# 1979 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1979.

## Events

* 31 March: Betty Missiego performing the song Su canción represents Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, that took place in Jerusalem, ranking 2nd.

## Debuts

| Original Title | Channel | Debut | Performer / Hosts | Genre |
| 003 y medio | La 1 | 1979-09-10 | Torrebruno | Children |
| Antología de la Zarzuela | La 1 | 1979-11-28 | Fernando García de la Vega | Music |
| La barraca | La 1 | 1979-10-09 | Álvaro de Luna | Drama series |
| Barrio Sésamo | La 1 | 1979-12-23 | Emma Cohen | Children |
| Café de redacción | La 1 | 1979-01-17 | Luis Losada | Talk Show |
| Canciones de una vida | La 1 | 1979-09-24 | José Luis Barcelona | Music |
| El coleccionismo y los coleccionistas | La 2 | 1979-02-11 | Carmen Maura | Science/Culture |
| Don Quijote de La Mancha | La 1 | 1979-10-06 | | Cartoon |
| Los episodios | La 1 | 1979-02-14 | Francisco Merino | Children |
| Escrito en América | La 1 | 1979-06-03 | Susana Mara | Drama series |
| Gaceta cultural | La 1 | 1979-10-10 | Julio César Fernández | Science/Culture |
| La locomotora | La 1 | 1979-07-23 | Torrebruno | Children |
| La mansión de los Plaff | La 1 | 1979-05-24 | María Fernanda D'Ocón | Children |
| Más vale prevenir | La 1 | 1979-07-06 | Ramón Sánchez Ocaña | Science/Culture |
| Un mito llamado | La 1 | 1979-01-04 | Nuria Torray | Drama series |
| Un mundo para ellos | La 1 | 1979-06-11 | Santiago Vázquez | Science/Culture |
| Perfiles | La 1 | 1979-02-08 | Joaquín Soler Serrano | Talk Show |
| Primera página | La 1 | 1979-01-30 | | News |
| Que usted lo mate bien | La 1 | 1979-02-06 | | Sitcom |
| Retrato en vivo | La 2 | 1979-10-20 | Miguel de los Santos | Talk Show |
| El señor Villanueva y su gente | La 1 | 1979-08-16 | Ismael Merlo | Sitcom |
| Tribuna Internacional | La 2 | 1979-04-29 | Jesús Hermida | News |
| La verdad de... | La 1 | 1979-05-29 | Alfredo Amestoy | Talk Show |

## Television shows
### La 1

* Telediario (1957- )
* Estudio 1 (1965–1981)
* Teatro breve (1966-1981)
* Revista de toros (1971-1983)
* Estudio estadio (1972-2005)
* Informe Semanal (1973- )
* El gran circo de TVE (1973-1983)
* El hombre y la Tierra (1974-1980)
* Siete días (1974-1981)
* El Mundo de la música (1975-1980)
* 625 Lineas (1976-1981)
* Gente hoy (1976-1981)
* Gente joven (1976-1987)
* Hablamos (1977-1982)
* 300 millones (1977-1983)
* Fantástico (1978-1980 )
* El Canto de un duro (1978-1981)
* Parlamento (1978-1982; 1989-2014)
* Aplauso (1978-1983)
* Vivir cada día (1978-1988)

### La 2

* Ficciones (1971-1981)
* Polideportivo (1973-1981)
* Revista de cine (1974-1981)
* A Fondo (1976-1981)
* Encuentros con las letras (1976-1981)
* Más allá (1976-1981)
* La Clave (1976-1983)
* Horizontes (1977-1981)
* Popgrama (1977-1981)
* Teatro estudio (1977-1981)
* Imágenes (1978-1981)
* Opinión pública (1978-1981)

## Ending this year
### La 1

* Novela (1962-1979)
* Un Globo, dos globos, tres globos (1974-1979)
* Hora 15 (1977-1979)
* El Recreo (1977-1979)
* Los Espectáculos (1978-1979)
* El Hotel de las mil y una estrellas (1978-1979)
* El Juglar y la reina (1978-1979)
* La Segunda oportunidad (1978-1979)
* Sumarísimo (1978-1979)
* Tiempo libre (1978-1979)

