''An Là'' (''The Day'') is a

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

-language news programme broadcast on

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and produced by BBC Naidheachdan (BBC News) and

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. The programme, based at BBC Alba's newsroom in

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, 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 ''Seachd Là'' (''Seven Days'') is a weekly Scottish Gaelic-language news programme produced by BBC Alba, featuring a round up of the week's news. Its stories are from BBC Alba's news programmes ''An Là'' and ''Eòrpa''. It is shown on Sunda ...

'', began at 6.30pm on 28 September 2008.

Broadcast history

''An Là'' broadcasts from Studio G at the BBC Alba studio in

alongside ''

and An Là'' Sports (BBC Spòrs). ''An Là'' Weather (BBC Aimsir) comes from

BBC Pacific Quay BBC Pacific Quay is the headquarters of BBC Scotland, serving as its main television and radio studio complex, situated at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland. Opened by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 20 September 2007, the building was des ...

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. ''An Là'' is the first daily television news programme to be broadcast in Scots Gaelic since the axing of

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and which, decades later, was merged with the Central Belt channel STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isle ...

's '' Telefios'' bulletins in 2000. When the show first aired, it was only presented by two presenters taking turns presenting daily. It is currently presented by the current team below. ''An Là'' was shortlisted in the Best Current Affairs category at the 2009 Celtic Media Festival.

The Team

News presenters

Weather presenters

Sports presenters

Reporters

Scottish Parliament * Niall O'Gallagher (politics)

External links

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