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      This is a list of television programmes to have been broadcast on the children's television strand The Den of RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland from 1986 until its conclusion.


      Creature Feature


      Éanna ni Lamhna presented Creature Feature. It had a nature theme.


      Draw with Don


      Each week Don Conroy would arrive at the studio to draw a picture (often of his beloved owls) or read from one of his children's books. The Den presenter, on his own sketchpad, would typically try to mimic Don's style; he would inevitably fail to match Don. Towards the end, Don would show the viewers a selection of drawings sent to him over the course of that week.


      Echo Island



      Echo Island —a "children's magazine" show along the lines of Blue Peter—first aired in 1994. The time of transmission was between 17:00 and 17:30. It ran three days a week for the first season, adding an extra programme at the start of the second season in September 1995, with two in English and the other two as Gaeilge. It was renamed Echo in 1999 (for its final season). Original hosts were Derek Mooney and Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh. Comedian Dara Ó Briain, who has since become recognisable abroad, spent most of his RTÉ career on Echo Island from 1995 onwards. Carrie Crowley joined the show in 1996, later achieving global recognition by presenting Eurovision Song Contest 1997.


      FISH



      An acronym for Friday It Starts Here, this was a weekly show presented by Danann Breathnach and Louise Loughman during the Den2 era.


      The Grip


      Ryle Nugent presented this sports programme from 1994 until 1998.


      Happy Birthday


      Every day (even on Christmas Day), photographs of children would roll along the screen commemorating their birthdays, after which a music video would be shown.


      Pop Gossip


      Simon Young, a former disc jockey with RTÉ 2fm, would present a weekly popular music news chat with Dempsey and D'Arcy. Emma Ledden succeeded Young in the mid-1990s; from there she transferred to MTV Europe in the late 1990s.


      Stream


      Five of these aired, each on a different day of the week.

      Mondays had Quiz Stream
      In Quiz Stream, two teams of three boys or three girls faced each other. The first to answer six questions correctly (spelling out S-T-R-E-A-M in lights before them) won.
      Tuesdays had Pet Stream and, later, Style Stream
      Wednesdays had Cyber Stream
      Star Stream would presumably therefore have been on Thursdays
      Fridays had Sports Stream


      The Works


      Mary Kingston presented The Works on Wednesdays between 17:00 and 17:30 (just before Spider-Man).


      The Yes-No Game Show



      The Yes-No Game Show ran from roughly 1995 to 1998 and happened twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Two children would partake in this, seated behind a desk upon which lay a selection of their favourite soft toys, which would be introduced in advance. The children would attempt to answer questions on themselves without the use of "Yes" or "No". If they lasted a desirable length, many prizes would be bestowed upon them, including the coveted Yes-No Game Show winners' mug. If they stumbled into a "Yes" or a "No" they received all the prizes anyway, apart from the mug. This was later part of Dustin's Daily News, running for a few weeks at a time before a break.
      Various successor quizzes featured on The Den, including The Furry Green Telly Quiz and The Furry Blue Telly Quiz. When the Furry Green Telly Quiz "stopped", there was a running gag that Dustin was working on a new quiz which promised to be bigger and better. This new quiz was kept under wraps and hidden under a blanket at the back of the studio. Finally, after much anticipation, Dustin proudly unveiled the new game... The Furry Blue Telly Quiz. There was also The Big Bus Quiz. During the Den2 era there were also holiday-themed "challenges" (e.g. a Pumpkin Challenge at Halloween, a Mince Pie Challenge at Christmas, an Easter Egg Challenge at Easter). Viewers would telephone in and pick from a selection of the eponymous challenges, laid out and numbered on the desk in front of Damo, to reveal a prize.


