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.
30 June – Long running US animated series The Simpsons starts airing on Irish television for the 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 starting off with the final episode of the first season "
Some Enchanted Evening" (which was originally meant to be the first episode of the series despite being the first one to be produced and made).
July
No events
August
No events
September
2 September – Long running American-Canadian animated series Arthur based on
Marc Brown's well known books begins airing for the first time on Irish television on
Teilifís na Gaeilge as part of its children's block Cúlabúla. It was translated and dubbed into Irish with the title Art ó Ruíarc although the original English version can be viewed on
BBC and
Nickelodeon via access to UK television broadcasting. The English version will start airing on
Network 2 in 2003.
24 November – The two mean puppet characters
Podge and Rodge from the long running children's programme The Den star in their very own adults only series A Scare at Bedtime. The first episode premieres on
Network 2.
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.
30 June – Long running US animated series The Simpsons starts airing on Irish television for the 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 starting off with the final episode of the first season "
Some Enchanted Evening" (which was originally meant to be the first episode of the series despite being the first one to be produced and made).
July
No events
August
No events
September
2 September – Long running American-Canadian animated series Arthur based on
Marc Brown's well known books begins airing for the first time on Irish television on
Teilifís na Gaeilge as part of its children's block Cúlabúla. It was translated and dubbed into Irish with the title Art ó Ruíarc although the original English version can be viewed on
BBC and
Nickelodeon via access to UK television broadcasting. The English version will start airing on
Network 2 in 2003.
24 November – The two mean puppet characters
Podge and Rodge from the long running children's programme The Den star in their very own adults only series A Scare at Bedtime. The first episode premieres on
Network 2.