' (''Europe'') is a long-running

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-language current affairs programme broadcast on

BBC Alba BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day. The name ' is the Scottish Gae ...

. The series has been running since April 1993 and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues affecting the

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. It is broadcast weekly in Scottish Gaelic with English subtitles. It is funded by the Gaelic Media Service and produced by BBC Gàidhlig. ' is shown on BBC Alba weekly and used to be shown on

BBC Two Scotland BBC Two Scotland is a Scottish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Scotland as a variation of the BBC Two network. It was broadcast via digital television and was the sister Scottish channel of BBC One Scotland and Gaelic-l ...

until its closure in 2019 for the new

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channel.

Reputation

' hit the headlines in May 2008, specially mentioned in the Scottish Broadcasting Commission report. Blair Jenkins, Chair of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission said: "It was intriguing to note that without fail at every one of our public events BBC2 Scotland's ' programme was raised, unsolicited, and by non-Gaelic speakers, as an example of a positive, well-respected programme". The programme is an argument for Gaelic broadcasting and the Gaelic Digital Service as the programme attracts well over the amount of Gaelic speakers.

Tam Cowan Thomas Cowan (born 21 April 1969) is a Scottish football journalist and radio presenter who was previously also a television presenter. Early life He was educated at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell where he was one of the school captains ...

, a Scottish journalist stated whilst taking to Cathy MacDonald on '' Off the Ball'' that he was a fan of .

Presenters

Current presenters are: * Andrew Mackinnon * Annabel Maclennan Past presenters include: * Susie Algie * Alasdair Fraser * Iain Macinnes * Derek Mackay * Colin Mackinnon * Angela MacLean * Anna Macleod * Anne McAlpine * John Morrison * Roddy Angus Munro * Andreas Wolff

Awards

The programme has been credited with awards, including Scottish BAFTAs and an RTS Scotland Award.

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