Claire King makes her final regular appearance as Emmerdale character Kim Tate after a decade with the series.
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.
Carlton Communications has spent £91 million on a library of 300 films from Universal Studios.
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ITV's This Morning becomes the first programme on British television to show men how to check themselves for signs of testicular cancer.
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.
13 January – BBC One's audience share drops below 30% for the first time.
Airline returns to ITV for a second series, with EasyJet now as the featured company.
Among the cast are several former soap stars, including Michael French, Angela Griffin, Nicola Stephenson and Lisa Faulkner.
Debut of the Casualty spin-off, Holby City on BBC One.
Along with The Fast Show and Goodness Gracious Me, it is credited with boosting international interest in British comedy series.
11 January – The black comedy show The League of Gentlemen debuts on BBC Two.
10 January – ITV begins a six-part adaptation of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island.
She is the first member of the Desai family-the soap's first Asian family-to be seen on screen.
Nita Desai (played by Rebecca Sarker) arrives in Coronation Street to take over from Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold) as manager of the corner shop.
Teenage model Kelly Brook is chosen to replace Denise van Outen as co-host of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast alongside Johnny Vaughan.
A Broadcasting Standards Commission survey indicates that many viewers believe sex is used on television in order to boost ratings.
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.
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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.
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.
The series was so popular in the UK, it continued airing on the BBC for 6 years until 2004 and a range of videos of the series were released by Abbey Home Media.
Canadian education television series for preschoolers Polka Dot Shorts begins its very first television premiere in the UK on BBC Two.
Australian children's drama Misery Guts begins airing on BBC One.
GMTV2 launches during the breakfast downtime of ITV2.
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.
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.
Denise van Outen presents her final edition of The Big Breakfast.
New Year's Day highlights on BBC One include Apollo 13.
4.2 Returning this year after a break of one year or longer.