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Not to be confused with Channel 50.

Template:Infobox ITV franchisee TV50 is a series of special events throughout 2012, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of RTÉ Television, then known as Telefís Éireann, on 31 December 1961.

Launch

TV50 was officially launched on 26 December 2011 when a pre-launch placeholder website went online at RTÉ. The full TV50 site went live at noon on New Year's Eve 2011.[1] The broadcaster intends TV50 to be a year-long celebration.[2] The festivities will see as many as twenty archive programmes launched each month on RTÉ Player.[3]

Controversy

RTÉ offended viewers by depicting a dog having its legs tied together and being tossed overboard into the sea off the coast of County Donegal as part of its TV50 celebrations in a broadcast on 3 January 2012.[4]

Special programmes

Date Programme Description
31 December 2011 New Year's Eve Show Live A special programme of music and chat presented by Miriam O'Callaghan. The programme promoted many of the upcoming TV50 events.
1 January 2012 Kneeling in the Years Mary Kennedy and Fr. Dermod McCarthy look at the role of televised worship
1 January 2012 The Entertainers Documentary looking back at 50 years of entertainment
2 January 2012 Country Brass - Cork Butter Exchange Band Documentary first aired in 1979 following a Cork brass band
2 January 2012 Rural Portrait: King of the Road First broadcast in 1968, this is a profile of Michael Cleary and his father
2 January 2012 50 Years in the Glow Pat Shortt explores the history of RTÉ through the eyes of the viewers and the importance of television in the lives of ordinary people and families
2 January 2012 The Philip Lynott Archive Profile of the Thin Lizzy frontman, exploring his life and career
3 January 2012 Terminus: Gola Island Documentary from 1970 highlighting the magic island of the song
3 January 2012 Oileán: Anam Cloch Broadcast in 2008 as part of the Oileán series, this show brings us up to date with Gola Island
5 January 2012 A Little Bit TV[5] The first in a series of eight profiles of well-known television presenters: Bill O'Herlihy
5 January 2012 John Molloy's Dublin Actor John Molloy provides a combination of comedy sketches and mime in a specially restored and remastered programme from 1976
5 January 2012 Self-Portrait - Sylvia Beach An archive interview from 1962 with Sylvia Beach
6 January 2012 Scope - the Four Roads A 1973 film which follows the life of 70-year-old Winnie Mongan
6 January 2012 Wheels of the World - Life in North Kerry Filmed in 1974, this documentary captures the sounds and rhythms of rural life
12 January 2012 A Little Bit TV The second in a series of eight profiles of well-known television presenters: Gráinne Seoige
19 January 2012 A Little Bit TV The third in a series of eight profiles of well-known television presenters: Bunny Carr
26 January 2012 A Little Bit TV The fourth in a series of eight profiles of well-known television presenters: Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
TBA Into the Light: the Battles that Shaped Our TV[6] The first in a two-part series in which John Bowman charts RTÉ's relationship with church and state
TBA Into the Light: the Battles that Shaped Our TV The second in a two-part series in which John Bowman charts RTÉ's relationship with church and state

Associated events

Books

  • Window and Mirror: RTÉ Television 1961-2011

There was a nationwide search initiated by RTÉ.[7]

Doc on the Box

RTÉ described this as "a forward-looking initiative designed to encourage a fresh, emerging voice in video documentary direction and production". However, it was only open to those over the age of eighteen years and with experience.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "RTÉ launches TV50". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. ^ "RTÉ to open archives to celebrate 50th anniversary". TheJournal. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  3. ^ Hunt, Joanne (27 December 2011). "New Year's Eve broadcast to start RTÉ celebrations". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Horror as RTE show footage of dog being drowned off Donegal coast". Donegal Daily. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  5. ^ "A Little Bit TV starts on RTÉ One". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  6. ^ "RTÉ launches Spring Season on TV". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012. John Bowman's two-part documentary charting RTÉ's relationship with church and state, provisionally titled Into the Light: the Battles that Shaped Our TV, will be screened as part of TV50 later in the Spring.
  7. ^ "50 Years of TV Favourites". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  8. ^ "RTÉ, Filmbase offer documentary opportunity". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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