1993 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1993.

List of years in Irish television (table)

Events

  • 12 January – Charlie McCreevy is appointed Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications with responsibility for broadcasting.[1]
  • 21 January – Michael D. Higgins is appointed Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht with responsibility for broadcasting.[1]
  • 15 May – Ireland hosts and wins the Eurovision Song Contest. The event is presented by Fionnuala Sweeney from Millstreet, County Cork, while the winning performance is given by Niamh Kavanagh with the Jimmy Walsh composition In Your Eyes.[1]
  • 6 June – The hit BBC children's animated television series The Animals of Farthing Wood begins on RTÉ. It is still being shown on Irish television to this very day.
  • 30 June – The Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act 1993 comes into law. The legislation concerns the production of independent television programmes.[1]
  • 25 September – Mary Mulcahy presents a brand new Saturday morning wrapper programme for children called Our House. Screening on Network 2 it plays programmes including an Irish dubbed version of The Animals of Farthing Wood, a new series of the puppet series The Rimini Riddle and for the very first time ever on Irish television the renowned 1960s puppetry television series Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (It had previously only been available to those who could receive UTV or HTV Wales).
  • 16 December – Postman Pat returns to air on Irish television for a second time on Network 2 and continues to run until 10 March 1994.
  • Undated – RTÉ establishes an Independent Production Unit as part of its response to the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act.[1]

Debuts

RTÉ 1

Network 2

UTV

Changes of network affiliation

Shows Moved from Moved to
Count Duckula Network 2 RTÉ 1
Butterfly Island RTÉ1 Network 2
/ Babar Network 2 RTÉ 1
/ The Animals of Farthing Wood RTÉ1 Network 2
A Little Princess RTÉ 1 Network 2
The Real Ghostbusters Network 2 RTÉ 1

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Ending this year

See also

References

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