      Imported programming


      101 Dalmatians: The Series
      The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
      2 Stupid Dogs
      64 Zoo Lane
      Amigo and Friends
      Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
      Action League Now
      Action Man (1995 series)
      Action Man (2000 series)
      The Addams Family (1992 series)
      The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky
      The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
      The Adventures of Hyperman
      The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
      The Adventures of Paddington Bear
      The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy
      The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
      The Adventures of Sam
      The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
      Sonic the Hedgehog
      The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
      The Adventures of the Gummi Bears
      The Adventures of Tintin
      Aladdin
      Albie
      Alias the Jester
      All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
      All Grown Up!
      Alex Adventure
      Alex and Alexis
      The All-New Popeye Show
      Alvin and the Chipmunks
      The Chipmunks Go to the Movies
      The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers
      Angelina Ballerina
      The Angry Beavers
      The Animal Shelf
      The Animals of Farthing Wood
      Animaniacs (sometimes airs on TG4)
      Animated Hero Classics
      Animated Tales of the World (also aired on TG4)
      Animated Video Treasures
      Anthony Ant
      Around the World in 80 Days
      Around the World with Willy Fogg
      Arthur (originally aired on TG4)
      Astro Boy
      As Told By Ginger
      Atomic Betty (later shown on Cúla 4 in 2010)
      The Avengers: United They Stand
      A.T.O.M.
      The Babaloos
      Babar
      Baby Follies (dubbed into Irish with the title Tír na hÓige, later aired on TG4)
      Back to the Future
      Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond
      Batman: The Brave and the Bold
      The New Batman Adventures
      The Bear's Island
      Beethoven
      Beetlejuice
      The Berenstain Bears
      Bernard
      Beyblade
      Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (originally aired on TV3)
      Biker Mice from Mars
      Biker Mice from Mars (2006 series)
      Bimble's Bucket
      Bob Morane
      Bobobobs
      Bonkers
      Bouli (later aired on TG4 in 1996 and returned to air on Network 2 in 1999)
      Braceface
      Brand Spankin' New! Doug
      Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
      Bratz
      BraveStarr
      Bright Sparks
      The Bugs Bunny Show
      Bugs Bunny Specials
      Bugtime Adventures
      Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
      The Buzz on Maggie
      Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
      Caillou
      The California Raisin Show
      Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
      Captain Cook's Travels
      Captain Flamingo
      Captain Fracasse
      Captain Planet
      The New Adventures of Captain Planet
      Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
      Captain Zed and the Zee Zone
      Cardcaptors
      Cardcaptor Sakura
      Care Bears
      The Care Bears Family
      Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
      Casper
      Casper and the Angels
      Casper and Friends
      The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
      CatDog
      Catscratch
      Cave Kids
      CBS Storybreak
      ChalkZone
      Charlie and Lola
      Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
      Chucklewood Critters
      Class of the Titans
      Classical Disney Cartoons
      Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald
      Combo Niños
      Cool McCool
      Corneil and Bernie
      Count Duckula
      The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
      Courage the Cowardly Dog
      Cow and Chicken
      Creepy Crawlers
      Curious George (later aired on TG4)
      Cyborg 009
      Danny Phantom
      Darkwing Duck
      Dastardly and Muttley (later aired on TG4)
      David and the Gnomes
      Defenders of the Earth
      Detention
      Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996 series)
      Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 series) (later aired on TG4)
      Dexter's Laboratory
      Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
      Diabolik
      Digimon
      Dink, the Little Dinosaur
      Dinky-Winky Circus
      Dino Babies
      Dinosaucers
      Dinosaur King
      Dinozaurs
      Dirty Rat Tales
      Donald's Quack Attack
      Doctor Dolittle
      Doctor Snuggles
      Dog and Cat
      Dog City
      Dogstar
      Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
      The Return of Dogtanian
      Doug
      The Dreamstone
      Droopy
      Dr. Seuss Specials
      DuckTales (Original series)
      Earthworm Jim
      Ed, Edd n Eddy
      Edward and Friends
      Eddy and the Bear
      Erky Perky
      European Folk Tales
      Extreme Dinosaurs
      The Fabulous Fleischer Folio
      Faireez
      The Fairly OddParents
      The Fairytaler
      Fantaghirò
