BBC Alba HD Friday

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

Muireall wants to fly in a balloon so she can see far and wide

Boban is going to take Fuigheag for a walk, like a little dog. However, things don’t work out as planned

Fuigheag loves to hide from Boban and it turns out that Boban really enjoys falach fead, too

Tusk plays a ping-pong game against himself, but keeps losing the balls, while Owl comes across an abandoned egg on his walk through the forest

Sula and Amma go round to Bing's house to watch a fireworks display, but a very loud rocket sends the rabbit racing back inside and under the kitchen table in shock

Bing has a shiny orange balloon, but it is not long until this beloved new toy pops

Petit, Laura, Greg and Roman visit Petit's cousin, who's a super fan of princesses, for her birthday. They discover that the cousin can be a ninja and a princess at the same time

Catriona Murray reads An Solas air an Oidhche, written and illustrated by Marie Voight and translated into Gaelic by Donald John Macleod

Vito is nervous about his first fight, though his coach and grandmother encourage him greatly

There's a real medical emergency when Belle and Sebastian come across a kid, who's dehydrated after being separated from his mother in the mountains

Choirstaidh shows how to make a soap tart

An insight into the Rev Donald Michael MacInnes's life at 12 years old

Featuring contributions from expert Dr Anna Roberts, gag gangs from Cumbernauld, Harris and Tain, with features on hearing, underwater volcano and a lemon battery

Local, national and international news and information

Catriona Murray talks about how poetry can evoke memories of a person. She reads An Luchag 's an Cat, which immediately reminds her of her cousin who is no longer alive

Gaelic soap based on the Isle of Lewis

Ina and Jessie enjoy themselves at the opera

Donald Morrison recalls the Van Leer Project in Uist, and the unusual way news of plans to build a rocket range on South Uist was discovered

A journey to Nova Scotia, via a vineyard on the edge of the Bras d'Or Lake. In Halifax, more about the extraordinary Canadian immigration stories from Scottish shores

Part two of two. This programme reveals how movie-makers have been drawn to the Highlands & Islands to film in the Gaidhealtachd

A nostalgic trip down memory lane revealing the career of Alison Krauss, who has tackled bluegrass, country, folk and rock, selling almost eight million albums

Traditional music from Under Canvas, the summer music festival at Eden Court. Presented by Ellen MacDonald

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