Broadsheet was created by Telefís Éireann as the newly established station's flagship current affairs programme.
[1] Broadsheet was broadcast for the first time on 1 January 1962, the first full day of programming by Telefís Éireann.
[2] The programme was broadcast half-an-hour after the early evening news and provided a more detailed analysis of topical matters and current affairs.
There was a mixture of incisive and light-hearted items: unscripted studio interviews and filmed reports.
The three presenters - O'Donoghue, Cleeve and Farrell - went on to play prominent roles in subsequent current affairs programmes on RTÉ right up until the 2000s.