Wednesday 10 October 2012

BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 13 October – Friday 19 October 2012

Title: Balaich Ronaigh Two teenage boys bored with summer holidays find themselves far from family and home. Calum and his cousin Murdo from Glasgow take a joy-ride on a power boat which leads to an unforgettable adventure. Transmitted: Saturday 13 October Time: 6.40 – 7.30pm Title: Ramsdens Cup Semi-final - Cowdenbeath v Partick Thistle Live action as Cowdenbeath welcome Partick Thistle to Central Park in the semi -final of the Ramsdens Cup. Transmitted: Sunday 14 October Time: 4.00 – 6.05pm Title: Mòd na Cloinne/Children's Mòd Mary Ann Kennedy presents some of the winning performances from the main stage in Dunoon on the first day of the children's Mod. Transmitted: Monday 15 October Time: 8.30 – 10.00pm Title: Cuide ri Cathy/Scottish Celebrities - Keith Duffy Boyzone singer and Coronation Street actor Keith Duffy welcomes Cathy MacDonald to Galway where he is performing in the play Big Maggie. Transmitted: Monday 15 October Time: 10.00 – 10.30pm Title: Mòd na Cloinne/Children's Mòd Mary Ann Kennedy welcomes you to a concert featuring some of the prize-winners from the second day of the children's Mòd. Transmitted: Tuesday 16 October Time: 8.30 – 10.00pm Title: Mòd 2012: Mod Dhun Omhainn Join Mary Ann Kennedy and special guests as they recount favourite Mod moments along with song performances from some of today's competition winners. Transmitted: Wednesday 17 October Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm Title: Moladh na Maighdinn Two mountains, two poets and 250 years of changing attitudes to the Highland landscape are the elements of this intriguingly different film. The mountains are Beinn Dorain in Argyll and A' Mhaighdinn in the Fisherfields "wilderness" of Wester Ross. The poets are Duncan Ban MacIntyre and Domhnall UIlleam Stewart who take on both the physical challenges of A' Mhaighdinn, one of Scotland's most remote and beautiful Munros and the even more considerable creative challenge involved in writing a contemporary poem in tribute to Duncan Ban's 18th century masterpiece "In praise of Beinn Dorain." Transmitted: Wednesday 17 October Time: 10.00 – 10.30pm Title: Mòd - Traditional Gold Medal Mary Ann Kennedy presents live coverage of the traditional gold medal competition for singing from the Royal National Mod in Dunoon. Transmitted: Thursday 18 October Time: 7.30 – 9.00pm Title: Siuthad Siubhail! Pluto and Emma are in Belfast and go at full-pelt in the woods, take a memorable taxi tour and meet X-Factor star Janet Devlin. Transmitted: Thursday 18 October Time: 10.00 – 10.30pm Title: Mòd - Final Prizewinners Mary Ann Kennedy introduces the main choral winners of the day from the final prize-winners' concert from the Dunoon Royal National Mod. Transmitted: Friday 19 October Time: 8.30 – 10.00pm Title: Scottish Premier League - Dundee v Inverness CT ‘As live’ action from the Scottish Premier League as Dundee host Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Dens Park, Dundee. Transmitted: Friday 19 October Time: 10.00 – 11.59pm