      Fantastic Four (1978 series)
      The Fantastic Flying Journey
      The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
      Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
      Fennec
      Fiddley Foodle Bird
      Fifi and the Flowertots
      Fievel's American Tails
      Fillmore!
      The Flintstones
      The Flintstone Kids
      Foofur
      Foxbusters
      Foxtales
      Fracasse
      Franklin
      Free Willy
      The Frog Show
      The Fruitties
      The Funky Phantom
      Funny Little Bugs
      Gadget and the Gadgetinis
      Gadget Boy & Heather
      Garfield and Friends
      Gargoyles
      George and Martha
      George of the Jungle
      George Shrinks
      Gerald McBoing-Boing
      Get Ed
      Ghostbusters
      Extreme Ghostbusters
      The Real Ghostbusters
      Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters
      The Gnoufs
      Gladiator Academy
      The Glo Friends (Christmas special only)
      Godzilla: The Animated Series (originally aired on TV3)
      Goof Troop
      Gordon the Garden Gnome
      Grimm's Fairy Tales
      Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
      Grossology
      Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
      Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
      Henry's Cat
      Hercules
      Hey Arnold!
      Histeria!
      Hokey Wolf
      He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
      Horrible Histories (2001 series)
      Horrid Henry (later aired on TG4)
      House of Mouse
      The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats
      Hoze Houndz
      Hurricanes
      The Huckleberry Hound Show
      I Am Weasel
      If You'd Believe This
      Iggy Arbuckle
      The Incredible Hulk
      Inspector Gadget (Original series) (later aired on TG4 and then returned to air on Network 2 in 2000)
      Inspector Mouse
      Inuk
      Iron Kid
      Iron Man: Armored Adventures
      Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight
      Iznogoud
      Jackie Chan Adventures
      Jacob Two-Two
      James Bond Jr.
      The Jetsons
      Johnny Bravo
      Jonny Quest
      Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
      Jumanji
      Jungle Beat
      Junglies
      Juniper Jungle
      Just So Stories
      KaBlam!
      Kangaroo Creek Gang
      Ketchup: Cats Who Cook
      Kid Clones from Outer Space
      Kid Paddle
      The Kids from Room 402
      Kim Possible
      Kimba the White Lion
      King Arthur's Disasters
      Kipper
      Kit and Kaboodle
      K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments
      The Legend of Prince Valiant
      The Legend of Tarzan
      The Legend of White Fang
      The Legends of Treasure Island
      Lilo & Stitch: The Series
      Lilly the Witch
      The Lionhearts
      Little Bear
      The Little Mermaid
      Little Princess
      Little Wizards
      Lloyd in Space
      Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (later aired on TG4)
      Loopy De Loop
      The Lost World
      Ludwig
      Madeline
      Madeline Specials
      The New Adventures of Madeline
      Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
      Magic Adventures of Mumfie (originally aired on TG4)
      The Magic Crown
      The Magic School Bus
      The Magician
      Magi-Nation
      Maisy
      Make Way for Noddy
      Noddy in Toyland
      Marsupilami (1993 series)
      Marsupilami (2000 series)
      Martin Mystery
      Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
      The Mask: Animated Series
      Max & Ruby
      Maya the Honey Bee
      Max Steel
      Medabots
      Men in Black: The Animated Series
      Metalheads
      Mighty Ducks
      Mighty Max
      Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
      Mighty Mouse and Friends
      Mike, Lu & Og
      Miss BG
      Moomin (1990 series)
      The Moonkys
      Mr. Benn
      Mega Man
      Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
      Mr. Men
      Mr. Men and Little Miss
      Mona the Vampire (originally aired on TV3)
      Monster Buster Club
      Monty
      Mort & Phil
      Mouse and Mole
      Mumble Bumble
      Mummies Alive!
      The Mummy
      Mummy Nanny
      Muppet Babies
      The Mysterious Cities of Gold
      Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
      My Dad the Rock Star
      My Gym Partner's a Monkey
      My Life as a Teenage Robot
      NASCAR Racers
      Ned's Newt
      The Neverending Story
      The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
      The New Adventures of Ocean Girl
      The New Adventures of Speed Racer
      The New Adventures of the Shoe People
      The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
      The New Adventures of Zorro
      New Friends of the Forest
      The New Pink Panther Show
      The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
      The New Woody Woodpecker Show
      The New World of the Gnomes
      Nilus the Sandman
      Noah's Island
      Oggy and the Cockroaches
      Once Upon a Time... Space
      Once Upon a Time... Life
      Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
      Orson and Olivia
      Oscar and Friends
      Ovide Video
      The Oz Kids
      Papa Beaver's Storytime
