BBC Alba Thursday

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

Everybody is tired due to the hot weather. Since Tusk had a great night sleep in the cool mud, he invites all his friends for a sleepover at his place

Linda challenges her friends Meaban and Moo to find three red items. Their hut is full of junk so Meaban and Moo need to have a good rummage

Pip and Posy have fun playing in the snow but forget that Frankie doesn’t enjoy it. How can they make it fun for him too?

Daolag-bhreac and Seillean are delighted when the leaves start twirling to the ground

Abney, Teal and Neep put up a hammock and try to get into it. The Poc-Pocs join in, but are thrown up into the air and disappear. Abney, Teal and Neep go on a Poc-Poc hunt

Huggleboo is staying at grandma and grandpa's farm. As a surprise she has picked flowers from the garden for a bouquet but will this really make grandma happy?

Mairi Morrison reads Tha Frankie a' Tighinn, written and illustrated by Tim Hopgood and translated into Gaelic by Jo MacDonald

Zach and Emily introduce highlights from the junior music competitions at the 2024 Oban Mod. They also meet some of those who took part in Monday and Tuesday’s contests

When the class gets the chance to go on a camping trip, Stella, who’s an expert in her own opinion, wants to practise in the garden with Mia and Freya

Dave swallows an apple pip and turns into a tree. With the help of an oak tree called Linda, he discovers the importance of looking after nature

An insight into the life of 12-year-old Niall Iain Macdonald

Fumi doesn't want a haircut from her father's new friend, because she wants to keep remembering how things were when her mother was still alive

Once a week a vet from Uist takes the ferry to the Isle of Barra. David Buckland makes the journey and has many patients, including cats, dogs, cattle and a lamb

Neil Mitchison chats to Joy Dunlop in the studio and Calum Maclean meets a storyteller.

Local, national and international news and information

Mairi Rodgers finds out about the conservation work being done at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Logan, the royal history at Floors Castle and Falkland Palace Gardens

Cathy Macdonald explores the fact behind the fiction in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, finding out where Mary took her inspiration for the book

The lads serve up some plant-based recipes. Uisdean prepares seitan, a meat substitute made from wheat gluten, and Ruaridh creates a Moroccan chickpea stew

How the members of La Brise de Mer became undisputed masters in the art of hold-ups. Newcomers who joined its ranks, formed an alliance that ushered the gang into a new era

Calum Maclean swims in the River Etive, the water Calum claims is the most fun for a swimmer. Running between Glencoe to the sea, the river is full of amazing pools

Valtos and a host of musical friends, including Elephant Sessions and Project Smok, in concert at SWG3 as part of Celtic Connections 2024b

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