1983 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1983.
Events
- 10 January – Satirical television programme Ballymagash premieres on RTÉ Television hosted by Frank Kelly.
- 11 September – The rural drama series Glenroe is first aired on RTÉ Television.
- 2 October – Murphy's Micro-Quiz-M is first aired. It is a quiz show which features the use of computers.
- 27 October – The International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences of the United States presents Salute to Irish Television, an evening of RTÉ Television programmes, at the Lincoln Center in New York City.
- 29 October – The Late Late Show is broadcast live from New York.
- 24 November – Access Community Television, a series of programmes made by groups such as seminarians, young travellers and Garda trainees first goes on air.
Debuts
RTÉ 1
- 6 January – / The Irish R.M.
- 10 January – Ballymagash
- 10 January – / The Coral Island
- 11 January – Andy Robson
- 17 January – The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
- 14 March – Into the Labyrinth
- 26 May – Under the Mountain
- 21 July – Come Midnight Monday
- 11 September – Glenroe
- 1 November – Pandamonium
- 9 November – The Nargun and the Stars
- Undated – Caught in a Free State
- Undated – ''The A-Team''
RTÉ 2
- 15 April – Boys from the Blackstuff
- 21 April – Breakpoint
- 16 November – ''Manimal''
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
1970s
1980s
- Today Tonight
- ''Mailbag''
Ending this year
- 28 March – Ballymagash
- Unknown - ''Caught in a Free State''
Births
- 19 June – Aidan Turner, actor