      Paw Paws
      Pecola
      Peep and the Big Wide World
      PB&J Otter
      Pelswick
      The Puppy's Further Adventures
      Pepper Ann
      Papyrus
      Percy the Park Keeper
      Peter Swift and the Little Circus
      The Pink Panther Show
      Pink Panther and Friends
      Pink Panther and Sons
      Pinky and the Brain
      Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain
      Pip the Appleseed Knight
      Pippi Longstocking
      The Pirate Family
      Pitt And Kantrop
      Pixie and Dixie
      Planet Sketch
      Pocket Dragon Adventures
      Pocoyo
      Pokémon; Indigo League
      Pongwiffy
      Popeye and Son
      Potsworth & Co
      The Powerpuff Girls (Original series)
      Preston Pig
      Princess Sissi
      Prince of Atlantis
      The Proud Family
      The Puff the Magic Dragon films
      A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
      The Puppy's New Adventures
      Quack Pack
      The Raccoons
      The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
      The Real Story of...
      ReBoot
      Recess
      Redbeard the Pirate
      Redwall
      Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall
      Martin the Warrior: A Tale of Redwall
      Rescue Heroes
      Ric the Raven
      The Riddlers
      Road Rovers
      The Road Runner Show
      RoboCop: Alpha Commando
      Rocket Power
      Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
      Rolie Polie Olie
      Ruby Gloom
      Rupert
      Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...
      The Roman Holidays
      Rotten Ralph
      Rugrats
      Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist
      Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
      Sabrina: The Animated Series
      Sailor Moon
      Sandokan
      Santo Bugito (later aired on TV3)
      Satellite City
      The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
      The Secret Show
      The Secret World of Santa Claus
      Sergeant Stripes
      Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
      The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
      The New Scooby-Doo Movies
      Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
      Scooby, Scrappy & Yabba Doo
      Scruff
      Seabert
      Sharky & George
      Sheeep
      Sheep in the Big City
      She-Ra: Princess of Power
      Shin Chan
      Shinzo
      Shuriken School
      SilverHawks
      The Silver Brumby
      Silver Surfer
      Simba: The King Lion (originally aired on TG4)
      The Simpsons
      SimsalaGrimm
      Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
      The Smoggies
      The Smurfs
      Snailsbury Tales
      Sniffles
      Snorks
      Sonic X
      Space Ghost and Dino Boy
      Space Stars
      Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
      SpongeBob SquarePants
      Speed Racer
      Spider-Man: The Animated Series
      Spider-Man
      Spider-Man Unlimited
      The Spectacular Spider-Man
      Spirou & Fantasio
      Spit MacPhee
      SpongeBob SquarePants (movie only, the series mostly airs on TG4)
      Spot
      Static Shock
      The Story Keepers
      Storybook World
      Street Sharks
      Super Duper Sumos
      The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
      The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
      Super Mario World
      Superman
      Superman: The Animated Series
      Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
      SuperTed (later aired on TG4)
      The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
      Tak and the Power of Juju
      Taz-Mania
      Teen Titans
      Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (1987 series)
      Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (2003 series)
      Thunderbirds 2086
      Thundercats
      The Tick
      Timberwood Tales
      Timbuctoo
      Time Riders
      Timon & Pumbaa
      Timothy Goes to School
      Tiny Toon Adventures
      Toad Patrol
      The Tofus
      Tom and Jerry (later aired on TG4)
      Tom and Jerry Kids
      Toonimals!
      Toonsylvania
      The Toothbrush Family
      Top Cat (later aired on TG4)
      Totally Spies!
      Toucan Tecs
      Touché Turtle and Dum Dum
      Tracey McBean
      Transformers
      Transformers: Animated
      Transformers: Armada
      Transformers: Cybertron
      Transformers: Energon
      Trollz
      The Trouble with Sophie
      Tugs
      Tutenstein
      Twins
      The Ugly Duckling and Me!
      The Fantastic Adventures of the Ugly Duckling
      Ultraforce
      The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse
      Valley of the Dinosaurs
      Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime
      Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
      Wallace and Gromit
      Wally Gator
      Walter Melon
      Watership Down
      We All Have Tales
      What-a-Mess
      What's With Andy?
      Where's Wally?
      Wicked
      Widget
      Wildfire
      The Wild Thornberrys
      Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
      Will and Dewitt
      William's Wish Wellingtons
      Willy Fog
      The Wind in the Willows
      The Wind in the Willows Collection
      Wisdom of the Gnomes
      The Wizard of Oz
