What's On...
Trusadh: Porridge - love it or hate it? - Monday 9th January @ 2100 BBC ALBA
Join porridge enthusiast , and keen ‘amateur’ cook. Alasdair MacLeod, for a light-hearted look at the evolution of porridge, from humble meal to foodie breakfast of choice!
R - Tuesday 10th January @ 2200
Trusadh: Community Radio - Monday 16th January @ 2100 BBC ALBA
A celebration of the local community radio stations and the enthusiastic army of volunteers who give their community a voice – including the local amateur DJs who have become accidental celebrities!
R - Tuesday 17th January @ 2200
Soillse: The justice boat - Wednesday 11th January @ 2100 BBC ALBA
For 13 years, Judge Sueli Pini has been travelling from the provincial capital Macapá to the remote villages on the Amazon Delta every two months. With her justice boat she brings a wide range of state services to the population of the North Amazon region.
R - Thursday 12th January @ 2230
Soillse: Born under the northern star - Wednesday 18th January @ 2100 BBC ALBA
Far up North in a remote bay on the Eastern Coast of the Spitsberg lies an uncharted cove. France & Eric are research scientist and they decided to settle here, living onboard their small red sailing boat amongst the icepack. The arrival of Leonie their baby girl has turned their daily lives in the Artic upside down and given a new meaning to their choice of life.
R - Thursday 19th January @ 2230
News...
Celtic sessions - Horo Gheallaidh
On BBCALBA every Saturday at 2200 from 24th September
World class musicians from the Celtic Connections festival drop in to give special, intimate performances at the Horo Gheallaidh ceilidh session’s filmed in Glasgow and presented by Sarah Cruickshank.
This series Abigail Washburn, Fiddlers Bid, Kepa Junkera, Cathy Ann Macphee and Daimh are among the guests.
This is a unique opportunity to watch world-class artists up close, performing stripped down versions of their songs live on our sofa in a way you won’t have seen them before.
Reed Music
The pipes are one of the music world’s most distinctive sounds and piping is one of its earliest musical forms.
This exciting, new series - An Ribheid Chiùil / Reed Music - tells the amazing story of the instrument and its players, and is a fascinating introduction to the international, colourful and exciting world of the pipes. From diffusion, change and sophistication in the world of piping over history, to today’s players who have taken piping into new popularity through pipebands, solo performing and bands touring international festivals and circuits.
Presented by piper Anna Murray.
From Monday 2nd January at 2030 on BBC ALBA