BBC Alba Thursday

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

Sula's toy hippo is in a spot of bother, but Bing and Hoppity are there to save the day

Pando and Bing are playing outside in the cold, but Flop has made them hot chocolate

The animals build a snow castle in the mountains before playing the word game with Ben, and Hari the hippo searches inside the house for a stool

The Sailfish explains that they are the fastest fish in the ocean, and how they very seldom get caught by predators

Abney is trying to write poems, but Teal just wants to make noise. Somehow they have to find a way to do both together

Eilidh visits Alec and his beautiful Burmese cat Doris, who is eight years old

Mairi MacInnes reads Sìle agus Dràgon written and illustrated by Lesley Barnes and translated into Gaelic by Donald John Macleod

Bonns is so greedy that she eats all the grubs on Grubloom Day

When the twins fall out with one another, everything goes topsy turvy at the Gumbal-railidh. To solve the situation, the twins must reconcile and save the day

Bitzer cannot sit still, so Shaun decides to find out what is causing his unusual behaviour

It is the Spuds' turn to run Grim Fest, the annual festival at Grimsby Heights, but their jealous neighbours, The Dups, are out to sabotage their efforts

Dave is tired of following his parents' rules. Creating a reverse fountain of youth in the bathtub, he shrivels himself into an old man and sets about making up rules of his own

Derek 'Pluto' Murray returns with the amateur DIY competition, with head judge Iain MacKay and guest Mairi Gillies setting gardening-themed challenges

Alison Lang chats to Joy Dunlop in the studio and Calum Maclean experiences literature galore as he learns about a writer who made his home in Barra

Local, national and international news and information from BBC ALBA

An action-packed trip to Skye's Trotternish peninsula with Ramsay MacMahon, including a hike up the Old Man of Storr and a trip to Staffin Bay

The lobster chase moves inshore - and with it, the chaos. Tangles mount, tempers flare, and Steven races to escape the mess in time for his son’s birthday

Skye digital creator Niamh Mackinnon meets other young people to try out the different little activities that spark joy for them. In this edition, Niamh tries out coasteering

The lads cook Eastern European food. Roddy makes a roast duck accompanied by potato dumplings and demonstrates a version of the classic Borscht soup

Darren Laing’s 2016 report, first broadcast days before the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union

Julie Fowlis presents highlights from two decades of Transatlantic Sessions, featuring Aly Bain, Alison Krauss, Tim O’ Brien, Dirk Powell and Dónal Lunny

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