      Wolves, Witches and Giants
      The World of David the Gnome
      The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
      The World of Strawberry Shortcake
      The Wuzzles
      X-Men
      X-Men: Evolution
      The X's
      Xyber 9: New Dawn
      Yakkity Yak
      Yogi Bear
      Yogi's Treasure Hunt
      Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter
      Yu-Gi-Oh!
      Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
      Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
      The Zeta Project
      Zoe Kezako
      Zoom the White Dolphin
      24Seven
      3-2-1 Contact
      The Adventures of Pete and Pete (originally aired on TV3)
      The Adventures of Scrapiron O'Toole
      The Adventures of the Black Stallion
      Adventures on Kythera
      Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars
      ALF
      All Change
      All For One
      Andrew's Ark
      Animal Alphabet
      Animal Ark
      Animal Spies!
      Animorphs
      Aquila
      Are You Afraid of the Dark?
      ARK, the Adventures of Animal Rescue Kids
      A.J.'s Time Travelers
      Barriers
      The Basil Brush Show
      Batman
      The Beachcombers
      Being Eve
      Bernard's Watch
      Beyond the Break
      Big Kids
      Big Wolf on Campus
      Blue Water High
      Boogies Diner
      The Box of Delights
      The Boy from Andromeda
      The Brady Bunch
      Breaker High
      Brothers by Choice
      Butterfly Island
      Byker Grove
      California Dreams
      The Campbells
      Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
      The Castle of Adventure
      The Castaways
      Catweazle
      Children's Island
      Children's Ward
      The Chimpmates
      The Chronicles of Narnia
      City Tails
      Clarissa Explains It All
      Clowning Around
      Cockleshell Bay
      Codename Icarus
      Comedy Capers
      The Coral Island
      Cornflakes for Tea
      The Cosby Show
      The Crayon Box
      Custer's Last Stand-up
      Danger Bay
      Demolition Dad
      The Demon Headmaster
      Dominic
      The Doombolt Chase
      Don't Eat the Neighbours
      Drake and Josh
      Dramarama
      Drama 7
      Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
      Elephant Boy
      The Elephant Show
      Emlyn's Moon
      The Enid Blyton Adventure Series
      The Enid Blyton Secret Series
      Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands
      Escape from Jupiter
      Even Stevens
      Fame
      The Famous Five
      Fergus McPhail
      Five Children and It
      Flash Gordon (1954 series)
      Flight 29 Down
      Flipper (1964 series)
      Flipper (1995 series)
      Follyfoot
      Foreign Exchange
      Forest Friends
      Fraggle Rock
      The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
      Fudge
      Gather Your Dreams
      The Gemini Factor
      The Genie from Down Under
      Gentle Ben
      Get Smart
      The Girl from Tomorrow
      Goosebumps
      Gophers!
      The Green Light
      The Growing Summer
      Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
      Hang Time
      Hannah Montana
      Hannibal's Footsteps
      The Happy Castle
      Happy Days
      Harry and the Hendersons
      Harry and the Wrinklies
      Harry's Mad
      The Haunted School
      Heidi
      The Henderson Kids
      Henry's Leg
      Hero Turtles: The Next Mutation
      Hi-5 (Australian series)
      Hi-5 (British series)
      High Flyers
      Hills End
      Hollywood 7
      Holly's Heroes
      Horace and Tina
      How
      Hypernauts
      iCarly
      Into the Labyrinth
      Jackson Pace: The Great Years
      Jim Henson's Animal Show
      Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories
      Joe 90
      Joey and Redhawk
      Josie Smith
      The Journey of Allen Strange
      Just Jordan
      Just William (1977 series)
      Kaboodle
      Katts and Dog
      Kelly
      Kenan & Kel
      The Kids of Degrassi Street
      Knight Rider
      Lassie (1954 series)
      The New Lassie
      Lassie (1997 series)
      The Latest Buzz
      Laurel and Hardy
      LazyTown
      A Little Princess
      Little Sir Nicholas
      The Littlest Hobo
      Los Luchadores
      The Lost Children
      L.A. 7
      The Legend of the Hidden City
      Masked Rider
      Matt's Million
      Mental Block
      Microsoap
      Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
      Mike and Angelo
      Minty
      Mirror, Mirror
      Mirror, Mirror II
      Mission Top Secret
      The Monkees
      Monster Warriors
      Moonacre
      Moondial
      Mork & Mindy
      Mortified
      Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book
      Mr Majeika
      Mr. Merlin
      Mr Wymi
      The Munsters Today
      The Muppet Show
      Muppets Tonight
      My Best Friend is an Alien
      My Parents Are Aliens
      Naturally, Sadie
      Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
      The New Addams Family
      Nobody's House
      No Sweat
      Ocean Girl
      The Odyssey
      Our Gang
      Our House
      The Owl Service
      OWL/TV
      Pals
      The Parkers
      Phil of the Future
      The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997 series)
      Pig's Breakfast
