1999 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1999.

January

 * 20 January – The UK government says no political pressure was applied to the BBC over its decision not to give Scotland a separate version of the Six O'Clock News.

February

 * No events.

March

 * No events.

April

 * 30 April – Launch of the digital channel S2, the Scottish equivalent of ITV2.

May

 * 6–7 May – Television coverage of the 1999 Scottish Parliament general election.
 * 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.

July

 * No events.

August

 * No events.

September

 * No events.

October

 * 1 October – Death of Lena Zavaroni, the Scottish child singer and television presenter.
 * 4 October – Launch of Newsnight Scotland, the BBC Scotland 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.

December

 * No events.

BBC

 * 13 January – Chewin' the Fat on BBC One Scotland (1999–2002)
 * 4 October – Newsnight Scotland on BBC Two Scotland (1999–2014)

Television series

 * Scotsport (1957–2008)
 * Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
 * Scotland Today (1972–2009)
 * Sportscene (1975–present)
 * The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
 * Grampian Today (1980–2009)
 * High Road (1980–2003)
 * Taggart (1983–2010)
 * Crossfire (1984–2004)
 * Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
 * Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
 * Telefios (1993–2000)
 * Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)

Ending this year

 * 6 April - Machair (1993–1999)
 * 3 December – Fun House (1989–1999)

Deaths

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