2004 In Irish Television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2004.

Events

January

*January – The licence fee increases by €2.

February

*2 February – The Granada plc share of TV3 is taken over by ITV plc upon the merger of Granada with Carlton.

Mach

*No events

April

*No events

May

*24 May – ''Sky News Ireland'' is launched.

June

*June – The Public Service Broadcasting Charter is published by Dermot Ahern, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

July

*No events

August

*No events

September

*29 September – Noel Dempsey is appointed Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

October

*2 October – Network 2 is rebranded as RTÉ Two.

November

*November – RTÉ publishes its ''RTÉ Guiding Principles – Implementing the Public Service Broadcasting Charter''.

December

*No events

Debuts

RTÉ

*5 January – ''Proof'' on RTÉ One (2004–2005)
*16 January – ''Super Duper Sumos'' on RTÉ Two (2002–2003)
*23 March – ''Snailsbury Tales'' on RTÉ Two (2002–2005)
*4 May – ''Astro Boy'' on RTÉ Two (2003–2004)
*30 June – ''Fergus McPhail'' on RTÉ Two (2004)
*4 September – ''Little Red Tractor'' on RTÉ Two (2004–2007)
*7 September – ''Kid Paddle'' on RTÉ Two (2003–2006)
*14 September – ''Pingu'' on RTÉ Two (2003–2006)
*9 September – ''Hanging with Hector'' on RTÉ One (2004–2008)
*18 October – ''Tubridy Tonight'' on RTÉ One (2004–2009)
*1 November – ''Foreign Exchange'' on RTÉ Two (2004)
*Autumn – ''The Afternoon Show'' on RTÉ One (2004–2010)
*Undated – ''Balamory'' on RTÉ Two (2002–2005)
*Undated – ''Jacob Two-Two'' on RTÉ Two (2003–2006)
*Undated – ''Ryan Confidential'' on RTÉ One (2004–2010)
*Undated – ''Tractor Tom'' on RTÉ Two (2002–2004)

TG4

*6 January – ''X-DuckX'' (2001–2006)

Changes of network affiliation

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'' (1978–2014)
*''The Sunday Game'' (1979–present)

1980s

*''Dempsey's Den'' (1986–2010)
*'' Questions and Answers'' (1986–2009)
*''Fair City'' (1989–present)
*'' RTÉ News: One O'Clock'' (1989–present)

1990s

*''Would You Believe'' (1990s–present)
*''Winning Streak'' (1990–present)
*''Prime Time'' (1992–present)
*''Nuacht RTÉ'' (1995–present)
*''Fame and Fortune'' (1996–2006)
*''Nuacht TG4'' (1996–present)
*''Ros na Rún'' (1996–present)
*'' A Scare at Bedtime'' (1997–2006)
*'' The Premiership/Premier Soccer Saturday'' (1998–2013)
*'' Sports Tonight'' (1998–2009)
*''TV3 News'' (1998–present)
*'' The View'' (1999–2011)
*''Ireland AM'' (1999–present)
*''Telly Bingo'' (1999–present)

2000s

*'' Nationwide'' (2000–present)
*''TV3 News at 5.30'' (2001–present)
*''You're a Star'' (2002–2008)
*''Play it Again Des'' (2003–2005)
*'' Auld Ones'' (2003–2007)
*''Killinaskully'' (2003–2008)
*'' The Clinic'' (2003–2009)
*'' The Panel'' (2003–2011)
*''Against the Head'' (2003–present)
*''news2day'' (2003–present)
*'' Other Voices'' (2003–present)

Ending this year

*April – '' Open House'' (1999–2004)
*23 July – ''All Kinds of Everything'' (2003–2004)
*14 August – ''Agenda'' (1999–2004)
*29 October- '' Reeling In The Years'' but was back with 2000's in 2010 & 2010's in 2021.

See also

* 2004 in Ireland

References

External links

List of 2004 Irish television series
at IMDb

{{Years in TV by country, 2004