BBC Alba HD Friday

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

Goraidh and Muireall disagree over which of the two of them is bravest and, as a result of this, they arrange challenges to confirm, once and for all, who is worthy of the title

Boban and Fuigheag try to stop the raindrops from getting in

Boban and Fuigheag find a slide – but Fuigheag prefers to go up rather than down. Boban must help him with going down

Singer James Graham chats to Joy Dunlop in the studio and Calum Maclean learns about bagpipes

When AH-AH comes across an egg, he has no idea who it belongs to. Along with MacÌomhair, they seek advice from their friends so that they can return the egg to its parents

Petit has a loose tooth and is not willing to hand it to the tooth mouse

Derek MacIntosh reads Maighstir Mòr, written and illustrated by Ed Vere and translated into Gaelic by Donald John MacLeod.

Kana suffers with a stutter, which means that she just can't say the words or that she repeats the same words, and she tells us all about it

Belle is infested with fleas - as are most of the village. Sebastian is on a mission to control this flea infestation

An insight into Mischa Macpherson's life at 12 years old

Ellen Macdonald introduces stories for Halloween, including the tale of a vampire with a ghost in his pot

Featuring contributions from expert Mairi MacRae, gag gangs from Skye, Tain and Glasgow, plus features on cross pollination, dry ice and resonance rings

Local, national and international news and information from BBC Alba

Eilidh Cormack discusses and reads the poem Thig Trì Nithean Gun Iarraidh by the Daughter of the Laird of Rèilig. She speaks about how its messages are still relevant today

Gaelic soap set on the Isle of Lewis

A butler hears something unusual when he answers the telephone

A 1980s report from the annual festival in Barra, plus a look at how then-new recording facilities were helping the musicians of Lewis. Presented by Donald Morrison

Ramsay MacMahon is joined by Canadian-born lawyer and academic Rob Dunbar, who discusses his life and shares how he ended up in Scotland

The Spell Songs band brings nature, poetry, art, and magic to the stage of the concert hall in Glasgow, along with painter Jackie Morris. In Gaelic with English subtitles

Part two of two. Carrie MacNeil presents Grade 1 performances from the World Pipe Band Championships 2024, better known as The Worlds

Karen Matheson, Mischa MacPherson and Darren MacLean and the Scottish Ensemble perform at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, as part of Celtic Connections 2021

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