      Power Rangers Dino Thunder
      Power Rangers in Space
      Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
      Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
      Power Rangers Mystic Force
      Power Rangers Ninja Storm
      Power Rangers Time Force
      Power Rangers Wild Force
      Press Gang
      The Princess and the Flying Shoemaker
      The Prisoner of Zenda
      Professor Popper's Problem
      Pugwall
      Pugwall's Summer
      The Queen's Nose
      Radio Free Roscoe
      Ramona
      Renford Rejects
      Retrace
      Return of the Antelope
      Return to Treasure Island
      Roger and the Rottentrolls
      Round the Twist
      Ruby & the Rockits
      Runaway Bay
      S Club 7 Go Wild!
      Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
      Samson Superslug
      Saved by the Bell
      Saved by the Bell: The New Class
      The Second Voyage of the Mimi
      The Secret of Eel Island
      The Secret of the Stone
      The Secret World of Alex Mack
      The Secret World of Polly Flint
      Seriously Weird
      Shining Time Station (Christmas special only)
      Ship to Shore
      Shoebox Zoo
      Sidekicks
      Silver Spoons
      Simon and the Witch
      Sister, Sister
      Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
      The Sleepover Club
      So Little Time
      So Weird
      Snobs
      Snub TV
      Spellbinder
      Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord
      Star Runner
      Steel Riders
      Stingray
      The Story of Tracy Beaker
      The Storyteller: Greek Myths
      Strangers
      The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
      Supergran
      Sweat
      Sweet Valley High
      Swiss Family Robinson
      The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
      Thunderbirds Classic
      T-Bag
      That's So Raven
      Thunderstone
      Tomorrow's World
      Treasure in Malta
      The Treasure Seekers
      The Tribe
      True Tilda
      Two of a Kind
      Unfabulous
      The Village by the Sea
      Wanted Dead or Alive
      The Wayne Manifesto
      Weirdsister College
      When I Grow Up
      Whizziwig
      Wild Kat
      Wild Island
      Wishbone
      Wizbit
      Wonderstruck
      Woody Woodpecker
      Woof!
      Worst Best Friends
      The Worst Witch
      The New Worst Witch
      Worzel Gummidge
      Worzel Gummidge Down Under
      The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
      Young Dracula
      The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
      Young Sherlock Holmes
      The Zack Files
      Zoey 101
      Zoo Family
      Zorro (1990 series)
      Pre-school/stop motion
      3rd & Bird
      Andy Pandy
      Balamory
      Bananas in Pyjamas
      Barney and Friends (later aired on 3e)
      Bear in the Big Blue House
      The Beeps
      Big Cook, Little Cook
      Bill and Ben
      Binka
      The Blobs
      Bob the Builder
      Bob the Builder: Project Build It
      Boohbah
      Boo!
      Brambly Hedge
      The Brollys
      Brum
      Budgie the Little Helicopter
      Bump
      Bump in the Night
      Busytown Mysteries
      Caillou (later aired on 3e)
      Charlie Chalk
      Construction Site
      Cooking for Kids with Luis
      Chuggington
      Dig and Dug
      Dream Street
      The Doodlebops
      Engie Benjy
      Ferry Boat Fred
      Fetch the Vet
      Fifi and the Flowertots
      Fimbles
      Fireman Sam
      The Forgotten Toys
      Funnybones
      The Gingerbread Man
      Henry's World
      Higglytown Heroes
      Hilltop Hospital
      In the Night Garden...
      It's a Big Big World
      Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
      Johnson and Friends
      Joshua Jones
      The Koala Brothers
      The Land Before Time
      Lavender Castle
      Little Einsteins
      Little Monsters (originally aired on TG4)
      Little Red Tractor
      Little Robots
      Little Zoo
      Lizzie's Library
      Long, Long Ago
      Louie
      Lunar Jim
      Magic Mountain
      Merlin the Magical Puppy
      Me Too!
      Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
      Mopatop's Shop
      Mouse and Mole
      Noddy
      Oakie Doke
      The Ozlets
      Paddington Bear
      Peppa Pig
      Picme
      Pingu (later aired on 3e)
      Postman Pat
      Postman Pat Specials (first two specials only)
      Postman Pat Special Delivery Service
      Potamus Park
      Raggs
      Roary the Racing Car
      Rocket Monkeys
      Roobarb and Custard Too
      Romuald the Reindeer (Dubbed into Irish with the title Bómán and originally shown on TG4)
      The Roly Mo Show
      Rosie and Jim
      Rubbadubbers
      Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...
      The Save-Ums!
      Sesame Street
      Shaun the Sheep
      Timmy Time
      The Shiny Show
      The Story Store
      Thomas & Friends
      Teletubbies (Original series) (also airs on TG4)
      Timbuctoo
      Titch
      Teddy Trucks
      Tots TV
      Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
      Tractor Tom
      Truckers
      Tweenies
      Underground Ernie
      The Wiggles
      Waybuloo
      Wil Cwac Cwac
      Will Vinton Classics
      The Wombles (1998 series)
      Yoho Ahoy


