This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1969.
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WH Auden recites "Doggerel by a Senior Citizen" 1969
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The Battle of Britain - TV Documentary
Transcription
Our earth in nineteen sixty nine Is not the planet I call mine, The world, I mean, that gives me strength To hold off chaos at arm's length. My Eden landscapes and their climes Are constructs from Edwardian times, When bath-rooms took up lots of space, And, before eating, one said Grace. The automobile, the aeroplane, Are useful gadgets, but profane: The enginry of which I dream Is moved by water or by steam. Reason requires that I approve The light-bulb which I cannot love: To me more reverence-commanding A fish-tail burner on the landing. My family ghosts I fought and routed, Their values, though, I never doubted: I thought the Protestant Work-Ethic Both practical and sympathetic. When couples played or sang duets, It was immoral to have debts: I shall continue till I die To pay in cash for what I buy. The Book of Common Prayer we knew Was that of 1662: Though with-it sermons may be well, Liturgical reforms are hell. Sex was of course - it always is - The most enticing of mysteries, But news-stands did not then supply Manichean pornography. Then Speech was mannerly, an Art, Like learning not to belch or fart: I cannot settle which is worse, The Anti-Novel or Free Verse. Nor are those Ph.D's my kith, Who dig the symbol and the myth: I count myself a man of letters Who writes, or hopes to, for his betters. Dare any call Permissiveness An educational success? Saner those class-rooms which I sat in, Compelled to study Greek and Latin. Though I suspect the term is crap, If there is a Generation Gap, Who is to blame? Those, old or young, Who will not learn their Mother-Tongue. But Love, at least, is not a state Either en vogue or out-of-date, And I've true friends, I will allow, To talk and eat with here and now. Me alienated? Bosh! It's just As a sworn citizen who must Skirmish with it that I feel Most at home with what is Real.
Events
- 26 February - Lenny Kuhr is selected to represent Netherlands at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "De troubadour". She is selected to be the fourteenth Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Circustheater in Scheveningen.
- 29 March - The Netherlands shares the win of the 14th Eurovision Song Contest, in a four-way tie with France, Spain and the United Kingdom. Lenny Kuhr represents the Netherlands, singing "De troubadour".
Debuts
Television shows
1950s
- NOS Journaal (1956–present)
- Pipo de Clown (1958-1980)
1960s
- Stiefbeen en Zoon (1964-1971)
Ending this year
Births
- 24 April - Ruud de Wild, TV & radio presenter
Deaths