1969 in Spanish television explained

This is a list of Spanish television related events from 1969.

Events

• 14 February – The show El Irreal Madrid, directed by Valerio Lazarov, wins the Golden Nymph Award in the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.^[1]
• 22 February – Salomé is selected to represent Spain at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Vivo cantando". She is selected to be the ninth Spanish Eurovision entry during Festival de la canción española held at Teatro Balear in Palma De Mallorca.
• 29 March – The 14th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Spain shared the win of the contest, in a four-way tie with the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France. Salomé represents Spain, singing Vivo cantando.^[2]
• 20 July: TVE broadcasts Neil Armstrong's arrival to the moon, commented by Jesús Hermida, Spanish correspondent in New York City.^[3]
• 8 November: Adolfo Suárez is appointed Director General of RTVE.^[4]

Debuts

La 1

Television shows

La 1

Ending this year

La 1

• Edición especial (1963–1969)
• Día de fiesta (1966–1969)
• Mar, ese mundo maravilloso, La (1968–1969)
• Millón para el mejor, Un (1968–1969)
• Noches de Europa (1968–1969)
• Premio, El (1968–1969)

La 2

• Conozca usted España (1968–1969)
• Escritores en televisión (1968–1969)
• Hilo directo (1968–1969)
• Nuevas gentes (1968–1969)

Foreign series debuts in Spain

English title	Spanish title	Original title	Channel	Country	Performers
Arrest and Trial	Arresto y juicio	–	La 2		Ben Gazzara, Chuck Connors
Atom Ant	La hormiga atómica	–	La 1
Cain's Hundred	Yo fui criminal	–	La 2		Peter Mark Richman
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines	El Escuadrón diabólico	–	La 1
Gentle Ben	Mi oso y yo	--	La 1		Clint Howard
It Takes a Thief	El ladrón sin destino	–	La 1		Fred Astaire
Kimba the White Lion	Kimba, el león blanco	Janguru Taitei	La 1
Land of the Giants	Tierra de gigantes	–	La 1		Gary Conway
Star Trek	La conquista del espacio	--	La 2		William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
Stingray	El meteoro submarino	--	La 1
Strange Report	Enemigos del crimen	–	La 1		Anthony Quayle
Tarzan	Tarzán	–	La 1		Ron Ely
The High Chaparral	El Gran Chaparral	–	La 2		Leif Erickson

Births

• 6 February – Arancha de Benito, hostess.
• 16 February – Anne Igartiburu, hostess.
• 24 February – Fernando Tejero, actor.
• 29 March – Alicia Senovilla, hostess.
• 30 March – Isabel Serrano, actress.
• 13 June – Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, actress and hostess.
• 22 June – Ana Risueño, actress.
• 23 June – Alberto Chicote, chef and host.
• 27 June – Chiqui Fernández, actress.
• 27 June – Javier Coronas, comedian.
• 9 July – Carlos Leal, actor.
• 29 July – Marta Belenguer, actress.
• 6 August – Manu Carreño, host.
• 26 August – Jorge Sanz, actor.
• 25 September – Paz Padilla, comedian, actress and hostess.
• 3 October – César Heinrich, host.
• 8 October – Susanna Griso, hostess.
• 10 October – María Abradelo, hostess.
• 12 October – Judit Mascó, modelo and hostess.
• 27 October – Samantha Vallejo-Nágera, chef and hostess.
• 27 November – Natalia Millán, actress.
• 23 December – Secun de la Rosa, actor.
• Silvia Salgado Garrido|Silvia Salgado, hostess.

See also

• 1969 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 1969

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ninfa de Oro para El Irreal Madrid de TVE . . es. 15 February 1969.
2. Web site: Hace cuarenta años ganamos Eurovisión con Salomé. Redaction. eurovision-spain.com. es. 28 March 2009. 20 May 2014.
3. Web site: Jesús Hermida y RTVE.es rememoran la llegada del hombre a la Luna. 20 May 2014. es. 16 July 2009. RTVE.es. Madrid.
4. Web site: Adolfo Suárez: una vida dedicada a la política. Álvarez Gallardo. Beatriz. Madrid. 20 May 2014. es. 24 March 2014.