 A racism storyline in Brookside reaches a dramatic conclusion when a thug is shown being engulfed in flames as his attempt to petrol bomb the house of a black family goes wrong.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/478108.stm Brookside racist torched BBC BBC News 18 October 1999 14 March 2015 30 October – A special live Stars in Their Eyes Champion of Champions is broadcast on ITV, in which the winners of the past ten series all return. Ian Moor, as Chris De Burgh, who won the tenth series in June, wins the show receiving nearly half a million votes from the public. 31 October – TeleG is established as the first daily digital Gaelic TV channel in Scotland.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18706883.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223745/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18706883.html usurped 14 July 2014 Gaelic viewers' digital service Johnston Press The Scotsman 15 September 1999 7 June 2014 subscription HighBeam Research November 1 November ITV has commissioned a further four editions of Springer on Sunday following the success of a pilot edition that aired earlier in the year.Michael Schneider https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/itv-springs-for-springer-u-k-show-1117757627/ ITV springs for Springer U.K. show Variety 1 November 1999 27 July 2014https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/jerry-springer-moves-to-itv/1224137.article Jerry Springer moves to ITV Broadcast 3 November 1999 27 July 2014 Channel 4 launches FilmFour magazine to accompany its subscription film channel FilmFour.Jane Ratcliffe http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/69861/media-c4-boosts-film-four-brand-subscriber-mag C4 boosts Film Four brand with subscriber mag Marketing Magazine 28 October 1999 19 April 2015 FilmFour celebrates its first anniversary with a night of simulcast programmes with Channel 4, including the premiere of Caligula.http://indexda54.html/?page_id=1166 1999 : Off The Telly 23 January 2019August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 4 November The BBC establishes the Helen Rollason Award, an award to be given at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony in recognition of "outstanding achievement in the face of adversity" in honour of the presenter who died in August.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7735134.stm Sports Personality voting & judging: Terms & conditions 18 November 2008 BBC Sport BBC 17 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081217234446/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7735134.stm 17 December 2008 liveBBC bravery award to remember Helen Shannon Sarah 4 November 1999 London Evening Standard Following an in-depth review of BBC One programming led by BBC Director of Television Alan Yentob, the channel says it will give priority to quality programming and reduce its output of docusoaps.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/505097.stm Quality first for BBC One BBC BBC News 4 November 1999 22 May 2014 5 November – Trinity Mirror announces the closure of L!VE TV which goes off the air on the same day.http://www.investegate.co.uk/trinity-mirror-plc--tni-/rns/live-tv-to-stop-broadcasting/199911051618153883A/ Live TV to Stop Broadcasting FE Investegate 5 November 1999 28 June 2014 6 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150606132529/http://www.investegate.co.uk/trinity-mirror-plc--tni-/rns/live-tv-to-stop-broadcasting/199911051618153883A/ dead 6 November Investigative reporter and documentary maker Graham Hall who made the 1998 film Inside the ALF for Channel 4's Dispatches, gives an account of how he was recently kidnapped and branded with a hot iron by people claiming to be members of the Animal Liberation Front after meeting someone who told him they had information about an illegal dog fighting ring.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/507947.stm Film-maker 'branded in attack' BBC BBC News 6 November 1999 2 May 2015 The network television premiere of Tony Randel's 1988 British/American horror sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II on Channel 4, starring Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, Sean Chapman and Doug Bradley. 8 November ITV launches a generic look for the second time, the first being in 1989 with most regions adopting idents based around a heart theme. The exceptions are the three Carlton owned regions, the SMG plc owned Scottish and Grampian and UTV. Debut of the six-part Coronation Street spin-off, After Hours which sees Julie Goodyear reprise her role as Bet Lynch.http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b83ae97e6 https://web.archive.org/web/20140429061926/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b83ae97e6 dead 29 April 2014 Coronation Street: After Hours British Film Institute British Film & TV Database 28 April 2014http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Street's+old+stars+in+seaside+reunion%3B+ROVER+RETURNS%3A+BET+IS+BACK.-a060143724 Street's old stars in seaside reunion; Rover returns: Bet is back Trinity Mirror The Mirror 2 November 1999 28 April 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/509471.stm Gloves off for ratings showdown BBC BBC News 8 November 1999 28 April 2014 9 November Joanna Lumley and Tom Conti will appear in a series of TV broadcasts to raise funds for a Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to help victims of Cyclone Orissa.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/511195.stm Lumley pleas for cyclone aid BBC BBC News 9 November 1999 6 June 2014 Comedian Tommy Tiernan plays a video rental store employee in Channel 4's new sitcom Small Potatoes alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar and Omid Djalili. 10 November – MacIntyre Uncovered, a series in which investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre goes undercover to examine issues such as football hooliganism, the fashion photography industry and private healthcare debuts on BBC One. The programme begins on the same day that he announces he is ending his undercover work because the job is becoming increasingly dangerous for him.