BBC Alba HD Thursday

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

Granaidh Clangair loves to knit, but she is getting into a tangle. It's good that the Major is near to hand with help, though - or is it?

The friends learn how to throw a boomerang

AH-AH is very unhappy and jealous as he thinks that MacÌomhair has no time for him since his cousin, Mànas, appeared for a visit. Surely that’s not true?

Ladybird and Bee are counting legs – and they enjoy this very much

Abney and Teal construct a dragon. Neep puts on a brave face, but really, he isn't sure he wants to share the island with such a scary monster

Sarah Cruickshank reads Meesha a’ dèanamh Charaidean, written and illustrated by Tom Percival, and translated into Gaelic by Donald John MacLeod

Alpheus Benthos may possibly found the gates to Lemuria, even though it looks like he has no control over things

The CBBC ALBA team takes a sideways look at some Scottish myths and legends, beginning with an interview with an infamous cannibal claiming to now be vegetarian

Dave wants to learn to play the drums at school, but is given the recorder instead. With a musical talent show round the corner, Dave sets about practising

Dave and Fuzzypeg the dog get dirty playing at the local dump

The documentary about the long-running bus route follows Deacon Blue singer Lorraine MacIntosh as she makes the journey from Glasgow to Donegal

Joy Dunlop guides viewers through the first steps of speaking Gaelic

Local, national and international news and information

Mairi Rodgers views some of the many plants that can grown outdoors at Logan Botanic Garden that would need to be kept indoors anywhere else in Scotland

First in a two-part profile of Florence Nightingale, the nurse who was sent to the Crimean front in 1854 to care for thousands of soldiers

On the shore, Mary Ann Kennedy and Lucy Cooke seek seaweeds - including pepper dulse that can be dried for an umami addition, and lasagne with kelp instead of pasta

Sketch show featuring a collection of comic characters, spoofs, warring acquaintances and a citizenship test that asks all the key questions

Movie clips, readings, interviews and archive interviews with the author, help to celebrate the work of the master of action adventure, and laments his loss to Gaelic literature

Collaborative performances from Emmylou Harris and Mary Black, Rosanne Cash and Radney Foster, as well as Irish music legends Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny

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