{{Short description|Scottish broadcaster}} {{redirect|Anne Morrison|the American actress|Ann Morrison}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Anne McAlpine | native_name = {{nobold|Anne NicAilpein}} | native_name_lang = gd | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|05|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland | alma_mater = University of the Highlands and Islands | occupation = News presenter | employer = BBC | known_for = ''Reporting Scotland''<br />''Landward''<br />''Scotland's Home of the Year'' | television = {{flatlist| *Eòrpa *Landward *An Là *Reporting Scotland}} | spouse = {{marriage|Ken McAlpine|2022}} }}
'''Anne McAlpine''' (''née'' '''Morrison'''; previously '''Lundon''') is a Scottish journalist, newsreader and weather presenter working for BBC Alba and BBC Scotland. She is best known for presenting ''Reporting Scotland'' and ''Landward'', and narrating ''Scotland's Home of the Year''.
McAlpine additionally presents many Scottish Gaelic-language programmes, including ''Èorpa'', ''An Là'', ''An Cuan Sgith (The Minch)'', and ''An t-Uisge/Rain stories''.
== Early life and education == McAlpine was brought up as the youngest of four girls in a tight-knit Scottish Gaelic-speaking community in Newmarket, Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://storiesmysuitcasecouldtell.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Lewis-duo-meet-big-city-challenge-of-worlds-biggest-marathon.pdf}}</ref> McAlpine is considered very musical, playing the chanter and bagpipes until 14 when she sustained a mouth injury.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=BBC Music - Get Playing - Anne Lundon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4bV9DtsByDZB5hL64CYclgZ/anne-lundon |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=BBC Music}}</ref> She then took up the guitar and piano. After starting a law degree in Glasgow, McAlpine graduated from the University of the Highlands and Islands with a degree in Gaelic, History & Philosophy, which got her into Gaelic broadcasting.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Christie |first=Janet |date=30 April 2022 |title=Voice of BBC Scotland's Home of the Year Anne McAlpine invites us into her home |work=The Scotsman |url=https://www.scotsman.com/must-read/voice-of-bbc-scotlands-home-of-the-year-anne-mcalpine-invites-us-into-her-home-3675023 |access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Scougall |first=Murray |date=30 November 2021 |title=Landward's Anne Lundon on living off-grid, finding love on location, and why she gave up playing the bagpipes |pages= |work=The Sunday Post |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/anne-lundon/ |access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Anne McAlpine first began her broadcasting career as a contributor to the Scottish Gaelic-language BBC programme ''Dè a-Nis?'',. McAlpine realised her aim of becoming a Gaelic newsreader/broadcaster at this stage, and continued to progress her career with independent production company MNE Media.<ref name=":0" />
With the emergence of BBC Alba, McAlpine became a main presenter of the European current affairs programme Eòrpa, as well as taking on roles presenting various other programmes including ''An Là'' and the Scottish Gaelic-language weather.<ref name=":1" />
As the broadcaster's career progressed, she became an English-language presenter for late bulletins of ''Reporting Scotland'' on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, as well as for BBC Scotland's rural affairs programme ''Landward''.<ref name=":0" /> Since 2019, McAlpine has narrated ''Scotland's Home of the Year''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotland's Home of the Year (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14962220/ |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
On radio, McAlpine hosts the Gaelic-language drive time show ''Aithris an Fheasgair'' on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal four times a week.<ref name=":0" />
Anne McAlpine has fronted several of her own shows for BBC Alba. In 2017, McAlpine toured the North Coast 500 in a Volkswagen Beetle for her programme ''North Coast 500 - Le Anne Lundon.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burnside |first=Anna |date=15 May 2017 |title=BBC Alba presenter Anne Lundon discovers 'breathtaking' new side to Scotland during North Coast 500 road trip |work=Daily Record |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/bbc-alba-presenter-anne-lundon-10420874 |access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Alba - North Coast 500 - Le Anne Lundon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08qlmjf |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=BBC iPlayer}}</ref> In 2021, she presented ''An Cuan Sgith (The Minch)'', a six-part series produced for BBC Alba in which The Minch, a strait separating mainland Scotland and the western isles, is explored.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Fiona |date=22 October 2021 |title=Broadcaster Anne explores her coastal connections |work=The Oban Times |url=https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2021/10/22/broadcaster-anne-explores-her-coastal-connections/ |access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Alba - An Cuan Sgith (The Minch) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00116d9 |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=BBC iPlayer}}</ref> McAlpine similarly presented ''An t-Uisge/Rain Stories'', a BBC Alba series discovering the influence of rain in culture and tradition in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An t-Uisge / Rain Stories {{!}} Screen Scotland |url=https://www.screen.scot/film-in-scotland/made-in-scotland/tv/an-t-uisge-rain-stories |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=Screen Scotland|date=19 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC ALBA - An t-Uisge/Rain Stories |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016485 |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=BBC iPlayer}}</ref>
McAlpine is based at BBC Scotland's headquarters known as Pacific Quay in Glasgow.<ref name=":2" />
== Personal life == In February 2022 Anne married Ken McAlpine, a cameraman whom she met working on ''Èorpa''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scougall |first=Murray |date=2021-11-30 |title=Landward's Anne Lundon on living off-grid, finding love on location, and why she gave up playing the bagpipes |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/anne-lundon/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=The Sunday Post |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a former member of the 90's Britpop band The Supernaturals. They live in the west end of Glasgow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=Voice of the BBC's Scotland's Home of the Year Anne McAlpine invites us into her home |url=https://www.scotsman.com/must-read/voice-of-bbc-scotlands-home-of-the-year-anne-mcalpine-invites-us-into-her-home-3675023 |access-date=2026-01-18 |website=The Scotsman |language=en}}</ref>
In 2007, McAlpine represented the Western Isles in football as a defender at the 2007 Island Games in Rhodes, Greece.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/from-a-star-of-gaels-football-to-the-world-cup-broadcaster-anne-lundon-on-her-love-of-the-beautiful-game/ |title=From a star of Gaels' football to the World Cup: Broadcaster Anne Lundon on her love of the beautiful game |last=Scougall |first=Murray |date=3 June 2019 |website=Sunday Post |publisher=DC Thomson |access-date=29 July 2019 }}</ref>
In January 2026, Robert Green, a 71-year-old, was found guilty of stalking McAlpine for nearly four years. Green loitered repeatedly outside her home and sent unsolicited mail and gifts. The experience left her, she said, feeling "terrified, exposed and vulnerable".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=Voice of the BBC's Scotland's Home of the Year Anne McAlpine invites us into her home |url=https://www.scotsman.com/must-read/voice-of-bbc-scotlands-home-of-the-year-anne-mcalpine-invites-us-into-her-home-3675023 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=The Scotsman |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://twitter.com/annelundon Anne McAlpine] on Twitter * [https://www.instagram.com/annemcalp/ Anne McAlpine] on Instagram
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