7 Days (Ireland)
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7 Days (previously Seven Days) was a current affairs programme that was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s.
The first programme was broadcast on September 26, 1966 and quickly became the station's flagship current affairs programme. Among its presenters were John O'Donoghue, Bill O'Herlihy, Brian Farrell and Brian Cleeve. In 1967 the programme was merged with another current affairs programme, Division.
The current affairs programme, which often tackled subjects of public controversy in a forthright manner, found itself at the centre of several issues of conflict between RTÉ and the Irish Government in the late 1960s, which would lead to the resignation of one of the RTÉ executives.
The show was the first RTÉ-produced show to be shown in colour by RTÉ, although colour transmissions of imports predated it.
[edit] External links
- Clip of 7 Days from 1967 (Windows Media Player). Report on a public meeting about the Irish language.
- Excerpt of 7 Days from 1969 taken from the 1960s section of RTÉ's Libraries and Archives Web Site (RealMedia). Opening credits and John O'Donoghue on personal debt.
- Excerpt from 1971 taken from the 1970s section of the same web site (RealMedia). Opening credits and John O'Donoghue on the first Section 31 directive issued to RTÉ.
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| Comedy & Drama shows: The Blizzard of Odd | Bull Island | Hall's Pictorial Weekly | The Irish R.M. | The Panel | The Podge and Rodge Show | A Scare at Bedtime | Strumpet City | ||
| News & Current Affairs: Discovery | Nine O'Clock News | One O'Clock News | Prime Time | Questions and Answers | Reeling In The Years | 7 Days | Six One News | ||
| Chat shows: Kenny Live | The Late Late Show | The Live Mike | Tubridy Tonight | ||
| Soap operas: Bracken | Fair City | Glenroe | The Riordans | Tolka Row | ||
| Talent Contests: Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels | Charity You're A Star | You're A Star | ||
| Irish language: Buntús Cainte | Trom agus Éadrom | ||
| Children's: Bosco | The Den | Wanderly Wagon | ||
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See also: List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ |
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