1. Events
    January  February  March  April  May  June to September  October  November  December 

2. Debuts
    BBC  ITV 

3. Television series

4. Ending this year

5. Deaths

6. See also

7. References

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.^[1]

February

• No events.

March

• No events.

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.^[2]
• 12 May – The Scottish Parliament meets in Edinburgh for its first session. Proceedings have been televised from the outset.

June to September

• No events.

October

• 1 October – Death of Lena Zavaroni, the Scottish child singer and television presenter.
• 4 October – Launch of Newsnight Scotland, the BBC Scotland 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.^[3]

December

• No events.

Debuts

BBC

• 13 January – Chewin' the Fat on BBC One Scotland (1999–2002)
• 4 October – Newsnight Scotland on BBC Two Scotland (1999–present)

ITV

• 1 January – Harry and the Wrinklies (1999–2002)

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• Public Account (1976–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• High Road (1980–2003)
• Taggart (1983–present)
• Crossfire (1984–2004)
• Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
• Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
• Telefios (1993–2000)
• Only an Excuse? (1993–present)

Ending this year

• 3 December – Fun House (1989–1999)

Deaths

• 1 October – Lena Zavaroni, 35, child singer and television presenter

See also

• 1999 in Scotland

References

• John Henry (film)
• John Henry Fludyer, 4th Baronet
• John Henry (footballer)
• John Henry Gerrard
• John Henry Gilbert
• John Henry Gray
• John Henry Greville Smyth
• John Henry Guinness
• John Henry Gurney
• John Henry Gurney Jr.
• John Henry Hakewill
• John Henry Harris
• John Henry Harris, Baron Harris of Greenwich
• John Henry Hayes
• John Henry Hayes (Labour politician)
• John Henry Haynes
• John Henry Hill
• John Henry Hodson
• John Henry Hopkins (hymnist)
• John Henry Hopkins (priest)
• John Henry House
• John Henry Howell
• John Henry Hutton
• John Henry Iles
• John Henry Isaac Browere