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.

As Seven Days, the first edition was broadcast on September 26, 1966 and it quickly became the station's flagship current affairs programme. Its presenters were John O'Donoghue, Brian Farrell and Brian Cleeve. In 1967 the programme was merged with another current affairs programme, Division and rebranded as 7 Days. As a result of this amalgamation, the team of presenters was expanded to include David Thornley, Ted Nealon, and Paddy Gallagher.

In 1968, it was announced that the current affairs programme, which often tackled subjects of public controversy in a forthright manner, was to be moved to the News Division within RTÉ. This led to a threatened strike and ultimately to the resignation of several of the programme's presenters.

7 Days was the first home-produced programme to be shown in colour by RTÉ, although colour transmissions of imports predated it.

[edit] References

• Dowling, Jack & Doolan, Lelia. Sit Down and Be Counted: The Cultural Evolution of a Television Station. Wellington Publishers (1969)
• Horgan, John. Broadcasting and Public Life: RTE News and Current Affairs 1926-1997. Four Courts Press (2004). ISBN 1851828397

[edit] External links

• Clip of 7 Days from 1967 (Windows Media Player). Report on a public meeting about the Irish language, featuring Brian Cleeve and John O'Donoghue.
• 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.

Radio Telefís Éireann original programmes
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 | Seoige and O'Shea
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 | The Morbegs | Wanderly Wagon
Music: The Last Broadcast
See also: List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