List of programmes broadcast by Telefís Éireann
Appearance
The following is a list of broadcasts aired on Telefís Éireann (Ireland's first television channel) from its launch in 1961. A list of broadcasts on its (later) sister channel may be found elsewhere. Please include sourced entries only.
Home-produced programming
Current
- Nine O'Clock News (1961–present)[1]
- Six One News (1962–present)[2]
- One O'Clock News (1989–present)[3]
- The Late Late Show (1962–present)[4]
- Fair City (1989–present)
- Would You Believe (1990s–present)[5]
- Prime Time (1992–present)[6]
- Nationwide (1993–present)[7]
- Nuacht (1995–present)[8]
- Reeling in the Years (1999-present)[9]
- The Week in Politics (2006–present)[10]
- At Your Service (2008–present)
Former
Young people's programming
- Action Station Saturday[11]
- Aillio[12]
- An Baile Beag[13]
- Anything Goes[14]
- Aunty Poppy's Storytime[15]
- Bábaró[16]
- Bishop Fulton Sheen[17]
- Borderline[18]
- Bosco[19][20]
- Brogeen Follows the Magic Tune[21]
- Buntús Cainte[22]
- Dáithí Lacha[23]
- Dempsey's Den[4]
- Dilín Ó Deamhas[24]
- Fortycoats & Co.[4]
- Murphy agus a Cháirde[22]
- Out on Your Own[25][26]
- Pajo's Junkbox[27]
- Pat's Chat[28]
- Pat's Hat[28]
- Pat's Pals
- Scratch Saturday[29]
- Seoirse agus Beartlai[30]
- TV Gaga[31]
- Wanderly Wagon[32]
- Youngline[33]
0-9
A
- A hAon is a hAon Sin a hAon[36]
- A. J. F. O'Reilly: An Irish Lion[37]
- Access - Community Television[38]
- Act of Betrayal[39]
- The Adam Faith Show[40]
- Ag Déanamh Ceoil[41]
- Airc[42]
- Aiséirí[43]
- Aisling Gheal[44]
- Alert[45]
- …and finally France[46]
- An Fear agus a Chuid Ceoil[47]
- The Angelus[19][20]
- Anissimov Conducts Beethoven[48]
- Anois is Arís[14]
- Anthology[49]
- Aria with Thirty Variations: The Goldberg Variations[50]
- As the Crow Flies[51]
- As Zozimus Said[52]
- At the Embankment[53]
- Atty Bunting[54]
B
- Ballad Sheet[55]
- A Ballad Tour of Ireland[56]
- The Ballroom of Romance[14]
- Ballymagash[57]
- Barry Mason, Songwriter[58]
- Be My Guest[59]
- Beirt Eile[60]
- Bestseller[61]
- The Big Top[62]
- Billy Boyle in Magical Christmas Tour[63]
- Billy's Magic Christmas Box[64]
- The Birthday Show[65]
- Blas na Fraince[66]
- The Blue Note[67]
- Bóithrín na Smaointe[68]
- Booklines[69]
- Borderlines[70]
- Bracken[71]
- Brandy Snap[72]
- Bring Down the Lamp[73]
- Broadsheet[6]
- Bull Island[74]
- By Meadow and Mountain/Mountain and Meadow[75]
C
- Cabin Fever[76]
- Caught in a Free State[77]
- Challenging Times[78]
- Check Up[79]
- Closedown[19][20][4][80]
- Coiscéim[81]
- Comely Maidens[82]
D
E
F
- Farrell[86]
- Féach[87]
- The Fenians[88]
- Folio[89]
- For Better, For Worse[90]
- For Better Or Worse[91]
- For One Night Only[92]
- Framed![93]
G
H
- Hall's Pictorial Weekly[95]
- Hands[96]
- Hands On[97]
- Hanly's People[80][98]
- Haughey[99]
- Head 2 Toe[100]
- Hidden History[101]
- The Humours of Donnybrook[102]
I
J
K
L
- Labhair Gaeilge Linn[108]
- Leader's Questions[109]
- Léargas[110]
- Legal Eagles[111]
- Lifting the Veil – The Politics of Television[112]
- Live at 3[4]
- Love Is[113]
M
- Mailbag[114]
- Mart and Market[115]
- Mass[116]
- The Meaning of Life[117]
- Messiah[118]
- Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000[119]
- The Mountain Lark[120]
- Murphy's Micro-Quiz-M[121]
N
O
- Oireachtas Report[125]
- On The Street Where You Live[126]
- One to One[127]
- Out of the Blue[128]
- Outlook[25][129]
- Out of Nowhere[130]
P
- Paper Chase[131]
- The Person in Question[132]
- The Politicians[132]
- The Politics Programme[133]
- A Prayer at Bedtime[134]
- Prime Time Investigates[135]
- Public Account[136]
- Public Enemy[137]
Q
R
S
- Scannal![141]
- School Around the Corner[142]
- Secret Sights[143]
- A Sense of Excellence[144]
- Seven Ages[145]
- Simply Music[146]
- The Spike[147]
- The State of Us[148]
- Strumpet City[149]
- Súil Thart[150]
T
- Tales of Kilnavarna[151]
- Tangents[152]
- Today Tonight[19][20][6]
- Tolka Row[71]
- Top Ace '82[153]
- Townlands[154]
- Tracks and Trails[155]
- Treasure Island[156]
- The Treaty[157]
- Trom agus Éadrom[25]
- True Lives[158]
- Tuesday File[159]
- Turas Teanga[160]
- TV50[161]
U
V
W
Y
Z
Imported
Current
Telefís Éireann airs a small selection of imports, mostly sitcom repeats, soap operas and other dramas. These include:
- EastEnders (since 2001) [170]
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Last of the Summer Wine
- Mr. Bean
- Neighbours
- Shortland Street (since 1996)
Former
Telefís Éireann has aired:
- The 20th Century[23]
- The A-Team[19]
- The Adventures of Robin Hood[171]
- Are You Being Served?[172]
- The Beachcombers[19]
- Benson[20]
- The Brady Bunch[25]
- Columbo[173]
- Coronation Street (1961 - 2001) [170]
- A Country Practice[174]
- Dallas[19]
- The Dick Van Dyke Show[175]
- The Donna Reed Show[23]
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook[175]
- Emmerdale Farm[19][20][80]
- ER[176]
- The Everglades[23]
- Fawlty Towers[25]
- The Flintstones[22]
- Gemini Man[172]
- The Hogan Family[80]
- Huckleberry Finn and His Friends[19]
- Land of the Giants[177]
- Magnum[20]
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.[171]
- Murder, She Wrote[80]
- Paint Along with Nancy Kominsky[20]
- Santa Barbara[178]
- Simon & Simon[179]
- Sons and Daughters[180]
- South Riding[177]
- Spencer: For Hire[80]
- The Sullivans[181]
- Testament to the Bushmen[20]
- Tomorrow's World[80]
Special events
- Ardfheis – The Leader's Speech
- Budget coverage
- Election coverage[182]
- Eurovision Song Contest [183][184][185][186][187] and National Song Contest
- FIFA World Cup (some coverage)
- Olympic Games (some coverage)
- People in Need Telethon[188]
- The Rose of Tralee[189]
- State funerals
- State visits
- The Late Late Toy Show
References
- ^ "Nine O'Clock News".
- ^ "Six One News".
- ^ "One O'Clock News".
- ^ a b c d e [1]
- ^ "Would You Believe". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
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In the following decades he presented a series of flagship current affairs programmes including Broadsheet, Newsbeat, 7 Days, Today Tonight and Prime Time. […] In December 2000, he presented an Irish historical programme 100 Years, a retrospective of events in Ireland over the 20th century.
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- ^ "Nuacht".
