# 1980 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1980.

## Events

* 10 January: Spanish Parliament passes Law 4/1980, that regulates the Radio & Television Organization in Spain. RTVE was configured, by statute, as a legal public entity with its own jurisdiction.

## Debuts

| Title | Channel | Debut | Performers/Host | Genre |
| Ayer y hoy del flamenco | La 2 | 1980-04-01 | Fernando Quiñones | Music |
| Cita con | La 1 | 1980-01-10 | Aurora Claramunt | Music |
| Cosas | La 1 | 1980-01-11 | Joaquín Prat | Variety show |
| De cerca | La 1 | 1980-01-21 | Jesús Hermida | Talk show |
| Destino Plutón | La 1 | 1980-03-11 | María Jesús Lleonart | Children |
| Ding-Dong | La 1 | 1980-03-14 | Andrés Pajares | Quiz show |
| El dinero de todos | La 1 | 1980-05-09 | | Cultural/Science |
| El español y los siete pecados capitales | La 1 | 1980-10-24 | Jesús Puente | Drama series |
| España entera | La 2 | 1980-04-13 | | Cultural/Science |
| Españoles en el Pacífico | La 1 | 1980-01-10 | Miguel de la Quadra Salcedo | Documentary |
| Fortunata y Jacinta | La 1 | 1980-05-07 | Ana Belén | Drama series |
| Horas doradas | La 1 | 1980-04-17 | | Music |
| La música | La 2 | 1980-01-27 | | Music |
| La música en el tiempo | La 2 | 1980-08-10 | | Music |
| La pesca | La 1 | 1980-06-05 | | Sport |
| Mañana será otra década | La 1 | 1980-12-31 | Alfredo Amestoy | Variety |
| Mirador de los Sport | La 2 | 1980-01-10 | Miguel Ors | Sport |
| Music express | La 2 | 1980-04-02 | Àngel Casas | Music |
| Revista de prensa | La 1 | 1980-04-15 | Fernando Ónega | News |
| Ruy, the Little Cid | La 1 | 1980-09-10 | | Animation |
| Sin fronteras | La 1 | 1980-01-25 | Joaquín Soler Serrano | Talk Show |
| Sobre la renta | La 1 | 1980-04-17 | | Cultural/Science |

## 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)
* Siete días (1974-1981)
* 625 Lineas (1976-1981)
* Gente hoy (1976-1981)
* Gente joven (1976-1987)
* Hablamos (1977-1982)
* 300 millones (1977-1983)
* El Canto de un duro (1978-1981)
* Parlamento (1978-2014)
* Aplauso (1978-1983)
* Vivir cada día (1978-1988)
* Gaceta cultural (1979-1981)
* La Mansión de los Plaff (1979-1981)
* Un Mundo para ellos (1979-1983)
* Más vale prevenir (1979-1987)
* Barrio Sésamo (1979-2000)

### 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)
* Retrato en vivo (1979-1982)

## Ending this year
### La 1

* El hombre y la Tierra (1974-1980)
* El Mundo de la música (1975-1980)
* Fantástico ( 1978–1980)
* 003 y medio (1979-1980)
* Canciones de una vida (1979-1980)

### La 2

* Tribuna internacional (1979-1980)

