BBC Alba Thursday

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

A heatwave has struck the forest. Fed up with the high temperatures, Ping Wing decides to pack her bags and go back to her original home, the South Pole

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

When Pip asks Posy to take a special photo of him jumping, things don't work out as they should. How will Posy manage to satisfy Pip?

On a summer's day, Ladybird and Bee play with fluffy things

A beautiful rainbow appears in the sky. Teal thinks there will be treasure at the end of the rainbow, so they set out across the lake to find it

Huggleboo's mum and dad clean the flat

Fiona MacKenzie reads Am Mathan agus am Piàna, written and illustrated by David Litchfield and translated into Gaelic by Morag Stewart

The Spuds visit Betty’s sister on her farm. Put in charge of searching for Aunty Barbara’s chickens and their eggs, Dave goes on an 'egg-citing' adventure involving magic beans

When Stella meets her exchange student, Orla, things don’t go as well as she’d hoped. She finds Orla to be a little strange

When a royal re-enactment of a historical battle is planned, the King is in his element. Stella isn't so happy and wonders what might happen at the event

An insight into the life of 12-year-old Babs MacGregor

The family return to dad's childhood home but mum isn't very happy as it's dirty and old fashioned - not an ideal place for the new baby she is expecting

Scott Rigg operates on a French bulldog in Aberdeenshire to correct a severe bend in his leg, with the help of some new technology

Joy Dunlop inspires viewers to take up the Gaelic language, here focusing on the theme of community

Local, national and international news and information

Mairi Rodgers explores the oldest topiary garden in the world at Levens Hall in Cumbria

Bengal tigers inhabiting the Terai region at the foot of the Himalayas. Once considered a threat, they almost went extinct under the blows of hunters, poachers and deforestation

Performances by Mairi MacMillan, Eoghainn O'Ceannabhain and Ultan O'Brien, and Blue Rose Code

Ruaridh makes a tasty beer-battered fish, while Uisdean prepares twice-cooked chips to go with it, and then makes Scampi and 'Clampi' in tempura batter

Daniel O'Donnell presents this special episode from the Millennium Forum in Derry, meeting Dominic, Colm and Barry Kirwan, and performing alongside them

Calum Maclean explains his passion for wild swimming, and swims in the River Truim, which flows north in Badenoch into the Spey

Julie Fowlis presents highlights from two decades of the music show, including Aly Bain, Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz, Rosanne Cash, Paul Brady and Karen Matheson

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