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Fine Gael's health spokesman, Dr James Reilly, said Mr Ahern's acting debut was not in keeping with what was expected of a former leader who was paid handsomely on retirement. […] The pair were speaking on RTÉ's The Week in Politics along with the Community minister Pat Carey.
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- ^ "'Aunty Poppy's Storytime' (1987)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ [6]
- ^ "Bishop Fulton Sheen and Denis O'Grady (1968)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
Bishop Sheen recorded a forty minute talk aimed at young people for broadcast by RTÉ. Entitled simply 'Bishop Fulton Sheen', it was televised on 3 October 1968.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l [9]
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- ^ "'Out On Your Own' (1976)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
- ^ "The presenters of the RTÉ Television young people's programme 'Pajo's Junkbox', during filming in Studio 2 in October 1986". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b [15]
- ^ "RTÉ broadcaster Ryan Tubridy reviewing books about Irish rock band U2 on the RTÉ Television young people's programme 'Scratch Saturday' in 1989". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ [16]
- ^ "'TV Gaga' (1985)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Wanderly Wagon at Cappagh Hospital (1969)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Graham Norton on Youngline (1981)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "'30 Years A-Glowing' was a day-long selection of programmes broadcast on New Year's Day 1992 to mark the 30th anniversary of RTÉ Television". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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- ^ [18]
- ^ [19]
- ^ [20]
- ^ "'Act of Betrayal' (1988)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ [21]
- ^ "Tony MacMahon on 'Ag Déanamh Ceoil' (1971)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
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- ^ "'Alert' presenters (1976)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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- ^ [31]
- ^ [32]
- ^ [33]
- ^ [34]
- ^ "Dolly MacMahon and Mary Jordan (1963)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ "'Ballymagash' (1983)".
- ^ [35]
- ^ [36]
- ^ "Group of musicians on the television studio set of the RTE traditional Irish music series 'Beirt Eile' in 1963". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Malcolm Muggeridge on 'Bestseller' (1976)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ [37]
- ^ [38]
- ^ [39]
- ^ [40]
- ^ [41]
- ^ "Irish musician Paddy Moloney during the filming of the RTÉ Television documentary 'The Blue Note', in Stillorgan, County Dublin in June 1981". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ [42]
- ^ [43]
- ^ [44]
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- ^ [46]
- ^ "Bull Island (circa 2000)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ [47]
- ^ "TV show contestants safe after ship sinks". 14 June 2003.
- ^ "Barry McGovern in 'Caught in a Free State' (1982)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "'Challenging Times' camera crew (1991)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "A hippopotamus with its mouth open in its enclosure at Dublin Zoo, photographed during the filming of a report for the RTÉ Television series on health matters, 'Check Up', in November 1991". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
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- ^ "The production crew on the RTE documentary series 'Discovery' setting up a shot at Cherry Orchard Traveller Camp, Dublin during filming in 1965".
- ^ [51]
- ^ [52]
- ^ "Broadcaster and academic Brian Farrell, on the set of RTÉ Television's 'Farrell', in Studio 2 in November 1996". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Breandán Ó hEithir presents 'Féach' (1975)".[dead link]
- ^ "'The Fenians' (1967)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ [53]
- ^ "Tom Savage interviews the Goldbergs on 'For Better, For Worse' (1977)". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
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- ^ [55]
- ^ [56]
- ^ "Irish singer Frances Black performing on 'The Gay Byrne Music Show' in June 2000". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Frank Kelly in 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly' (1979)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
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- ^ [58]
- ^ [59]
- ^ Murphy, John A (10 July 2005). "Haughey documentary was gripping television". Irish Independent.
John A Murphy is Emeritus Professor of Irish History at University College Cork.
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- ^ "'The Humours of Donnybrook' (1978)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
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- ^ [64]
- ^ "RTE/BBC broadcaster Terry Wogan with co-presenter (and fashion model) Suzanne MacDougald on the set of the RTE television quiz show 'Jackpot' in 1965". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Know Your Sport' team (1994)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
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- ^ "Leaders' Questions".
