7 January – British children's animated fantasy series The Dreamstone premieres on Network 2. It had premiered in the UK during the previous year and four months.
26 March – Network 2 begins airing the popular French-Canadian children's television series Babar.
18 April – American-French-Canadian animated series Inspector Gadget screens on Network 2 in its original English language for the very last time before resting. It will return to Irish television in 1996 on the newly launched Irish language television network Teilifís na Gaeilge (later TG4 in 1999) with the series being dubbed and translated into Irish before airing on Network 2 once again in English on 22 December 2000 three days before Christmas.
5 September – A British drama series for older children and young teens, Runaway Bay, begins on Network 2. It aired there before airing in its original country, where it would not be broadcast until the following January.