Xarabank

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Xarabank is a prime time discussion TV program produced by Where's Everybody that airs every Friday on the Maltese national television station TVM. The show is presented by Peppi Azzoppardi.

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.

The talk show tries to keep an ordined way of discussion with structured arguments, with a panel of subject experts and a public opinion from the audience. Naturally the program tries to investigate, use create a sensation, and awake public conscience.

Throughout the years, the program became a cult, and it is common for Maltese to utter the word "Xarabank" when a hotly debated issue arises in different areas of the Maltese society.