BBC Alba HD Thursday

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

When Fox mentions that Hare is his best friend, Owl decides that he needs a best friend, too

Linda visits her friends Meaban and Moo at their hut to set them fun challenges

Pip and Posy meet their friends for a game of football, but things go wrong when Posy's bag causes a lot of commotion

The duo are alarmed when a big dragon appears. Fun animation for younger viewers

Teal finds an old tyre to do tricks with. However, the tyre gets stuck around Bop's tummy

Now that baby Elisabeth has joined the family, Huggleboo has become the big sister and that isn't always easy

Anne Lorne Gillies reads Bogsa-dhèideagan Ciopair, written and illustrated by Mick Inkpen and translated into Gaelic by Jo MacDonald

The Spuds have a surprising day out when the lift in their tower block home, Grimsby Heights, delivers them to a desert island instead of the ground floor

Stella wants her father to be like the other dads at football, but there is much suspicion when he appears without his crown on

Stella is really embarrassed in case friends see her when she is with her family at a royal picnic in the park

An insight into the life of 12-year-old Maureen Macleod

Frida wishes to meet her father and believes he's an alien. When a stranger arrives, Frida is convinced he is her father, but her mother isn't so easily won over

Orthopedic surgeon Scott Rigg treats a lame Labrador, while at Highland Wildlife Park, Jane Harley examines a cat that has been brought in - and it could be a Scottish wildcat

Joy Dunlop meets Gaelic learner Colin Scott Mackenzie, who lives on the Isle of Lewis, and a poorly Calum Maclean tries out the healing properties of an ancient clootie well

Local, national and international news and information

Mairi Rodgers explores the formal and walled gardens of Floors Castle near Kelso. She has afternoon tea in the summerhouse built for Queen Victoria's visit in 1867

The desert lion, which can be found in the Kunene region of Namibia. The species' survival was once under threat, but recent land changes have helped assure its future

Highlights from Seirm with Yellow House Band, Brendan Begley, Dónal O'Connor and Tim Edey

Roddy cooks up Caribbean chicken and a Hungarian goulash with dumplings, while Uisdean rattles off a five-minute steak dish and a tasty pan-fried hake with mussels

Daniel O'Donnell returns to the Millennium Forum in Derry. This episode delves into the lives of musicians John Hogan, Kathy Durkin, Shaun Cuddy and Gloria

Calum Maclean explores one of the biggest and deepest lochs in Scotland - Loch Morar

This episode features musical stars from the UK, Ireland, and the US, including Emily Smith, Martha Wainwright, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, Rosanne Cash and Paul Brady

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