BBC Alba TV Guide — Saturday, 5 September 2026

Mary Ann Kennedy and Lucy Cooke look at how humans interact with nature, visiting distillers who look to local botanicals to connect their spirits and the local environment. Fergus Stokes, Ardgour's local microbrewer, shares his trials with a return to traditional Scottish heather ale production. Mary Ann celebrates the rose and cherry - and how taste and aroma count as much as appearance in their petals and fruit. Lucy finds a plant that has 'leapt' from a cultivated garden and happily grows wild, and finds the best way of using the intensely aromatic 'Ribena' flowers of the Flowering Currant

Kate creates a fun, new outfit for Mhairi, using only second-hand clothes. In Gaelic

Niall Iain Macdonald hosts a new fun quiz show where two teams go head-to-head to win a cash prize. Standing in the way of victory are the Pretenders

Fine and Fiona take on Gillies and Robbie in the quiz show where the contestants' progress is jeopardised by the Pretenders - playing from the comfort of their own homes. Hosted by Niall Iain Macdonald

Visual artist and horticulturalist Màiri Gillies makes collars for her brassicas using materials she has to hand and visits two experienced island gardeners, Angus Macdonald and David Murdo Mackay. Angus has a flourishing vegetable and fruit garden and David Murdo has created a woodland in an exposed coastal location on the west side of the island. Mairi also travels to a specialist organic herb nursery in the Black Isle

Erica Macpherson embarks a design adventure throughout the Highlands and Islands. With the help of local craft workers she finds new ideas for designing old spaces. In Gaelic

Mary Ann Kennedy presents traditional and roots music from Celtic Connections 2023, featuring Nordic fiddle music from the Finnish 'all-star' folk band Frigg as well as African dance music from the Jit Jive duo. Plus, South Uist singer, Gillebrìde MacMillan and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Baiman

Scientists discover how king penguins use unique calls to locate their young and how researchers are beginning to decode the meanings behind different dog barks. Plus the secrets of the waggle dance that bees use to share information, and how butterflies 'talk' using ultraviolet patterns on their wings. It's an invitation to eavesdrop on the secret conversations happening all around us - the hidden languages of the natural world

Carrie MacNeil presents coverage of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2022 - the first time since it had taken place since 2019 - with Jennifer Reoch talking to some of those taking part