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Radharc was an Irish television documentary series broadcast by RTÉ Television from 1962 until 1996. The documentaries were created by a film unit funded by the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid, in anticipation of the inauguration of television broadcasting in Ireland by RTÉ in December 1961. The film unit was staffed exclusively by Catholic priests, including Joe Dunn, Desmond Forristal, and Peter Lemass. The Irish language word radharc means vision, view, or panorama.
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Radharc produced over 400 programmes and was filmed in over 75 countries. It was also the first independently-produced series on RTÉ Television.
Radharc Films ceased production in 1996 following the death of Joe Dunn.
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Awards
The series won its only Jacobs Television Award in 1963, as Most Enterprising Programme.
Influence
Radharc has been the subject of academic research, specifically about the changing representation of priests on Irish television.