BBC Alba TV Guide — Saturday, 27 June 2026

Documentary profiling the Melbost Bard, the renowned Gaelic poet and songwriter from the island of Lewis, whose work was a catalyst for a whole new era of modern Gaelic music. Having composed poems and songs all his life, it was not until the advent of the tape recorder that Murdo, who could neither read nor write music, became known to a wider audience. The programme contains TV and radio archive recordings of Murdo in interviews, and also of him performing his work

Ramsay MacMahon is in Dalbeattie, where he seeks to learn more about the local granite industry by visiting the area's disused quarries. He also goes to a beach with a fascinating past before driving to Lockerbie to his very special accommodation complete with private bar

Part two of two. After a tough start, Somhairle and Innes continue along the Badger Divide, encountering mechanicals, torrential rain, wrong turns and lost baggage. In Gaelic

Crofters select their best calves and cattle for market, there's a visit to the popular kitchen ceilidh in South Uist and Barra Gaelic choir compete at the Lochaber Mod

Camrears record daily life in the port of Stornoway. It's a historic day for the Hebrides as the first cruise ship arrives at the Deep Water Terminal and tourists get a chance to visit some of the island's top attractions

Mary Ann Kennedy presents the live music show, featuring Kinnaris Quintet, Marit and Rona and the Yellow House All-Star Band

The space industry is worth billions of pounds and Scotland is one of the countries at the heart of that industry. Mairi Rodgers she meets amateur rocketeers, students who hope to work in the industry and some of the companies involved. She also visits communities where spaceports are planned - with some warmly embracing them and some determined to block them

How, as global temperatures rise, wild fires rage out of control, droughts and human-animal conflict intensify and systems destabilise. The people living and working on the frontline of change reveal how science, nature and tradition can help prepare mankind for a fast-changing future