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/514393.stm Investigative reporter quits BBC BBC News 10 November 1999 2 May 2015 11 November Popular children's animation Bob the Builder has been sold for broadcasting in South Africa. The series will premiere on SABC2 on Thursdays at 8:40am. Former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent is to join the cast of ITV soap Emmerdale as a vet and will be seen on screen from March 2000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/515582.stm Tim gets Booked for Emmerdale BBC BBC News 11 November 1999 2 May 2015 12 November Loud Tie Day, an event to raise money for Beating Bowel Cancer, a charity founded by television presenter Lynn Faulds Wood.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Health+Zone%3A+Loud+Tie+Day+for+Beating+Bowel+Cancer.-a060405891 Loud Tie Day for Beating Bowel Cancer Trinity Mirror The Mirror 21 October 1999 24 May 2014 The event, led by Chris Tarrant aims to raise £1 million for bowel cancer clinics around the UK by encouraging people to wear colourful ties to work.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/482372.stm Tarrant gets knotted for charity BBC BBC News 22 October 1999 24 May 2014 Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has instructed the Independent Television Commission to compile a report on the impact of ITV's decision to axe News at Ten, it has emerged.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/516816.stm Report puts ITV under news pressure BBC BBC News 12 November 1999 30 March 2014 The BBC announces that Fiona Bruce will join Nick Ross as co-presenter of Crimewatch following Jill Dando's murder. She will appear on the show from the following January.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/517637.stm Bruce takes Crimewatch job BBC BBC News 12 November 1999 20 April 2014 13 November The debut of BBC One's National Lottery game show Red Alert sees Alan Dedicoat replaced by Sid Waddell as the "Voice of the Balls", a move that proves to be unpopular with viewers. Dedicoat resumes the role the following week. Waddell will claim he was sacked from the show for being "too Geordie".http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Red_Alert Red Alert UKGameshows 5 May 2014Walters Mike http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Darts%3A+We+couldn't+have+more+excitement+if+Elvis+walked+in+and+asked...-a0155941841 Darts: We couldn't have more excitement if Elvis walked in and asked for a chip sandwich Trinity Mirror The Mirror 16 December 2006 5 May 2014 Tom Baker presents a Doctor Who theme night on BBC Two.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/511431.stm Repeat treat for Dr Who fans BBC BBC News 9 November 1999 5 April 2014 The final episode of Catchphrase to be presented by Roy Walker is shown on ITV. It is revamped the following year with new host Nick Weir. 14 November – On Remembrance Sunday, BBC One airs the World War I drama All the King's Men about volunteers from George V's Sandringham Estate in the 5th Norfolk Regiment which suffered heavy losses at Gallipoli in 1915. The film stars David Jason as Captain Frank Beck.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/511491.stm Jason's heroic endeavour BBC BBC News 10 November 1999 28 May 2014 16 November – BBC Two begins rerunning episodes of Doctor Who, beginning with the first episode of the 1970 adventure Spearhead from Space. 17 November To coincide with the release of the new James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, a special edition of BBC One's Tomorrow's World looks at the high tech gadgets that might be used by him.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc07369d8525492cb01feee1845de1d4 https://web.archive.org/web/20181019002424/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc07369d8525492cb01feee1845de1d4 dead 19 October 2018 Bond and Beyond – a Tomorrow's World Special – BBC One London – 17 November 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 17 November 1999 18 October 2018 ITV and Sky Sports broadcast live coverage of the second leg of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-off between England and Scotland at Wembley Stadium. The match finishes in a 1–0 win for Scotland, but England win the tie 2–1 on aggregate and qualify for next summer's tournament. 22 November – Channel 5 begins simulcasting Euronews, airing the channel daily between 5am and 6am. The simulcast lasts for only two months and ends on 23 January 2000. 23 November BBC One airs an edition of MacIntyre Uncovered, looking at the exploitation of young girls in the fashion industry, something that leads to a row between the BBC and the Elite model agency which claims the programme was "rigged", biased and unfair. Two executives seen making sexist and racist comments in the programme resign amid public anger, but are reinstated by the agency, although they elect to remain on gardening leave while an investigation into the matter takes place.Tom O'Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1999/nov/21/featuresreview.review2 Who's exposing who? Guardian Media Group The Observer 21 November 1999 2 May 2015John Schetler https://www.independent.co.uk/news/fashion-scandal-agency-exposed-on-tv-say-bbc-film-was-rigged-1125517.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/fashion-scandal-agency-exposed-on-tv-say-bbc-film-was-rigged-1125517.html 1 May 2022 subscription Fashion Scandal: Agency 'exposed' on TV say BBC film was rigged Independent Print Limited The Independent 2 December 1999 2 May 2015 ITV unveils its Christmas schedule which includes an episode of Heartbeat that will see singer Charlotte Church make her acting debut.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/533341.stm ITV's festive Frost BBC BBC News 23 November 1999 28 May 2014 24 November – BBC One unveils its Winter lineup of programming which will include a remake of the 1960s television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), featuring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the eponymous roles.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/534858.stm BBC goes retro for winter BBC BBC News 24 November 1999 11 June 2014 25 November – Sarah Lancashire is to briefly reprise her role as Coronation Streets Raquel Watts in early 2000, it is confirmed.