      Budget Day


      Normal programming would be suspended on "Budget Day" and children tuning in would instead be treated to RTÉ News's coverage of the Budget speech by the Finance Minister presented by Brian Farrell.


      Summer


      Initially, The Den broke for the summer months, returning when children went back to school in September. From 1996 to 1997, The Swamp replaced The Den as a weekday strand during the summer. Mossy Ferguson, Rory and Rasher Bacon presented The Swamp. The Swamp took place in a chip-van and later a shop. The cast were involved in plots, such as saving Rasher from an eagle and getting rid of a vampire. Skelly, a talking skeleton, made several guest appearances on the show. In 1997–1998, The Swamp was aired on Saturdays and Sundays, while The Den was broadcast on weekdays. Although The Swamp proved a successful venture, RTÉ cancelled it in May 1998, much to the disappointment of its fans.
      In its latter years, The Den remained on air during the summer. However, there were often either replacement presenters (Aidan Power and a girl called Aoileann, for example) and/or weeks when there was no live presentation.
      Another earlier summer replacement for The Den aired for one summer between 26 June and 1 September 1995. This was Jump Around, presented by Joe Rooney with the assistance of Agnes Detortois.


      Morning


      Initially, The Den aired only in the afternoons. Then came Soky's Big Little Morning Show, with Soky and Geri Maye.


