2004 in Irish television explained

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

Events

January

• January – The licence fee increases by €2.^[1]

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.^[1]

July

• No events

August

• No events

September

• 29 September – Noel Dempsey is appointed Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.^[1]

October

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

November

• November – RTÉ publishes its RTÉ Guiding Principles – Implementing the Public Service Broadcasting Charter.^[1]

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

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
	TV3	RTÉ Two
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot	TV3	RTÉ Two
Looney Tunes	RTÉ Two	TG4

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

• (1961–present)
• (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)
• (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

External links

• List of 2004 Irish television series at IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: RTÉ Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life . Rte.ie . 3 January 2012.