BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Week: 48

Date: Saturday, 28 November – Friday, 4 December 2009


Title: Mod na Cloinne

A selection of singers and choirs from this year's children's Mod held in Oban.

Transmitted: Saturday 28th November 2009
Time: 22:00


Title: Na Trads

Mary Ann Kennedy and Tony Kearney host a night celebrating the best traditional music on offer in Scotland.

Transmitted: Monday 30th November 2009
Time: 22:00


Title: Trom is Tapadaidh / Highland Games

Donald MacSween joins Scottish and International heavies competing for the Grampian Games Glenfiddich Championship at the Ballater Highland Games.

Transmitted: Tuesday 1st December 2009
Time: 21:00


Title: Aonghas Dubh

Poet, journalist, broadcaster, researcher, scriptwriter, librettist - only a few of the titles assigned to Aonghas MacNeacail - Aonghas Dubh born in the Isle of Skye in 1942. A subservient but unconventional Gaelic poet, his work has been published in the States, Europe and Middle East and he regularly does overseas recital/lecture tours in Ireland, Germany, Poland, Japan, Israel, Italy and has won a number of awards for his work. In this documentary he talks about his life, his influences and his poetry.

Transmitted: Thursday 3rd December 2009
Time: 21:00