Friday 9 March 2012

BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 17 March – Friday 23 March 2012

Title: Trusadh – From Asylum to Community
A powerful and poignant documentary which tells the story of how care of people made the move from asylum to community.

Until twenty or thirty years ago, large hospitals for people with mental health problems, and people with learning difficulties, were situated on the outskirts of towns and cities throughout Scotland, where thousands of people who were in need of care were shut away from the rest of society.

However, changing thinking and attitudes about how people should be treated and cared for, and The NHS and Community Care Act of 1990, revolutionised the way in which services were delivered. People who had previously had little control over their lives were encouraged to move into and be part of the community like the rest of us.

Trusadh: Care - From Asylum to Community tells the story of this transition through the personal stories of those who were affected and involved and reveals how attitudes and ideas about how best to care for people have changed over time.

Transmitted: Monday 19 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm


Title: Caileagan an Iasgaich – Trawler Girls

Three girls from Skye take up the challenge of signing on as deckhands on a North Sea trawler.

They plan to spend ten days as part of a tough and experienced crew fishing for cod and haddock in the dangerous waters off Shetland. But have they got what it takes to be Caileagan an Iasgaich? In the series they face gale force winds, extreme sea sickness, and hour upon hours of hauling nets and gutting fish in wet and freezing conditions.

Transmitted: Monday 19 March
Time: 10.00 – 10.30pm


Title: Turas a’ Bhradain / The Salmon’s Journey

Neen MacKay returns with a new series of The Salmon’s Journey, visiting the North East's well-known salmon rivers.

Transmitted: Tuesday 20 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm


Title: Eorpa / European Current Affairs

Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.

Transmitted: Wednesday 21 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm


Title: Club TV
Exclusive interviews, match action, and behind the scenes at Celtic and Rangers F.C.

Transmitted: Thursday 22 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm


Title: Pro 12 Live Rugby Glasgow v Aironi

Live rugby action from the Pro12 league as Glasgow host Aironi at Firhill Stadium, Glasgow.

The last time the sides met was in November at the Stadio Zaffanella, when Warriors ran out 18-6 winners, with stand-off Duncan Weir kicking all of Glasgow’s points on the afternoon.

Commentary will be provided by Hugh Dan MacLennan with trackside analysis from Eilidh Barbour.
Transmitted: Friday 23 March
Time: 7.30 – 9.25pm

Monday 5 March 2012

BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 10 March – Friday 16 March 2012

Title: SPL Inverness CT V Kilmarnock

The latest full-match coverage from the SPL as Inverness Caledonian Thistle host Kilmarnock at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

The game will be the third meeting of the sides this season, with Inverness winning the previous two encounters. Their first match was in August when Terry Butcher’s side won 2-1 at home to the Ayrshire men. The most recent match was a nine goal thriller in November, when Inverness travelled to Rugby Park and emerged victorious in a 6-3 win.

Transmitted: Saturday 10 March
Time: 5.30 – 7.30pm


Title: Turas a’ Bhradain / The Salmon’s Journey
BBC ALBA’s popular fishing series returns with presenter and keen angler, Neen MacKay taking viewers on a journey of discovery charting some of the most accessible salmon fishing available in Scotland.

The Atlantic Salmon’s amazing ability to navigate thousands of miles of open ocean, and leap formidable waterfalls on its return journey to the place it was born, has justifiably earned it the title ‘king of fish’.

Turas a’ Bhradain : The Salmon’s Journey, offers viewers a visual feast with stunning footage, returns with the very latest news from the rivers and coastline around Scotland.

Transmitted: Tuesday 13 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm


Title: Eorpa

Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.

Transmitted: Wednesday 14 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm


Title: Soillse - Racing Around the World Alone

The Vendée Globe is one of the most challenging races in the world. Sailing single-handed, competitors must sail around the world without stopovers and without any external help and Soillse tracks some of the stories and issues behind the race.

Transmitted: Wednesday 14 March
Time: 9.00 – 9.50pm


Title: Thar an Aiseig / Ferry Tales
The ferry is an intrinsic part of life in many communities throughout Scotland. From large vessels to small motor boats, the ferries transport people, goods and livestock from islands and peninsulas, providing a crucial connection with mainland Scotland.

Over a year, this series follows the people that run and use Scotland's ferries. From family run businesses to large corporations, all striving to deliver the best service, despite the daily challenges of weather, timetables and engineering problems. From holiday travellers to commuters and school children, the ferry is vital to people for all sorts of reasons.

In this programme, the Easdale ferry has its busiest day of the year transporting competitors to the Stone Skimming World Championships; its spring cleaning time at Western Ferries and the MV Earl Sigurd heads for North Ronaldsay with a load of new kit houses for the island.

Transmitted: Thursday 15 March
Time: 8.30 - 9.00pm


Title: Taigh Ali

'Ali's House' is a story which saw a young man from the Punjab leaving his native land to head for Britain and land on his feet
finally in the Western Isles where he raised a family inside a thatched cottage in the midst of a Gaelic community.

In the company of Rose Duffy and Kathy Stewart, Ali and Mary Ann Mohammed's daughters, Iain MacPherson takes us on a journey overseas and over here from the end of Ali's story in Benbecula to the place where things began in India. To follow their father's trail, we go first to Ireland where he found a wife and back to Glasgow where he found a job and then up to Uist where he found the very life he had so greatly lacked. To become more familiar with the strange furrow their father ploughed from his life over there to his life over here, we and his daughters take a huge trip over distance and time to the heart of their family story in a village out in the country in the middle of the Punjab: a journey with countless twists throughout which no one expected.

And along the way we discover more of the stories inside each emigrant's legacy and the wealth of culture, language and faith
which in the end built 'Ali's House'.

Transmitted: Friday 16 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm