BBC Alba Friday

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

After hearing the Jack and the Beanstalk story, the Farmyard Bunch want to grow a beanstalk, so that they can climb it and have an adventure like Jack's

Boban is very impressed with his new sporty car, but Fuigheag doesn't like it. He prefers a ride in the cart

Owl wants to enter a drawing contest but fears his work is not good enough and throws it away. Fox brings the discarded drawing to Hare and they decide to send it in secretly

Both Bing and Sula are determined to play with the same balloon at the same time

Both Bing and Coco think they should get to wear the one crown from the dressing-up box

Petit invites his friends to his father's workplace. However, his dad won't let them touch anything except the floor and they start to get really bored

Mary Ann Kennedy reads Bellag Bana-bhuidseach by Valerie Thomas, illustrated by Korky Paul and translated into Gaelic by Donald John Macleod

Elaina isn't fond of Belle and she wants to ban dogs from the village. She organises a referendum where people have to vote for or against Belle being allowed entry to the village

A lack of tourists mean that there aren't many people buying Angelina's cheese. She needs help. It's a good thing that Belle and Sebastian are ready and willing

Having recovered from her illness, Aileas makes plans to take part in an obstacle course at the end of the summer

Della is worried about how to pay the mounting bills at Number 3

Local, national and international news and information

Catriona Murray talks about how poetry can evoke memories of a person. She reads An Luchag 's an Cat, which immediately reminds her of her cousin who is no longer alive

Gaelic soap set on the Isle of Lewis

The lifeboat crew spends a day training for a scenario involving ice, and passing poet Torquil Farquhar lends a hand

Donald Morrison introduces an insight into life in Blairs College in Aberdeen, a training school for students considering the priesthood, filmed shortly before it closed in 1986

An aerial journey along the Ayrshire coast and a chance to learn about the first Open Championship, which took place at Prestwick

Musician Iain Spanish MacKay meets those behind his favourite Celtic Rock records, including Runrig, Simple Minds, Thin Lizzy, Big Country, Wolfstone, Tide Lines and Peat & Diesel

Behind the scenes with Niteworks as they record and release their third studio album, in the run-up to their Celtic Connections concert with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Innovative Sky band Niteworks and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra collaborate in a performance at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall