- What debates preceded the introduction of television in Ireland ?
- What controversies ensued during the first decade of Irish television ?
- To what extent did RTE drama capture the ideological tensions in Irish society ?
- To what degree was it influenced by trends in television worldwide ?
- What was the rest of the world like in the 1960s ?
- How did the new frontier mood show through in the tv drama of the early 60s ?
- Why were there fewer cowboys, but more doctors, lawyers, detectives, spies and space travellers ?
- How did the sitcoms and soap operas compare to those of the previous decade ?
- How were gender, race and class represented ?
- How far did television drama track the trajectory of social upheaval in the late 60s ?
- What were the dominant themes, modes of characterisation and patterns of resolution ?
- What were the distinctive features of this decade ?
