Shows like xarabank

Xarabankis a prime time talk show produced by Where's Everybody that airs every Friday on the Maltese national television station TVM. The show is presented by Peppi Azzopardi and Mark Laurence Zammit and Produced by Clara Sciberras,Mark Laurence Zammit,Peppi Azzopardi,Deborah Francalanza,Anita Vassallo Piccinino,Marilyn Mintoff,Enrique Abela and Pollyann Jackson. Various topics are discussed, from politics to hobbies.

The name comes from the Maltese word for "bus", as on a Maltese bus one finds different people with different opinions who end up discussing and arguing on different topics.

Xarabankis Malta's most watched television programme and it is the only discussion programme in Malta that has a live audience who can participate by having his/her say live.Xarabankis broadcast every Friday evening on TVM, Malta's national TV station, between October and July each year and has been on air since 4 April 1997.Xarabankinvestigates, discusses different issues and sometimes entertains. Throughout the years the quality of the show deteriorated and sometimes it is compared to Jerry Springer. The quality of its discussion are considered to be childish and one sided with the presenter not giving time for anyone to talk especially when the discussion swerves away and goes against his ideals.