1997 in Irish television
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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1997.
Events
January
- 8 January – Bob Collins is appointed Director-General of RTÉ.[1]
February
- No events
March
- 30 March – Channel 5, the UK's fifth and last terrestrial channel, launches at 6.00pm. The first faces seen are the Spice Girls, who perform 1-2-3-4-5, a rewritten version of the Manfred Mann song 5-4-3-2-1. The channel is available in some parts of Ireland.
April
- No events
May
- 3 May – Ireland hosts the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest. It is presented by Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating from the Point Theatre in Dublin. Televoting is introduced in five of the 25 countries competing.[1]
June
- 2 June – Long running US animated series The Simpsons starts airing on Irish television for the very first time after not being shown for a long time since it was a series of animated shorts on the US variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. It will be first broadcast on Network 2.
- 12 June – Síle de Valera is appointed Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands with responsibility for broadcasting.[1]
July
- No events
August
- No events
September
- September – The RTÉ Authority seeks permission from the Irish Government to find a partner to fund digital terrestrial television (DTT).[1]
October
- No events
November
- No events
December
- No events
Debuts
RTÉ 1
- 13 January – Summertime (1997)
- 14 June – Kennedy (1997)
- Autumn – PM Live (1997–1999)
Network 2
- 4 January –
- 4 January –
- 11 January –
- 21 January –
- 22 February –
- 1 May –
- 9 May –
- 19 May –
- 2 June –
- 3 June –
- 11 August –
- September – Later on 2 (1997–2000)
- 8 September –
- 8 September –
- 9 September –
- 10 September –
- 10 September –
- 11 September –
- 17 September –
- 20 September –
- 24 September –
- 18 October –
- 3 November –
- 15 November –
- 20 November –
- 24 November – A Scare at Bedtime (1997–2006)
- 1 December – Don't Feed the Gondolas (1997–2001)
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Teilifís na Gaeilge
- Undated –
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Changes of network affiliation
| Shows | Moved from | Moved to |
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Network 2 | RTÉ 1 |
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Network 2 | RTÉ 1 |
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Network 2 | RTÉ 1 |
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
- RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
- RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
- The Late Late Show (1962–present)
1970s
- The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
- RTÉ News on Two (1978–present)
- Bosco (1979–1998)
- The Sunday Game (1979–present)
1980s
- Glenroe (1983–2001)
- Saturday Live (1986–1999)
- Questions and Answers (1986–2009)
- The Den (1986–2010)
- Know Your Sport (1987–1998)
- Kenny Live (1988–1999)
- Fair City (1989–present)
- RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)
1990s
- Would You Believe (1990s–present)
- Winning Streak (1990–present)
- Challenging Times (1991–2001)
- Prime Time (1992–present)
- The Movie Show (1993–2001)
- No Disco (1993–2003)
- Echo Island (1994–1999)
- Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
- Fame and Fortune (1996–2006)
- Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
- Ros na Rún (1996–present)
Ending this year
- 26 March – Gerry Ryan Tonight (1995–1997)
- 30 May – Live at 3 (1986–1997)
- 31 July – Blackboard Jungle (1991–1997)
- 23 August – Kennedy (1997)
- 16 December – Upwardly Mobile (1995–1997)
- 20 December – Sports Stadium (1973–1997)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "RTÉ Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life". Rte.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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