What's On...
Trusadh: Access all areas? - Monday 13th February @ 2100 BBC ALBA
How accessible is Scotland in 2011 for a wheelchair user? The Equality Act came in to force in October 2010. One of its aims is to improve access and equality for people with disabilities and increase their chances in the workplace as well as wider society.
R - Tuesday 14th February @ 2200
Trusadh: The Bard’s Legacy - Monday 20th February @ 2100 BBC ALBA
Cahalen Morrison is an up and coming American singer-songwriter who is on a mission to take time from his UK tour to find out more about his connection with the Isle of Lewis and an ancestor who shared his passion for poetry and music.
R - Tuesday 21st February @ 2200
Soillse: Katia - Wednesday 8th February @ 2100 BBC ALBA
Young climber Katia Lafaille embarks on a gruelling, dangerous and lonely adventure to conquer the hostile summit and slopes of Aconcagua mountain in the Andes in a personal and poignant challenge as a heartbreaking dedication to her late husband.
R - Thursday 9th February @ 2230
Soillse: Orphans of Tibet - Wednesday 15th February @ 2100 BBC ALBA
The Mussorie school of Northern India has been founded by the Tibetan government in exile and is a refuge for about 2000 orphans. Each year parents take the drastic decision to secretly send their children from China to India to attend the school in the hope of keeping their Tibetan culture alive.
R - Thursday 16th February @ 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