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/536542.stm Raquel's Corrie comeback BBC BBC News 25 November 1999 11 June 2014 26 November – BBC One airs the 1999 Children in Need television fundraiser. By the following day it has raised £11.6m for charity.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/537470.stm TV appeal hits record total BBC BBC News 27 November 1999 30 August 2021 28 November Debut of Wives and Daughters on BBC One and Oliver Twist on ITV, two costume dramas that compete head-to-head for viewers. Provisional figures released the following day indicate ITV had the larger audience with 8.4 million watching Oliver Twist compared to 7.2 million who saw Wives and Daughters.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/542005.stm ITV pips BBC in corset wars BBC BBC News 29 November 1999 29 May 2014 BBC One airs Ruth Ellis: a Life for a Life, a drama documentary presented by Kirsty Wark that reveals new evidence that could have prevented Ruth Ellis from being the last woman to be hanged in Britain.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2a92c8fb94bb42dfa8f115f438033c5c https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001948/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2a92c8fb94bb42dfa8f115f438033c5c dead 19 October 2018 Ruth Ellis: a Life for a Life – BBC One London – 28 November 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 28 November 1999 18 October 2018 29 November – From today, children's programming is broadcast all day on BBC Choice, branded CBBC on Choice, every day from 6am until 7pm including programmes rarely seen on the main channel. November – Test Card J and Test Card W debut on the BBC, replacing Test Card F which is retired after 32 years. December 2 December – Comedian Frank Skinner has signed a three-year deal with ITV and will take his chat show to the network.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/547383.stm Skinner switches to ITV BBC BBC News 2 December 1999 7 June 2014 3 December – Channel 5 has signed a deal with Warner Bros. International Television to show their 1999 titles from 2002. Among the films included in the deal are The Matrix, Deep Blue Sea, Message in a Bottle, Eyes Wide Shut, Wild Wild West, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Payback and Analyze This.https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/c5s-warner-deal-brings-matrix-to-uk/1225510.article C5's Warner deal brings Matrix to UK | News | Broadcast Broadcast 3 December 1999 19 April 2015 4 December – The millennium quiz 2000 to 1 debuts on BBC One with Michael Parkinson and Katy Hill presenting.http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/2000_to_1 2000 to 1 UKGameshows 7 June 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/08ddac7d126b41909502a65e83f439dd https://web.archive.org/web/20170806224733/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/08ddac7d126b41909502a65e83f439dd dead 6 August 2017 2000 to 1 – BBC One London – 4 December 1999 – BBC Genome 4 December 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 6 December – BBC One airs Stephen King: Shining in the Dark, an edition of Omnibus in which the author Stephen King talks about his life and work.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10715a76c721462e979aed5f0f85ee7b https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180818/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10715a76c721462e979aed5f0f85ee7b dead 25 September 2018 Omnibus – BBC One London – 6 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 6 December 1999 25 September 2018 The programme is followed by the first part of a TV adaptation of his story The Langoliers,https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a5582f5486cd48fd89cc7dd6129b2431 https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180822/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a5582f5486cd48fd89cc7dd6129b2431 dead 25 September 2018 Stephen King's The Langoliers – BBC One London – 6 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 6 December 1999 25 September 2018 with part two airing on 8 December.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/36b789afedfb4a1abf801ad24d97ce49 https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180819/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/36b789afedfb4a1abf801ad24d97ce49 dead 25 September 2018 Stephen King's The Langoliers – BBC One London – 9 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 9 December 1999 25 September 2018 The documentary is repeated on BBC Choice on 12 December.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a4be4dc55ce740808a397ac374f23ed1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180822/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a4be4dc55ce740808a397ac374f23ed1 dead 25 September 2018 Stephen King: Shining in the Dark – BBC Choice – 12 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 12 December 1999 25 September 2018 7 December A report published by the Broadcasting Standards Commission says that television is failing to reflect the multicultural nature of Britain with few ethnic characters seen on screen in drama and soap and viewers feeling that many that do appear are portrayed as two-dimensional and negatively stereotyped.David Lister https://www.independent.co.uk/news/multicultural-society-is-not-reflected-on-british-tv-say-watchdogs-1131029.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/multicultural-society-is-not-reflected-on-british-tv-say-watchdogs-1131029.html 1 May 2022 subscription Multicultural society is not reflected on British TV, say watchdogs Independent Print Limited The Independent 8 December 1999 3 May 2015https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/554328.stm TV 'failing ethnic minorities' BBC BBC News 7 December 1999 3 May 2015 The final episode of the animated series The Forgotten Toys airs on Children's ITV. Channel 5 broadcasts the TV movie Winter Angel, a revival of the popular 1970s BBC science-fiction series Doomwatch.http://www.michael-sheen.co.uk/newsdesk/filmography/television-index/doomwatch-winter-angel/ Doomwatch Winter Angel featuring Michael Sheen Michael-Sheen.co.uk 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140331002608/http://www.michael-sheen.co.uk/newsdesk/filmography/television-index/doomwatch-winter-angel/ 31 March 2014 livehttp://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b83f0ac4b https://web.archive.org/web/20120721041900/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b83f0ac4b dead 21 July 2012 Doomwatch Winter Angel British Film Institute BFI Database 3 May 2014 8 December It is announced that Michael Starke who plays Sinbad in Brookside will leave the soap after more than a decade. He is due to exit the show in September 2000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/555505.stm Sinbad says farewell to Brookside BBC BBC News 8 December 1999 14 March 2015 BBC Two airs a special edition of TOTP2 featuring performances by US country singer Shania Twain.