BBC Alba HD Wednesday

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

The whole town searches for Célestine's plush toy penguin, who is quite embarrassed that is is missing

Linda visits her friends Meaban and Moo at their hut to set them challenges. She tasks them with finding three circular shaped items

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

When Fuigheag is playing with Putan Tuathal, things go awry after he falls inside a shoe. It’s a good job that Boban is nearby to rescue things

Gasta and his friends are excited as they want to see a butterfly. Animated tale about the prickly, smelly, flea-bitten Happy Hoglet

Linda Macleod and pupils from Govan Gaelic Primary School read Paddington and the Christmas Surprise

Cailean Collier reads Mar a Dh’ionnsaich Bilidh Each-aibhne Snàmh, written by Vivian French, illustrated by Hannah Foley and translated into Gaelic by Donald John MacLeod

Mia, who is 11 years old from the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles, has a dream to ride family donkey Jimmy on the beach

Contributions from expert Mairi MacRae, gag gangs from Skye, Glasgow and Cumbernauld and features on elements, superhero fire hands and swelling seas

At the Fancy Dress Party, Uilidh’s Bògais costume is so lifelike that the King thinks Uilidh is his conscience. Uilidh feels so powerful as a result of this deception

The CBBC Alba team learn about life in the 17th century on a visit to Mary King's Close in Edinburgh

Ten-year-old Anna's family have hit on hard times, but the mysterious arrival of a battered, old piano turns their world upside down

A musical tribute to Robbie Shepherd, recorded at the Trad Awards 2023. The set includes the songs The Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre and Robbie Shepherd MBE

Joy Dunlop guides viewers through the next steps to speaking Gaelic and Calum Maclean finds hidden treasures around Scotland

Local, national and international news and information

Màiri Gillies visits Chrissie Macleod's flower garden on the isle of Lewis and learns more about botanical illustration from accomplished botanical artist Jacqui Pestell

Fergie MacDonald captured hearts across Scotland with his distinctive West Coast musical style. This documentary remembers the Lochaber performer, who died in April 2024

Robert Robertson presents music from the Trad Awards archives, featuring Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain & Violet Tulloch, and Innes Watson and band

Ceitidh receives a gift from Calum in the post, but it comes with a nasty surprise. Lucas carries on preparing the hall for the wedding

Documentary revisiting the 1862 murder of Jess McPherson, for which her best friend Jessie McLachlan was subsequently arrested and convicted. Presented by John Morrison

Highlights from the Trad Awards 2022, with music by Eryn Rae

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

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