BBC Alba HD Thursday

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

A mysterious box has landed on the planet, with curious things inside it - cloths that are also holes. The Clangers can travel through these holes - and they do a lot of it

The animals listen to a story read by Ben before playing the word game, which prompts Hari the hippo to visit a windy garden in search of an owl

AH-AH and MacÌomhair protect Lusach's crunchy banana cake from the ants in his burrow. Unfortunately, the cake is so tasty and aromatic that they eat it

Neep and Teal each find some wheels. Then, Abney gets hold of some wheels of his own. They aren't brilliant at first, but soon they become perhaps even a bit too brilliant

Although Pompon is fond of ants, but doesn't want them to eat his toast and his honey. As a result of this, he wants to find them a new home

Martin MacIntyre reads Piseagan Piotsa, written and illustrated by Charlotte Voake

Fionn looks for help from the Neachdan as his father, Tormod Mòr, must be stopped from getting his hands on a treasure

The six Pollokton villagers accused of witchcraft and how a 17th-century gameshow might have played out

Dave and his friends embark on a school trip along the canal where they awaken an ancient monster called Big Lippy. The beast pushes them back in time, to the Jurassic era

Dave finds a handheld computer game at the dump. The game involves killing zombies which his friend, Zombie Katie, finds rather insulting

At Glasgow Vet School, Professor Donald Yool is in charge of a particularly risky operation on a Bichon Frise dog, to remove a tumour that is attached to her main blood vessel

Joy Dunlop guides viewers through the first steps of speaking Gaelic. Margaret Macleod Nicholson is her studio guest, while Calum Maclean visits Dunfermline

Local, national and international news and information

Gregor MacLeod visits friends in the islands who show him their favourite recipes and he gets creative in the kitchen with a chocolate custard slice

The remarkable true stories of courageous and cunning women Vera Atkins, Virginia Hall, Mathilde Carre, Noor Inayat Khan, Yvonne Cormeau and Yolande Beekman

Fiddle-and-guitar duo Ross Couper and Tom Oakes perform one of their sets rooted in Scottish and Irish traditions

Kenny Rankin travels to Glen Nevis to take on a climb called 'Storm', a classic test piece nestled in the middle of Polldubh, one of Scotland's premier rock-climbing destinations

The story of Jessie King, who at the age of 27 was on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh after she was accused of killing three babies

Another chance to hear music by The Scott Wood Band, Session A9, Tryst, Chris Stout & Catriona MacKay and Kinnaris Quintet, amongst others

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