### La 2

* Torneo (1967-1979)
* Redacción noche (1976-1979)

## Foreign series debuts in Spain

| English title | Spanish title | Original title | Country | Performers |
| Anna Karenina | Ana Karenina | | UK | Nicola Pagett |
| Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel | Banner y Flapy | Shīton Dōbutsuki Risu no Banā | JAP | |
| Barbapapa | Barbapapá | Barbapapa | FRA | |
| Children of the Stones | Los chicos de Stone | | UK | Iain Cuthbertson |
| Dallas | Dallas | | USA | L. Hagman, P. Duffy, V. Principal, L. Gray |
| Dick Turpin | Dick Turpin | | UK | Richard O'Sullivan |
| Eight Is Enough | Con ocho basta | | USA | Dick Van Patten |
| Family | Familia | | USA | James Broderick, Sada Thompson |
| Flying High | Azafatas en el aire | | USA | Connie Selleca |
| George and Mildred | Los Roper | | UK | Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy |
| Gibbsville | Gibbsville | | USA | John Savage |
| Holocaust | Holocausto | | USA | Meryl Streep, Joseph Bottoms |
| Laverne & Shirley | Laverne y Shirley | | USA | Cindy Williams, Penny Marshall |
| Little Women | Mujercitas | | USA | Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, Eve Plumb |
| Moses the Lawgiver | Moisés | | USA | Burt Lancaster |
| Nakia | Nakia | | USA | Robert Forster |
| Once Upon a Time... Man | Érase una vez... el hombre | Il était une fois... l'homme | FRA | |
| Poldark | Poldark | | UK | Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees |
| Project U.F.O. | Investigación OVNI | | USA | William Caskey Swaim, William Jordan |
| Return of the Saint | El regreso del Santo | | USA | Ian Ogilvy |
| Robin's Nest | El nido de Robin | | UK | Richard O'Sullivan |
| Roots | Raíces | | USA | LeVar Burton |
| Studs Lonigan | Studs Lonigan | | USA | Harry Hamlin |
| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle | Tarzán | | USA | |
| Testimony of Two Men | Testimonio de dos hombres | | USA | David Birney, Barbara Parkins, Linda Purl |
| The Amazing Howard Hughes | El asombroso mundo de Hodward Hughes | | USA | Tommy Lee Jones |
| The Famous Five | Los Cinco | | UK | Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch |
| The Feather and Father Gang | Palo y astilla | | USA | Stefanie Powers, Harold Gould |
| The Foundation | La fundación | | UK | Lynette Davies |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Los mejores años de Miss Brodie | | UK | Geraldine McEwan |
| The Rockford Files | Los casos de Rockford | | USA | James Garner |
| Toma | Astucia peligrosa | | USA | Tony Musante |
| Women in White | Mujeres de blanco | | USA | Susan Flannery |

## Births

* 1 January - Gisela, singer.
* 2 January - Alfonso Merlos, host.
* 30 January - Carlos Latre, comedian.
* 17 March - Pilar Rubio, hostess.
* 20 March - Silvia Abascal, actress.
* 27 March - Susana Guasch, hostess.
* 5 April - Cristina Urgel, actress.
* 7 April - Ruth Núñez, actress.
* 18 April - Nuria Fergó, singer and actress.
* 20 April - Quique Peinado, comedian.
* 18 May - Iago García - actor.
* 29 May - Elena Sánchez, hostess.
* 5 June - David Bisbal, Singer.
* 28 June - Roberto Leal, host.
* 29 June - Alejo Sauras, actor.
* 30 June - Raquel Martínez, journalist and hostess.
* 3 July - Berta Collado, hostess.
* 23 July - Dani Mateo, host and actor.
* 29 July - Sandra Sabatés, hostess.
* 10 September - Darío Sánchez Paso, actor.
* 5 October - Patricia Conde, hostess.
* 24 October - Silvia Intxaurrondo, hostess
* 8 November - Ana Morgade, hostess
* 8 December - Manu Guix, composer
* 11 July - Marina Gatell - actress.

## Deaths

* 5 June - Gustavo Re, host, 70.
* 12 September - Laly Soldevila, actress, 46.