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- ^ "Tom Hickey and Geoffrey Golden in 'Love Is' (1981)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Mailbag on the new RTÉ symbol". 19 March 1987.
- ^ "Michael Dillon, on the set of RTE Television's agriculture programme 'Mart and Market', in 1967". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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- ^ "The Meaning of Life".
- ^ "Actors in a scene from the RTÉ Television production 'Messiah' in 1985". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ Humphreys, Joe (28 December 1999). "Millennium Eve broadcast will be largest yet for RTE". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Celine Hession Dancers on 'The Mountain Lark' (1985)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
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- ^ "Oireachtas Report".
- ^ "On the Street Where You Live".
- ^ "One to One".
- ^ "Derek Davis in 'Out of the Blue' publicity shot (1998) - 'Out of the Blue' featured filmed reports on people who worked on, or spent their leisure time enjoying, Ireland's rivers, lakes and sea". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
- ^ "The title sequence graphic for RTÉ Television's religious series 'Outlook' taken on 23 January 1974". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
- ^ [73]
- ^ "Broadcaster Marian Finucane presents RTÉ Television's books programme 'Paper Chase', during studio filming in late 1976/early 1977". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
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- ^ "'The Politics Programme' (1977)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
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- ^ "Taoiseach cites 'grievous drop' in RTÉ standards over Fr Reynolds libel case". BBC News. BBC. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "'Public Account' presenters (1983)". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
- ^ "A scene from the RTE television drama production 'Public Enemy' in 1962". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ "The final Questions and Answers". 29 June 2009.
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- ^ "School Around the Corner' in Galway (1963)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
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- ^ O'Flaherty, Eamon (2000). "RTÉ's Seven Ages". History Ireland: Vol VIII: Issue II.
- ^ "Bronislawa Kawalla on 'Simply Music' (1980) - 'Simply Music' featured recitals by classical musicians from Ireland and abroad". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Scannal - The Spike Monday 10th November 2008 RTÉ ONE 19.30".
- ^ "The State of Us".
- ^ "Strumpet City begins". 1979.
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- ^ "A shot of Joe Lynch as "Tull MacAdoo" and Mick Lally as "Mocky Fondoo" in the television programme, "Tales of Kilnavarna"". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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- ^ "'Top Ace' handball (1982)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
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- ^ "Tracks and Trails".
- ^ "'Treasure Ireland' was an eight-part series on antiques and collectibles in Ireland". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
- ^ "'The Treaty' was […] first broadcast on RTÉ on 5 December 1991 to mark the seventieth anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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- ^ "'Tuesday File' team (1993)". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
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- ^ "TV50 Programmes". TV50. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015.
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- ^ "Up for the Match: the enduring appeal of RTÉ's All-Ireland final hooley". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
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- ^ "'Waterways' Series Returns to RTÉ after Sixteen Years". Irish Film and Television Network. 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Hugh O'Conor in 'Fear of the Dark' (1986)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
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- ^ "'Word in Action' was a series comprised of twelve-minute programmes, focusing on how people proclaimed the Christian message". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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While O'Leary says the estimated £10 million per year in advertising revenue which Coronation Street pulled in for RTE "is on the high side", she did not want to "talk down" the programme which was one of RTE's most watched programmes in 2000.
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- ^ International. A County Practice.
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- ^ International. ER.
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- ^ International. Santa Barbara .
- ^ International. Simon & Simon .
- ^ International. Sons and Daughters .
- ^ International. The Sullivans .
- ^ "Studio 1 during European Elections coverage (1979) - RTÉ Television broadcast live coverage of the results from 10 and 11 June 1979". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Eurovision 2009". RTÉ Television.
- ^ "Eurovision 2011". RTÉ Television.
- ^ "Eurovision 2012". RTÉ Television.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2015". RTÉ Television.
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