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a889b74728445bca9997c85e11fb04a https://web.archive.org/web/20181031053319/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a889b74728445bca9997c85e11fb04a dead 31 October 2018 TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 8 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 8 December 1999 30 October 2018 11 December – "Flying Without Wings" by Irish boy band Westlife wins the 1999 Record of the Year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/560705.stm Westlife win song award BBC BBC News 12 December 1999 27 May 2014 12 December – Recently retired National Hunt trainer Jenny Pitman is presented with the first Helen Rollason Award at the 1999 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/561724.stm Lewis heads sporting honours 12 December 1999 BBC News BBC 25 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20021203152243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/561724.stm 3 December 2002 live Boxer Lennox Lewis is named as this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Yearhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/561724.stm Lewis heads sporting honours BBC BBC News 12 December 1999 7 November 2015 while boxer Muhammad Ali is named as BBC Sports Personality of the Century.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/561352.stm Ali crowned Sportsman of Century BBC BBC News 13 December 1999 4 June 2016 13 December The Independent Television Commission rules that an episode of Jerry Springer UK featuring rubber fetishists that aired on 27 September was unsuitable for its 8pm timeslot.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/562514.stm Springer's UK show under fire BBC BBC News 13 December 1999 5 June 2014 ITV says it has unearthed colour footage of World War I and plans to make a follow-up documentary to its popular series The Second World War in Colour. The channel has also commissioned a raft of historical documentaries for the 10pm slot.Robins Jane https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/great-war-colour-film-found-by-itv-738999.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/great-war-colour-film-found-by-itv-738999.html 1 May 2022 subscription Great War colour film found by ITV Independent Print Limited The Independent 13 December 1999 29 May 2014 Campaign Live reports that Carlton Communications plc have decided to close their general entertainment channel Carlton Select which airs old terrestrial TV content.Rachel Minter https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/carlton-pulls-plug-carlton-select/31519 Carlton pulls plug on Carlton Select Campaign Live 13 December 1999 12 November 2016 16 December – Channel 4 signs a £100 million deal to regain the rights to show US TV series Friends and ER which it has shared with Sky One since 1996. The deal means new episodes of both series will make their British terrestrial debut on Channel 4 from 2001, instead of the current arrangement where Sky is allowed to show them first.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/568283.stm Channel 4's Ł100m Friends deal BBC BBC News 16 December 1999 14 June 2014 19 December – Charlotte Church makes her acting debut in an episode of Heartbeat.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-are-they-famous-charlotte-church-1133374.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-are-they-famous-charlotte-church-1133374.html 1 May 2022 subscription Why are they famous? Charlotte Church Independent Print Limited The Independent 19 December 1999 6 June 2014 21 December – The Britt Allcroft Company purchases a 50% stake in Sooty. The joint-venture business, entitled "Bridgefilms" was formed in an attempt to expand the character to the United States.21 December 1999 Sooty prepares to sweep the world https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/573833.stm 5 April 2021 BBC News2000-02-01 Britt Allcroft picks up Sooty https://kidscreen.com/2000/02/01/27978-20000201/ 5 April 2021 Kidscreen.com 22 December Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton hangs up during the middle of a live telephone interview with BBC Breakfast News presenter John Nicholson after he begins questioning him about his financial backers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/574920.stm Hamilton joins TV tantrums hall of fame BBC BBC News 22 December 1999 3 May 2015 Hamilton is being interviewed after losing a libel case.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/574951.stm Hamilton's Ł1m hang-up BBC BBC News 22 December 1999 3 May 2015 Spice Girls singer Emma Bunton launches a government safety advertising campaign warning people of the dangers of drinking and handling fireworks on millennium eve.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/574944.stm Emma spices up fireworks campaign BBC BBC News 22 December 1999 3 May 2015 BBC One airs Tony Grounds's family drama Last Christmas, a television film starring Phillip Dowling, Pauline Quirke and Ray Winstone.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5fa30805355b46198f3155ec20d70723 https://web.archive.org/web/20181021192506/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5fa30805355b46198f3155ec20d70723 dead 21 October 2018 Last Christmas – BBC One London – 22 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 22 December 1999 BBC One airs Celine Dion: All the Way – a Decade of Song, a programme featuring Celine Dion in concert performing some of the tracks from her recently released compilation album All the Way... A Decade of Song.