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(October 2008)

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GE
George12345
I was hoping to watch Eggheads on BBC 2 this evening, Only to see BBC 2 Alba (Gaelic Programmes). What's the point on doing this now. Obviously it's majority that those that do speak Gaelic have access to this new BBC Alba Channel. Via Sky/Cable, lucky I have Sky myself so was able to revert to BBC 2 England.

Does anyone else see the point of BBC 2 Scotland continuing with the Gaelic Programming
TP
Techy Peep Founding member
Because BBC Alba isn't available on freeview maybe?
GE
George12345
Techy Peep posted:
Because BBC Alba isn't available on freeview maybe?


Placing it on between 6 - 7pm doesn't do it justice though, figures show that people that actually speak Gaelic in Scotland are declining so am surpised they even done a station for BBC Alba
TP
Techy Peep Founding member
George12345 posted:

Placing it on between 6 - 7pm doesn't do it justice though, figures show that people that actually speak Gaelic in Scotland are declining so am surpised they even done a station for BBC Alba

Enlighten us. Where are the statistics you mention?
GE
George12345
Techy Peep posted:
George12345 posted:

Placing it on between 6 - 7pm doesn't do it justice though, figures show that people that actually speak Gaelic in Scotland are declining so am surpised they even done a station for BBC Alba

Enlighten us. Where are the statistics you mention?


http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/soc/gaelic.html

About the best i could find date wise, up to 2001. I doubt they would have improved any....

edit: Table shows the decline, Intresting to know that those that does speak gaelic at the time of when the stats were gathered it shows that those that speak gaelic actually speak english as well there is no one person that speaks gaelic alone
NT
NorthTonight
George12345 posted:
Techy Peep posted:
George12345 posted:

Placing it on between 6 - 7pm doesn't do it justice though, figures show that people that actually speak Gaelic in Scotland are declining so am surpised they even done a station for BBC Alba

Enlighten us. Where are the statistics you mention?


http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/soc/gaelic.html

About the best i could find date wise, up to 2001. I doubt they would have improved any....

edit: Table shows the decline, Intresting to know that those that does speak gaelic at the time of when the stats were gathered it shows that those that speak gaelic actually speak english as well there is no one person that speaks gaelic alone


I agree. And I think I've said in the BBC Two strand they could at least " strip " the Gaelic progs in one slot rather than disrupt Thursday.

I notice today there were calls for BBC Alba to be put on Freeview.

IMO BBC Alba is a waste of money anyway. 60 000 Gaelic speakers. Surely there are other " minority " languages spoken in Scotland / UK. Do they all deserve a channel?
GE
George12345
NorthTonight posted:
George12345 posted:
Techy Peep posted:
George12345 posted:

Placing it on between 6 - 7pm doesn't do it justice though, figures show that people that actually speak Gaelic in Scotland are declining so am surpised they even done a station for BBC Alba

Enlighten us. Where are the statistics you mention?


http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/soc/gaelic.html

About the best i could find date wise, up to 2001. I doubt they would have improved any....

edit: Table shows the decline, Intresting to know that those that does speak gaelic at the time of when the stats were gathered it shows that those that speak gaelic actually speak english as well there is no one person that speaks gaelic alone


I agree. And I think I've said in the BBC Two strand they could at least " strip " the Gaelic progs in one slot rather than disrupt Thursday.

I notice today there were calls for BBC Alba to be put on Freeview.

IMO BBC Alba is a waste of money anyway. 60 000 Gaelic speakers. Surely there are other " minority " languages spoken in Scotland / UK. Do they all deserve a channel?


Yeah and those 60,000 people speak english too, I would look on the way of maybe putting 1 hour of gaelic programmes until BBC Alba comes on freeview between 7 - 8pm maybe even fitting in the News in Gaelic also.
JE
Jenny Founding member
I wouldn't be at all surprised if more people in Scotland spoke Polish than Gaelic.

Genius scheduling to put the Gaelic language programmes on BBC Two in the very same hour that Tele G broadcasts on Freeview, by the way.
NT
NorthTonight
Almost as pointless as when Grampian used to transmit the five minute Gaelic news Telefios before North Tonight in the early 90s.

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