MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its channel BBC Parliament is ten years old, marking the anniversary on 6 October when Westminster returns from the summer recess.

The BBC says that the channel is watched by more than a million viewers every month and is available on all digital TV platforms.

BBC Parliament was the first BBC channel to be made available live on the web and many of its programmes are now available on BBC iPlayer.

While Westminster has been on recess, the channel has shown large parts of the two US Conventions, live proceedings from five weeks of sittings of the Scottish Parliament, and the whole of the TUC, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative conferences live.

The channel is marking the anniversary with two evenings of landmark debates from the last ten years:

On 4 October 2008, BBC Parliament celebrates its 10th anniversary with a lookback over the highlights from the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Assembly.