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/263dbecf4af6434d9370d4cecfacd18d https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014022/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/263dbecf4af6434d9370d4cecfacd18d dead 26 September 2018 Celine Dion: All the Way – a Decade of Song – BBC One London – 22 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 22 December 1999 25 September 2018 ITV shows the network television premiere of the 1996 Christmas comedy film Jingle All The Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 24 December – Ian Woodley becomes the first person on British television to win a million pounds on a segment of the Channel 4 show TFI Friday called Someone's Going to be a Millionaire, a reference to ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? which at the time has not had a million pound winner but eventually will in November the following year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/577278.stm Who's become a millionaire? BBC BBC News 27 December 1999 3 May 2014 25 December Christmas Day highlights on BBC One include the network television premiere of the 1995 adventure fantasy Jumanji, starring Robin Williams.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3449541168cb423fa71bb7e9ae6f6694 https://web.archive.org/web/20150407232103/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3449541168cb423fa71bb7e9ae6f6694 dead 7 April 2015 Jumanji – BBC One London – 25 December 1999 BBC Genome BBC 12 October 2016 Hooves of Fire, the first Robbie the Reindeer adventure, also premieres on the channel.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2d29ef162aab4d1096e3600e95bdf34c https://web.archive.org/web/20150407221912/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2d29ef162aab4d1096e3600e95bdf34c dead 7 April 2015 Hooves of Fire – BBC One London – 25 December 1999 BBC Genome 25 December 1999 BBC 26 October 2016 Noel Edmunds presents his final live Christmas morning programme for the BBC. ITV beats BBC One in the Christmas Day ratings for the first time since 1984, airing a mixture of soaps, the drama A Touch of Frost and three episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Coronation Street is the most viewed programme with an audience of 14.74 million. However, although ITV has the largest number of viewers for peak viewing, in terms of figures for the overall day, BBC One has the larger percentage of audience share.Will Woodward https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/dec/27/willwoodward ITV wins Christmas Day peak-time ratings war The Guardian 27 December 1999 9 May 2014 Channel 4 airs the controversial modern opera Powder Her Face based on the life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. The work which includes a scene depicting oral sex is broadcast from 8:40pm in order to time the explicit content to appear after the 9pm watershed.Robins Jane https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/channel-4-screens-sex-opera-on-christmas-day-739011.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/channel-4-screens-sex-opera-on-christmas-day-739011.html 1 May 2022 subscription Channel 4 screens sex opera on Christmas Day Independent Print Limited The Independent 4 December 1999 20 April 2014 26 December – Boxing Day highlights on BBC One include Mission: Impossible, a 1996 film produced by and starring Tom Cruise.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1999-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017133126/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1999-12-26 dead 17 October 2014 BBC One London – 26 December 1999 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 27 December BBC One shows the network television debut of the 1997 musical comedy film Spice World, starring The Spice Girls.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bb93923bcfb449cb9a41c9bed24128e3 https://web.archive.org/web/20170816012241/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bb93923bcfb449cb9a41c9bed24128e3 dead 16 August 2017 Spice World – BBC One London – 27 December 1999 – BBC Genome 27 December 1999 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 ITV has decided to air a documentary about the Krays in which former gangster Freddie Foreman confesses to a murder he committed for the gang in 1966. The Krays – Unfinished Business is scheduled to air on 10 January 2000.Robins Jane https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/itv-will-screen-confession-by-krays-hitman-739001.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/itv-will-screen-confession-by-krays-hitman-739001.html 1 May 2022 subscription live ITV will screen confession by Krays' hitman Independent Print Limited The Independent 28 December 1999 3 May 2015 29 December – Along with other terrestrial and satellite networks, the BBC simulcasts the "What is it like to lose someone?" ad campaign, featuring the parents of a young woman killed by a drink driver. The advert which explores the couple's grief over the loss of their daughter is part of a new Millennium Drink-Drive campaign. 31 December Over 60 countries take part in 2000 Today, a programme seeing in the start of the new millennium. In the UK, the 28-hour marathon show is shown on BBC One and hosted by Michael Parkinson, Gaby Roslin and David Dimbleby.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/546386.stm BBC's all-star millennium bash BBC BBC News 2 December 1999 12 April 2014 Motivation expert John Mitchell wins the BBC One quiz 2000 to 1 after a tie-breaker in which his opponent answers a question incorrectly. He wins £70,000 and a year off work.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/583668.stm 'Mr Motivator' wins year off work BBC BBC News 31 December 1999 11 June 2014https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Big+quiz+winner+gets+pounds+70,000+and+a+year+off.-a060828293 Big quiz winner gets £70,000 and a year off Trinity Mirror Daily Record 1 January 2000 7 June 2014 On ITV, Trevor McDonald and Dermot Murnaghan present Countdown 2000, a programme showing key events from around the UK and the rest of the world as nations welcome in the new millennium.