BBC Alba Today

BBC Alba joins Radio nan Gàidheal, the BBC's Gaelic language radio service

Boléro is taken prisoner by Jean-Mich and Jean-Lou, who think he is the 'Big Bad Bear'. Fortunately, Ernest and Célestine are planning to save their friend

Linda visits her friends Meaban and Moo at their hut to set them fun challenges, tasking them with finding items that make a noise and a beat to use as musical instruments

Boban and Fuigheag play see-saw - but it looks a little wobbly. Fun and games for younger viewers

Fuigheag tries to tell Boban something, but the message is unclear and is becomes a guessing game

There a many ladybird babies to look after. Animated tales for younger viewers

The orca, otherwise known as the Oceanic Dolphin

The vet wants to take a look at Ailig's sore hoof, but Alec isn't for it. However, he is very happy when she finds a sharp stone stuck in his hoof

Marie MacAulay reads Tha an Tidsear Agam Coltach ri UILEBHÈIST, written and illustrated by Peter Brown and translated into Gaelic by Morag Stewart

A short Irish tale called Written in the Stars. Being an astronaut in a play is important to Seán. Unfortunately, there are lines to be read and learned for the part

Science and comedy with features on weather, ethanol rocket and a latex bagpipe, under the watchful eyes of Professor Olive and Dr Moiteal

There's a horrible smell from Troig, Bonns and Uilidh when they bet one another to eat chill-grubs - so awful that the smell sends the Bògaisean doolally

Mr Mackle is keen to establish better relationships between his staff and invites a psychologist to run team-building sessions that he hopes will bring peace and harmony

Heather Dewar visits Tobermory, where she draws a colour portrait of Ciorstag Wilson, who recently moved back to her native Mull after spending years on the mainland

Alison Lang chats to Joy Dunlop in the studio and Calum Maclean experiences literature galore as he learns about a writer who made his home in Barra

Local, national and international news and information

The lads cook without salt or sugar. Roddy's heart condition dictates that these must be cut out, or at least severely restricted in his diet

The history of the Scottish wolf and its extinction. Is it time for its return?

Julie Fowlis and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh present highlights from two decades of the music show, featuring performances by Joan Osborne, Declan O'Rourke and Mary Chapin Carpenter

The community deals with Màiri returning to Camus alone. Cailean is furious that she's back, certain that he was set up

Cathy MacDonald gets to the Gaelic root of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and explores the landscape where the real history happened

BBC Alba joins Radio nan Gàidheal, the BBC's Gaelic language radio service