An Là
An Là (The Day) is a Scottish Gaelic-language news programme broadcast on the Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba.
| An Là | |
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| Presented by | Angela MacLean |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (Scotland) |
| Original language | Scottish Gaelic (although some English is used in this programme) |
| Production | |
| Producers | BBC Naidheachdan BBC Scotland |
| Production locations | Inverness, Scotland Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Alba |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Original release | 22 September 2008 – present |
| Related | |
| Seachd Là Reporting Scotland The Nine | |
The programme, based at BBC Alba's newsroom in Inverness, began at 8pm on 22 September 2008 and provides a 30-minute bulletin of Scottish, British and international news for Gaelic speakers seven days a week. The Sunday night review programme, composed of highlights from the week's bulletins as well as material from Eòrpa, called Seachd Là, began at 6.30pm on 28 September 2008.
Broadcast history
An Là broadcasts from Studio G at the BBC in Inverness. Seachd Là, weather and the An Là sports news all come from BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow.
An Là is the first daily television news programme to be broadcast in Scots Gaelic since the axing of Grampian Television's Telefios bulletins in 2000.
An Là was shortlisted in the Best Current Affairs category at the 2009 Celtic Media Festival.
The Team
News anchors
- Iain MacLean
- Angela MacLean
- Donald Angus Morrison
- Karen Elder
- Innes Munro
- Mairi Rodgers
- Anne McAlpine
- Iain Macinnes
Weather presenters
- Kirsteen MacDonald
- Joy Dunlop
- Sarah Cruickshank
- Anne McAlpine
- Derek MacIntosh