1999 in Scottish television

none December 2023 1999 Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1999. Events January 20 January – The UK government says no political pressure was applied to the BBC over its decision not to give Scotland a separate version of the Six O'Clock News.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 April 30 April – Launch of the digital channel S2, the Scottish equivalent of ITV2. May 6–7 May – Television coverage of the 1999 Scottish Parliament general election.McVeigh Karen http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BBC+get+viewers'+votes+and+win+by+a+landslide.-a060423027 BBC get viewers' votes and win by a landslide Trinity Mirror Daily Record 8 May 1999 15 May 2014 12 May – The Scottish Parliament meets in Edinburgh for its first session. Proceedings have been televised from the outset. June 6 June – The final edition of political current affairs programme Scottish Lobby is broadcast on BBC2 Scotland. October 1 October – Death of Lena Zavaroni, the Scottish child singer and television presenter. 4 October – Launch of Newsnight Scotland, the BBC Scotland opt-out of the main Newsnight programme on BBC Two. 31 October – Establishment of TeleG, Scotland's first daily Gaelic language digital channel. November 8 November – Border Television drops its famous 'chopsticks' logo which it had used since it launched in 1961 when it adopts the ITV 'hearts' idents.Ident Central - Border Television Debuts BBC 13 January – Chewin' the Fat on BBC One Scotland (1999–2002) 4 October – Newsnight Scotland on BBC Two Scotland (1999–2014) Television series Scotsport (1957–2008)Haynes Richard BBC Sport in Black and White 17 November 2016 Springer 978-1-137-45501-7 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM-GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 en Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present) Scotland Today (1972–2009) Sportscene (1975–present)Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko BBC Sport 20 August 2025 6 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250811222945/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c99mpvzl71ko 11 August 2025 live The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present) Grampian Today (1980–2009) High Road (1980–2003)Brown Ian Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities 13 February 2020 Springer Nature 978-3-030-39407-3 194 https://books.google.com/books?id=gXvQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 en Taggart (1983–2010)McElroy Ruth Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box 14 October 2016 Taylor & Francis 978-1-317-16096-0 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=yColDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 en Crossfire (1984–2004) Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001) Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004) Telefios (1993–2000) Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18979762.excuse-bbc1-scotland-review/ HeraldScotland 4 November 2021 en Ending this year 6 April - Machair (1993–1999)Berberich Christine https://books.google.com/books?id=v8e1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life: Memory, Place and the Senses Campbell Neil 9 March 2016 Routledge 978-1-317-18472-0 35 en 3 December – Fun House (1989–1999) Deaths 1 October – Lena Zavaroni, 35, child singer and television presenter See also 1999 in Scotland References 1999 Category:Television in Scotland by year Category:1990s in Scottish television