| BBC1 7.00am News 7.10 Children's BBC 7.10 Teletubbies 7.35 Tweenies 7.55 The Flintstones Comedy Show 8.20 Blue Peter - the Best Bits 8.50 Justin's Story 9.15 2000 Today The start of the biggest ever live broadcast in TV history - 28 hours of celebrations as people of the world bid farewell to 1999 and welcome the year 2000. To begin with John Simpson is on the South Pacific island of Kiribati, seeing the first sunrise of 2000. 
David Dimbleby introduces the programme from the Prime Meridian line in Greenwich. Michael Parkinson anchors coverage from Television Centre 10.00 Fourteen Hours to Go The celebrations begin on Kiribati and Tonga 11.00 Thirteen Hours to Go Cameras capture midnight in Auckland, New Zealand, plus Bugwatch provides news on the millennium bug 12.00 Twelve Hours to Go Glastonbury Abbey hosts a historic service, and the sun sets on the Taj Mahal 1.00 Eleven Hours to Go Australia welcomes 2000 with a huge fireworks display and Nick Knowles pays the first of many visits to Southampton general. Incl 1.05-1.15 BBC News 2.00 Ten Hours to Go An act of remembrance from Nottingham, Nelson Mandela speaks from South Africa, and the first UK sunset is observed off the Shetlands. From a Tornado Jet, Philippa Forrester describes the sunset across the nation 3.00 Nine Hours to Go David Attenborough voices his hopes for mankind. Michael Palin investigates scientific activity at teh South Pole, and Beijing sees in the year 2000 4.00 Eight Hours to Go Michael Palin reviews midnight in Hong Kong 5.00 Seven Hours to Go Preparations for a spectacular parade taking place on London's Tower Bridge 5.10 BBC News and regional news 5.30 EastEnders 6.00 2000 Today 
Six Hours to Go Gaby Roslin introduces some special reunions. Meera Syal looks forward to midnight in India 7.00 Five Hours to Go Guests arrive at the Millennium Dome 7.05 2000 to 1 The grand final of the millennium quiz show to determine who will win the whole of 2000 off work on double pay. Hosted by Michael Parkinson and Katy Hill, with Lenny Henry appearing as the final Man in the Golden Suit 
8.00 EastEnders 8.35 2000 Today The final countdown is started. Cliff Richard lights the Flame of Hope in Birmingham's Cetenery Square, and the Prime Minister opens the London Eye ferris wheel at Westminster. Fergal Keane monitors celebrations in Leipzig, Table Mountain in South Africa and Egypt 9.00 Three Hours to Go The festivities continue 9.05 BBC News and regional news, followed by the National Lottery Big Draw 2000 with Dale Winton 9.30 2000 Today The Queen lights the first national beacon in London, and Jeremy Bowen joins a candlelit procession in Manger Square, Bethlehem |  10.00 Two Hours to Go In South Africa, Nelson Mandela hands over the flame of reconciliation, and back in Greenwich Jamie Theakston introduces Simply Red and Eurythmics in concert 11.00 One Hour to Go The Queen and Prince Philip arrive at the Millennium Dome, and the Archbishop of Canterbury leads the prayers. A spectacular opening ceremony for the Dome paves the way for Big Ben's most important chime of the year. 
12.00 Midnight The year 2000 arrives on Big Ben's chime with a river of fire being lit along the River Thames. Scenes of jubilation across the UK, news of the first millennium babies, the first lottery draw of 2000, and the Dome's opening extravaganza 1.00am Hour Two News, including a millennium bug update, then Dame Edna Everage gets crowds in New York's Time Square in the mood for their celebrations at 5am GMT 2.00 Hour Three Brazil celebrates midnight 3.00 Hour Four Celebrations in the trendy high spots of London and other UK cities. There's a glimpse at how life may be in the 21st century, and reports from midnight in Argentina, Chile and the first one in North America 4.00 Hour Five Eddy Grant leads the festival in the Caribbean, and it's time for the Americas to celebrate. Including 4.45 News. 5.00-6.00 Hour Six 2000 Today continues until 1.30pm on New Year's Day.
BBC2 6.20am FILM: Dead Man's Evidence 7.25 FILM: The Purple Plain 9.05 People's Century 9.05 1968: New Release: a portrait of the youth rebellion of the late 60s. 10.00 1970: Half the People: how women in western countries struggled to achieve equality with men 10.55 FILM: Hans Christian Andersen 12.40pm They Said It Couldn't Be Done How the problem of covert filming at night was overcome for the documentary that follows. Followed by Wildlife Special: Leopard 1.40 Behind the Camera 2.00 FILM: Doctor Zhivago 5.05 The Simpsons Brother from the Same Planet 5.30 FILM: Tron 7.00 The Big Knights Proton Power: King Otto invests in a dangerous but cheap new source of power 7.10 The Boat Wolfgang Petersen's U-boat drama 8.00 Robot Wars 8.45 Nineties Night 8.45 TOTP2 Presents the Nineties 9.45 Gimme Gimme Gimme Millennium 10.20 Goodbye to the Nineties An affectionate A-Z of the highs and lows of the past ten years 11.50 Into the New Millennium BBC2 joins BBC1 12.05am We Gotta Get Out of This Business: Fatboy Slim's 99 12.55 FILM: The Book of Life 2.00-6.00 BBC News 24 |