      TV specials




      = Christmas

      =
      The Christmas period was noted for having two specials, one bizarrely overdramatic one on Christmas Eve and another slightly more realistic and rational one on Christmas Day. The Den was the only TV programme (besides the news) to be broadcast live around Ireland on Christmas Day.
      During December, The Den would go off air for a few days, during which the Christmas special (to be broadcast on Christmas Eve) would be filmed. This almost always involved a trip to Lapland and an improbable but amusing plot in which the cast had to somehow save Christmas, often having to rescue Santa Claus from some perilous event. Children with serious illnesses would often accompany the cast, as an extension of their Make a Wish programme. The elves would be shown at work as they prepared for the events of Christmas Eve and Socky might feed carrots to the reindeer. In the earlier days, RTÉ newsreader Vere Wynne-Jones would often be given a cameo role reading a newsflash concerning Zig and Zag (Zig was given one last chance by Santa to be good one year, or Christmas would be cancelled), or the mysterious disappearance of Santa Claus.
      The Christmas special would be given a prime time slot on RTÉ 1. One such Christmas programme managed to coincide with one of the most important events of the twentieth century. In December 1991, The Den crew went to Moscow to film their special, which was perfectly calm, as one would expect for a children's Christmas special. By Christmas Day, as The Den was being shown, the Soviet Union had just conveniently collapsed into chaos, with its remaining contingent states declaring independence. On another occasion the evil Podge (now a reformed individual with a background as a highly successful talk show co-host) tried to thwart Santa and jeopardise Christmas by locking him inside a large wooden cabinet in his own house. Ray D'Arcy and others from the cast very conveniently happened upon the scene just as time was running out and Santa availed of their presence to scuttle off to his workshops to save Christmas. On another occasion the problem was a depressed Rudolph, whose nose had lost its legendary shine, thus giving Santa the difficulty of having no method of finding his way through the night sky.
      A memorable Christmas under presenter Damien McCaul had him, Socky and Dustin travel to New York in search of a Mr. Micro Blue Bucket with Removable Arms, a present that Socky desired but which would not be available in Ireland until the following March. After persistently demanding that Socky be granted this gift and searching through the internet, overcoming Derek Davis's diet tips and Pat Kenny's guide on how to be "an insufferable bore" along the way, Dustin discovered that 100 Mr. Micro Blue Bucket action figures would be delivered to F.A.O. Swarz, the largest toy store in the world located in Manhattan, New York, on Christmas Eve (the following morning). He then persuaded Damien to bring himself and Socky there instead of surrendering to Damien's preferred option of buying LEGO for Socky. Despite Damian explaining that there was no way they could fly to New York with so little time left, they were soon inside F.A.O. Swarz. The naive but kind-hearted Socky was exuberant, as Dustin pointed out Laa-Laa the Teletubby, and wanted to find presents for his Mammy (Geri Maye), his best friend (Thomas), and "all the boys and girls in playschool". Despite Socky being a preschooler, Damian and Dustin allowed him to wander off in the busy store, whilst they went in search of Mr. Micro Blue Bucket, with Dustin mistaking a Furby for Anne Doyle along the way.
      Each Christmas Day, The Den would traditionally start at around 06:00 and continue until 13:00. Christmas-themed cartoons would be shown and the cast would talk about the toys they had received from Santa, whom they would have usually only just have saved from some terrible danger on the previous day. The first hour of this, it was later revealed, would be recorded and the rest would go out live.


      = The Den is Ten

      =
      This aired between 4 and 6 one afternoon in 1996, commemorating ten years of The Den. Presented by Ray D'Arcy (who tripped over Dustin's toolbox upon entering the not-quite completed studio), this aired in front of a live studio audience, which featured third and fourth class children from Carrickallen National School in County Cavan, as the postal address described it. But, as it turned out, D'Arcy breaking it gently to Dustin live on the air, that the school was on the border between County Cavan and County Leitrim. Renowned Leitrimophobe Dustin was unimpressed. Ian Dempsey was the first guest; he re-enacted the first day of Dempsey's Den, indicating the unavailability of the original tape. Then Bosco appeared, only to be whisked away upon the arrival of Zig and Zag. Other guests included Stephen Gately, Simon Young, a boy called Patrick Egdop, The Saw Doctors (described by D'Arcy as the band to have appeared most often on The Den) and Don Conroy. Towards the end Ciara Carroll was brought on and D'Arcy was forced to kiss her; Ian Dempsey was on hand to escort the startled assistant from the studio when the kiss was complete. The broadcast concluded with the cast and guests singing "Happy birthday" to The Den, balloons cascading into the studio from the ceiling and children running on to play.


      = Best Bitz from Back Den

      =
      The television special and DVD Best Bitz From Back Den returned to Zig and Zag's origins on The Den. Broadcast on RTÉ One on 27 October 2008 at 18:30, it was compiled to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the birth of Zig and Zag and later released as a DVD in November 2008. Presenters D'Arcy and Dempsey featured heavily in the special; other highlights included assaults perpetrated by Ted—a malicious panda—on the presenters, Christmas specials of The Den, footage of characters like Captain Joke, Captain Pillowcase and Cousin Nigel and Ireland's 1989 Irish Film and Television awards at which Zig and Zag "accidentally" mistook then taoiseach Albert Reynolds as actor Burt Reynolds and addressed him as "your majesty".


      = Dustin: 20 Years a Pluckin

      =
      The television special and DVD Dustin: 20 Years a Pluckin' was released in November 2009. Broadcast on RTÉ One on 8 November 2009 at 18:30, it was compiled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dustin's birth.


      References

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: list of the den programmes