## Foreign series debuts in Spain

| English title | Spanish title | Original title | Channel | Country | Performers |
| 240-Robert | 240-Robert | | La 1 | USA | J.B.Perry, M.Harmon, J.Cassidy |
| Alice | Alicia | | La 1 | USA | Linda Lavin |
| Brave New World | Un mundo feliz | | La 1 | USA | Keir Dullea |
| Children of Fire Mountain | Los chicos de la montaña de fuego | | La 1 | NZL | Terence Cooper |
| Chopper One | Patrulla especial | | La 1 | USA | Jim McMullan, Dirk Benedict |
| Come Back, Lucy | La vuelta de Lucy | | La 2 | UK | Emma Bakhle |
| Doctor in the House | Doctor en casa | | La 1 | UK | Barry Evans |
| Dr. Simon Locke | Doctor Locke | | La 1 | CAN | Sam Groom |
| Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Eduardo y la señora Simpson | | La 1 | UK | Edward Fox |
| Fantasy Island | La isla de la fantasía | | La 2 | USA | Ricardo Montalbán, Hervé Villechaize |
| From Here to Eternity | De aquí a a eternidad | | La 1 | USA | Natalie Wood |
| Gatchaman | La batalla de los planetas | Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman | La 1 | JAP | |
| Gibbsville | Gibbsville | | La 1 | USA | John Savage |
| Good Heavens | Señor Angel | | La 1 | USA | Carl Reiner |
| Here We Go Again | Aquí estoy otra vez | | La 1 | USA | Larry Hagman, Diane Baker |
| How Green Was My Valley | Qué verde era mi valle | | La 1 | UK | Stanley Baker, Siân Phillips |
| Just William | Guillermo, el travieso | | La 1 | UK | Adrian Dannatt, Bonnie Langford |
| Laff-A-Lympics | Las Olimpiadas de la risa | | La 1 | USA | |
| Lou Grant | Lou Grant | | La 2 | USA | Ed Asner |
| Misha the Little Bear | El osito Misha | Koguma no Mīsha | La 1 | JAP | |
| Mork & Mindy | Mork y Mindy | | La 2 | USA | Robin Williams |
| Mr. Rossi | Señor Rossi | Signor Rossi | La 2 | ITA | |
| Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt | Selwyn | | La 1 | UK | Bill Maynard |
| Open All Hours | Déjeme respirar | | La 1 | UK | Ronnie Barker |
| Penmarric | Penmarric | | La 1 | UK | Annabel Leventon, Peter Blake |
| Persuasion | Persuasión | | La 1 | UK | Ann Firbank |
| Pride and Prejudice | Orgullo y prejuicio | | La 1 | UK | Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul |
| Quark | La escoba espacial | | La 1 | USA | Richard Benjamin |
| Salvage 1 | Código Rescate 1 | | La 1 | USA | A.Griffith, J.Higgins, T.Stewart |
| Supertrain | Supertren | | La 2 | USA | Edward Andrews |
| Taxi | Taxi | | La 1 | USA | T.Danza, J.Conaway, D.DeVito |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer | Tomu Sôyâ no bôken | La 1 | JAP | |
| The Bob Crane Show | Bob Crane | | La 1 | USA | Bob Crane |
| The French Atlantic Affair | Incidente en el Atlántico | | La 1 | USA | Telly Savalas, Chad Everett |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Grizzly Adams | | La 1 | USA | Dan Haggerty |
| The Littlest Hobo | Hobo | | La 1 | CAN | |
| The Tomorrow People | Hombres del mañana | | La 1 | UK | Nicholas Young |
| Those Amazing Animals | Esos asombrosos animales | | La 1 | USA | B.Meredith, J.Stafford, P.Presley |
| Vega$ | Las Vegas | | La 2 | USA | Robert Urich |
| We've Got Each Other | Entre dos que bien se quieren | | La 1 | USA | Oliver Clark, Beverly Archer |
| Wheels | Detroit | | La 1 | USA | Rock Hudson, Lee Remick |
| Yogi's Space Race | La carrera espacial de Yogui | | La 2 | USA | |

## Births

* 2 January - Laura Lobo, actress & hostess.
* 4 January - Alexandra Jiménez, actress.
* 12 January - Nuria Bermúdez, pundit.
* 14 January - Carolina Cerezuela, actress y hostess.
* 21 February - Inés Paz, hostess.
* 25 February - Javier Rey, actor.
* 13 March - Kira Miró, hostess.
* 3 April - Fernando Ramallo, actor.
* 12 April - David Amor, actor & comedian.
* 29 April - Marc Clotet, actor.
* 2 May - Jorge Blass, magician y host.
* 19 May - Christian Gálvez, host.
* 23 May - Miren Ibarguren, actress.
* 25 June - Inma Cuesta, actress
* 6 July - Leandro Rivera, actor y host.
* 9 July - Julián González, actor.
* 13 August - Álex González, actor.
* 25 September - Olivia Molina, actress.
* 8 October - Lara de Miguel, actress.
* 11 October - Pablo Rivero, actor.
* 20 October - Alberto Amarilla, actor.
* 25 October - Álvaro Zancajo, journalist.
* 31 October - Carlos Franganillo, journalist.
* 5 November - Eva González, hostess.
* 4 December - Carles Francino, actor.
* 10 December - Miren Ibarguren, actress.

## Deaths

* 15 March - Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, host, 52.
* 16 May - José Calvo, actor, 64.