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/512699.stm Sir Trevor's ITV millennium BBC BBC News 9 November 1999 28 May 2014 Undated Baby Cow Productions founded by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal. Debuts BBC 1 January – Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer (1999) 3 January – Bravo Two Zero (1999) 4 January Polka Dot Shorts (1993–2001) The Vanessa Show (1999) Misery Guts (1998–1999) 6 January – See It Saw It (1999–2001) 7 January – Home Farm Twins (1999–2000) 8 January SMart on the Road (1999–2003) Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001) 10 January – Shooting the Past (1999) 11 January – The League of Gentlemen (1999–2002) 12 January – Holby City (1999–2022)Holby City – an oral history by the show's stars and creators https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/holby-city/a35594857/holby-city-an-oral-history-by-the-shows-stars-and-creators/ Digital Spy 4 April 2022 29 March 2022 15 January – Junk (1999)Scene: Junk https://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Scene/Junk 2024-08-29 Broadcast for Schools.co.uk en 16 January – Sunburn (1999–2000) 24 January – The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000) 1 February – Anthony Ant (1999) 6 February – Get Your Act Together (1999) 18 February – Harbour Lights (1999–2000) 64 Zoo Lane (1999–2013) 22 February – Mrs Merton and Malcolm (1999) 28 February – All Along the Watchtower (1999) 30 March – Supernatural: The Unseen Powers of Animals (1999) 7 April – Starhill Ponies (1998–2002) 8 April – Miami 7 (1999) 12 April Bob the Builder (1999–2011 BBC, 2015–2018 Channel 5) Great Expectations (1999) 14 April – The Naked Chef (1999–2001) 20 April – A Life of Grime (1999–2004) 28 April – h&p@bbc (1999)https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9a4a59d76d8a4f43bbdeca01a6faab6d https://web.archive.org/web/20161030000019/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9a4a59d76d8a4f43bbdeca01a6faab6d dead 30 October 2016 h&p@bbc. – BBC One London – 28 April 1999 BBC Genome BBC 12 November 2016 29 April – The Planets (1999) 1 May – The Passion (1999) 9 May – Super League Show (1999–2023) 25 May – Barking Mad (1999–2001) 3 June – It's Only TV...but I Like It (1999–2002) 6 June – See How They Run (1999) 20 June – Aristocrats (1999) 22 June – Hope and Glory (1999–2000) 26 June – Star for a Night (1999, 2000–2001) 11 July – Badger (1999–2000) 18 July – The Mayfair Set (1999) 19 July – Life Support (1999) 23 July – Patrick Kielty Almost Live (1999–2003) 26 July – Zorro (1999–2002) 4 August – Jack of Hearts (1999) 5 September – Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999) 6 September Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001) Tweenies (1999–2002) Animorphs (1998–1999) 9 September – Let Them Eat Cake (1999) 13 September – Eureka Street (1999) 14 September – Pure Wickedness (1999) 15 September – Insides Out (1999–2000) 16 September – Barmy Aunt Boomerang (1999–2000) 20 September – People Like Us (1999–2001) 27 September – Angelmouse (1999–2000) 28 September – Pablo the Little Red Fox (1999–2000) 29 September – Belfry Witches (1999–2000) 4 October Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) Newsnight Scotland (1999–2014) 7 October – DIY SOS (1999–present) 8 October – Brotherly Love (1999–2000) 17 October – Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999) 31 October The Magician's House (1999–2000) Living Britain (1999) 4 November – Extreme Survival (1999–2002) 6 November – Friends Like These (1999, 2000–2003) 12 November – Hippies (1999) 13 November – Red Alert (1999–2000) 14 November – All the King's Men (1999) 28 November – Wives and Daughters (1999) 7 December – Pig Heart Boy (1999) 19 December – The Big Knights (1999–2000) 24 December – The Greatest Store in the World (1999) 25 December – David Copperfield (1999) ITV (Including ITV and ITV2) 2 January – The Wiggles (1998–2001) 4 January Oggy and the Cockroaches (1999–present) Better Homes (1999–2003) The Vice (1999–2003) Mopatop's Shop (1999–2005) 7 January – Lavender Castle (1999–2000) 10 January – Notes from a Small Island (1999) 5 February – Comin' Atcha! (1999–2000) 12 February – Days Like These (1999) 15 February – Forgotten (1999) 17 February – The Planet's Funniest Animals (1999–2008) 26 February – Pump It Up (1999–2000) 8 March ITN Evening News (1999–Present) The Grimleys (1999–2001) 9 March – Wonderful You (1999) 18 March Every Woman Knows a Secret (1999) In the Company of Strangers (1999) 4 April – Nancherrow (1999) 7 April – The Last Train (1999) 8 April – Tonight (1999–present) 12 April – Maisy (1999–2000) 19 April – Butterfly Collectors (1999) 26 April – The Blonde Bombshell (1999) 4 May – Trust (1999) 5 May – Wilmot (1999–2000) 6 May Dream Street (1999–2002) Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001) 12 May – Plastic Man (1999) 17 May – An Evil Streak (1999) 19 May – Pride of Britain Awards (1999–present) 25 May – Bostock's Cup (1999) 1 June – Bad Girls (1999–2006) 7 June – Always and Everyone (1999–2002) 12 June – Animals Do the Funniest Things (1999–2011) 20 June – Big Bad World (1999–2001) 6 September Loose Women (1999–present) In the Name of Love (1999) 9 September The Foxbusters (1999–2000) Daylight Robbery (1999–2000) 10 September Jungle Run (1999–2006) Construction Site (1999) 23 September – Back to the '50s (1999) 27 September Sooty Heights (1999–2000) Hilltop Hospital (1999–2002) 28 September – Watership Down (1999–2000) 3 October – Nuts and Bolts (1999–2002) 28 October – The Waiting Time (1999) 8 November My Parents Are Aliens (1999–2006)Rodger James My Parents Are Aliens cast reunite after 17 years as fans left emotional https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/parents-aliens-cast-reunite-after-26543597 BirminghamLive 25 March 2023 en 23 March 2023 Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999–2001) 11 November – Extremely Dangerous (1999) 14 November – Dr Willoughby (1999) 28 November – Oliver Twist (1999) 9 December – Four Fathers (1999) 20 December – Dark Ages (1999) 26 December Faeries (1999) The Turn of the Screw (1999) Channel 4 3 February – Sex and the City (1998–2004) 5 February – Boyz Unlimited (1999) 21 February – Salty's Lighthouse (1997–1998) 23 February – Queer as Folk (1999–2000) 25 February – Boiling Point (1999) 18 March – Escape to River Cottage (1999) 19 March – Smack the Pony (1999–2003) 29 April – Grand Designs (1999–present) 6 May – Psychos (1999) 4 June – Bits (1999–2001) 6 June – This is Modern Art (1999) 20 June – Michael Moore Live (1999) 15 July – The Sopranos (1999–2007) 17 July – Late Night Poker (1999–2002, 2007–2011) 21 July – Love in the 21st Century (1999) 31 August – Los Dos Bros (1999–2000) 6 September – Show Me the Money (1999–2000) 11 September – 100 Greatest (1999–present) 17 September – Something for the Weekend (1999–2000) 22 September – The Richard Blackwood Show (1999–2001) 23 September – The Hip Hop Years (1999) 24 September – Spaced (1999–2001) 17 October – Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999–2010) 19 October – Shockers (Anthology series) (1999–2001) 9 November – Small Potatoes (1999–2001) 24 November – Kid in the Corner (1999) 28 December – The 1900 House (1999–2000) Channel 5 24 January – The Movie Chart Show (1999–2003) 20 April – Can We Still Be Friends? (1999) 24 April – The Tribe (1999–2003) 13 July – House Doctor (1999–2003) 2 August – Win Beadle's Money (1999) 6 September — Beachcomber Bay (1999–2002) 30 October – Harry and Cosh (1999–2003) 15 November – The Alchemists (1999) 7 December – Winter Angel (1999) Sky One 18 September – Family Guy (1999–2002; 2005–present) (later on Channel 4, BBC Two and BBC Three; now ITV2) Cartoon Network UK 4 January – The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005) 15 March – Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999–2009) Channels New channels DateChannel 1 June BBC Knowledge 6 June Six TV (Oxford & Southampton) 1 July VH1 ClassicMTV BaseMTV Extra 1 September Nick Jr.Nick Replay 15 September S4C2 15 October TCM 18 October The Hallmark Channel 31 October TeleG (Scotland) Defunct channels DateChannel 30 April Sky Soap 1 May Home Video Channel 15 October TNT Classic Movies 5 November L!VE TV Television shows Changes of network affiliation Shows Moved from Moved toIt's a KnockoutBBC OneChannel 5 Returning this year after a break of one year or longer 3 September – It's a Knockout (1966–1982, 1999–2001) Unknown – Fully Booked sequels to be overtaken by FBi (1999–2000) Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 1930s Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present) The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024) 1950s Panorama (1953–present) Take Your Pick! (1955–1968, 1992–1998) What the Papers Say (1956–2008)What the Papers Say in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2008/may/29/what.the.papers.say The Guardian 2 April 2022 29 May 2008 The Sky at Night (1957–present) Blue Peter (1958–present) Grandstand (1958–2007) 1960s Coronation Street (1960–present) Songs of Praise (1961–present) World in Action (1963–2000) Top of the Pops (1964–2006) Match of the Day (1964–present) Mr. and Mrs. (1965–1999) Sportsnight (1965–1997) Call My Bluff (1965–2005) The Money Programme (1966–2010) 1970s Rainbow (1972–1992, 1994–1997) Emmerdale (1972–present) Newsround (1972–present) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Wish You Were Here...? (1974–2003) Arena (1975–present) One Man and His Dog (1976–present) Grange Hill (1978–2008) Ski Sunday (1978–present) Antiques Roadshow (1979–present) Question Time (1979–present) 1980s Play Your Cards Right (1980–1987, 1994–1999, 2002–2003) Family Fortunes (1980–2002, 2006–2015, 2020–present) Children in Need (1980–present) Timewatch (1982–present) Brookside (1982–2003) Countdown (1982–present) Right to Reply (1982–2001) Surprise Surprise (1984–2001, 2012–2015) The Bill (1984–2010) Channel 4 Racing (1984–2016) Thomas & Friends (1984–2021) EastEnders (1985–present) Blind Date (1985–2003, 2017–2019) Comic Relief (1985–present) The Chart Show (1986–1998, 2008–2009) Equinox (1986–2006) The Really Wild Show (1986–2006) Casualty (1986–present) ChuckleVision (1987–2009) Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001) London's Burning (1988–2002) On the Record (1988–2002) Fifteen to One (1988–2003, 2013–2019) This Morning (1988–present) Children's Ward (1989–2000) Mike and Angelo (1989–2000) Birds of a Feather (1989–1998, 2014–2020) Bodger & Badger (1989–1999) 1990s One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) Rosie and Jim (1990–2000) MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present) How 2 (1990–2006) Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2006, 2015) 2point4 Children (1991–1999) Big Break (1991–2002) Noel's House Party (1991–1999) Heartbeat (1992–2010)ITV axes popular police drama Heartbeat https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4365441/ITV-axes-popular-police-drama-Heartbeat.html?fb www.telegraph.co.uk 28 January 2009 14 July 2023 The Big Breakfast (1992–2002) 999 (1992–2003) Mr. Motivator exercise routines (1993–2000) Breakfast with Frost (1993–2005) Ky's Cartoons (1994–1999) Animal Hospital (1994–2004) The National Lottery Draws (1994–2017) Time Team (1994–2013) The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007) Wipeout (1994–2003) Frasier (1993–2004) Top of the Pops 2 (1994–present) Hollyoaks (1995–present) Ending this year BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024) Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999, 2008–2010, 2012–2016) ITN Early Evening News (1967–1999) Play Your Cards Right (1980–1987, 1994–1999''', 2002–2003) Strike It Lucky and Strike It Rich (1986–1999) The Cook Report (1987–2000) Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–1999) Red Dwarf (1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present) The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1999) Bodger & Badger (1989–1999) Fun House (1989–1999) 2point4 Children (1991–1999) Murder Most Horrid (1991–1999) Noel's House Party (1991–1999) In Bed with Medinner (1992–1999) Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–1999) The Jack Docherty Show (1997–1999) The Wild House (1997–1999) The Ambassador (1998–1999) Unfinished Business (1998–1999) This Morning with Richard Not Judy (1998–1999) Rocky and the Dodos (1998–1999) Liverpool 1 (1998–1999) Grafters (1998–1999) Every Woman Knows a Secret (1999) Butterfly Collectors (1999) The Blonde Bombshell (1999) An Evil Streak (1999) Aristocrats (1999) Win Beadle's Money (1999) Let Them Eat Cake (1999) The Waiting Time'' (1999) Births 28 January – HRVY singer and television presenter 9 February – Adrianna Bertola actress and singer 12 April – Akai Osei, dancer, actor and musician 29 April – Callum Scott Howells, actor and television personality 7 May – Tommy Fury, reality TV personality and boxerWho is Tommy Fury? The boxer and Love Island star fighting Jake Paul https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-tommy-fury-the-boxer-and-love-island-star-fighting-jake-paul-12817960 2024-01-18 Sky News en 26 May – Molly-Mae Hague, reality TV personalityEvans Mel 2020-05-26 Tommy Fury goes all out for Molly-Mae Hague's 21st birthday https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/26/tommy-fury-molly-mae-hague-21st-birthday-puppy-cartier-ring-12759072/ 2025-01-17 Metro en 23 June – Noah Marullo, actor 14 October – Daniel Roche, actorhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/outnumbered/danielroche Outnumbered is back for a brand-new, final series: Daniel Roche plays Ben Brockman BBC BBC Media Centre 15 January 2014 6 July 2014 Deaths Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility1 FebruaryRobin Nedwell52actor (Duncan Waring in Doctor in the House)9 FebruaryBryan Mosley67actor (Alf Roberts in Coronation Street)24 FebruaryDerek Nimmo https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/285764.stm Nimmo dies after fall BBC News 24 February 1999 29 April 200968character actor17 MarchRod HullBrooks Libby https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/mar/19/libbybrooks Rod Hull, crazy creator of Emu, dies in fall from roof The Guardian 19 March 1999 15 May 201463entertainer21 MarchErnie Wisehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/300444.stm Comedian Ernie Wise dies BBC BBC News 22 March 1999 15 May 201473surviving half of UK comedy duo, Morecambe and Wise2 AprilAndrew Gardnerhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/311111.stm Veteran newsman Gardner dies BBC BBC News 4 April 1999 23 October 201266newsreader4 AprilBob Peckhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/314161.stm Cancer kills actor Bob Peck BBC BBC News 8 April 1999 15 May 201453actor (Ronald Craven in Edge of Darkness)14 AprilAnthony Newleyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/319748.stm Anthony Newley dies aged 67 BBC BBC News 15 April 1999 15 May 201467actor, singer and songwriter26 AprilJill DandoBarker Dennis https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando Jill Dando The Guardian 27 April 1999 15 June 201437presenter (co-host of Crimewatch)6 MayJohnny Morrishttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/337622.stm Friends mourn 'magic' Johnny Morris BBC BBC News 7 May 1999 9 May 202082presenter (Animal Magic)23 JuneBuster MerryfieldTom Vallance https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-buster-merryfield-1102024.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-buster-merryfield-1102024.html 1 May 2022 subscription Obituary: Buster Merryfield Independent Print Limited The Independent 24 June 1999 31 May 201478actor (Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses)25 JuneFred FeastAnthony Hayward https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-fred-feast-1103313.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-fred-feast-1103313.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Fred Feast Independent Print Limited The Independent 30 June 1999 11 June 201469actor (Fred Gee in Coronation Street)4 JulyJack WatsonTom Vallance https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jack-watson-1105138.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jack-watson-1105138.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Jack Watson Independent Print Limited The Independent 9 July 1999 21 June 201478actor12 JulyBill OwenVikram Dodd https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jul/13/vikramdodd Compo actor Bill Owen dies at 85 The Guardian 13 July 1999 15 May 201485actor (Compo Simmonite in Last of the Summer Wine)9 AugustHelen RollasonStuart Millar https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/10/stuartmillar Tributes paid as TV sports pioneer dies of cancer The Guardian 10 August 1999 15 May 201443sports journalist and television presenter10 AugustJennifer PatersonAndrew Barrow https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jennifer-paterson-1112008.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jennifer-paterson-1112008.html 1 May 2022 subscription Obituary: Jennifer Paterson Independent Print Limited The Independent 11 August 1999 17 March 201470celebrity chef and television presenter, one half of the Two Fat Ladies1 OctoberLena Zavaronihttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/463512.stm Child star Lena dies at 35 BBC BBC News 2 October 1999 15 May 201435child singer and television presenter7 OctoberDeryck GuylerCarole Woddis https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/oct/09/guardianobituaries1 Deryck Guyler The Guardian 9 October 1999 27 July 201485actor (Please Sir!, Sykes)21 NovemberQuentin Crisphttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/530833.stm Quentin Crisp dies BBC BBC News 21 November 1999 15 May 201490writer and raconteur24 NovemberHilary Minster55actor (General Von Klinkerhoffen in 'Allo 'Allo!)19 DecemberRobert DougallDennis Barker https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/dec/20/guardianobituaries Robert Dougall The Guardian 20 December 1999 15 May 201486newsreaderDesmond Llewelynhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/571888.stm Bond actor killed in crash BBC BBC News 19 December 1999 15 May 201485actor25 DecemberPeter Jeffreyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/579124.stm Actor Peter Jeffrey dies BBC BBC News 26 December 1999 5 November 202270actorUnknownJim WigginsCollinson Dawn https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Whatever+happened+to+the+first+residents+of+.+.+.+Brookside+Close%3B+As...-a093923325 Whatever happened to the first residents of . . . Brookside Close Liverpool Echo Trinity Mirror 2 November 2002 15 May 201476–77actor See also 1999 in British music 1999 in British radio 1999 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1999 References 30em External links List of 1999 British television series at IMDb 1999