The end of the world is nigh! If it is not the millennium bug that will get us, it could be biological bugs that strike at the heart of the human race, as we are to find out tonight.
There is much speculation as to what may befall the world when computers attempt that difficult digital transition from 1999 to 2000, so the doomsday scenario depicted in the BBC's 'Disaster Special', The Millennium Timebomb (Pearl, 8.30pm), should not be a surprise.
This docu-drama looks at the various calamities that can befall an ordinary pensions manager when computers fail in key service industries, such as water, electricity, gas, transport, health, nuclear power and defence.
Trains will stop if signalling systems fail. Some predict that people will die due to malfunctioning medical equipment.
Some airlines have declared not to fly in the 12 hours after midnight. In Britain, at least half the 200,000 small businesses have not taken any precautions against the bug. Financial services could seize up.
The Millennium Timebomb suggests that the pensions manager's world could grind to a halt, although it acknowledges that this is not a certainty. Perhaps it is mere fodder for TV disaster programmes and movies.
January 1, 2000, may be like any other day. We will have to wait 118 more days to find out.