9 January 2019

Like sheepdogs? Well we have just the show for you! Our coverage from the 2018 Scottish International Sheepdog Trials starts on BBC ALBA tonight. Relive the drama and feel the tension as points are won and lost out in the fields of West Kilbride and Gill Hall Estate, County Down. With the nation’s top handlers all gunning for glory, nothing is certain, except that Catriona MacPhee & Donald MacSween will be there to keep you fully updated on results and bring you behind the scenes interviews as the drama unfolds. 

16 November 2018

With just 15 days left to vote for your favourite acts at this year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, everything is heating up! The wait to find who the winners will be is almost over as we will be revealing all at Perth Concert Hall on 1 December. If you can’t make it along to the awards night, be sure to tune in to BBC ALBA or watch online where we will be live on air from 9pm. Presenting the awards night this year will be Mary Ann Kennedy and Kim Carnie.

29 October 2018

IT’S BACK! Ceòlmhor @ Piping Live!, our series of all things bagpiping, returns for a fourth series starting tonight on BBC ALBA. Join Allan MacDonald on Monday nights as he presents six programmes with performances from some of the top bagpiping acts from around the world. From New Zealand to Canada, this show has you covered! 

13 August 2018

NEW SERIES! We have a brand new chat show from Edinburgh Festival Fringe led by the new presenter pairing of Fiona MacKenzie and Lana Pheutan. Join them on BBC ALBA over the coming weeks as Fiona meets a star-studded cast from our rooftop studio and Lana takes a look at some of the hottest shows going at the festival.

June 3rd 2018

BIG NEWS! We’ve been excited to announce this for a while now…Port is back! And this time, we are going international! Our crew are just back from a fantastic filming trip to northern Spain in the regions of Asturias and Galicia and before that, Brittany, where we recorded loads of music with some of the world’s top traditional musicians. It wasn’t just the music that Julie and Muireann got stuck into this time around as they tried out plenty of local cuisines and got involved with various traditions of those parts. Join us for all the excitement on BBC ALBA and TG4 later in the year. 

May 12th 2018

After three sellout nights of absorbing music that we recorded during Celtic Connections at the Hillhead Bookclub, we knew we had recorded a special series at the time. The results have not let us down as the sounds of the ridiculously talented bands and individual musicians that we filmed with have been been lighting up BBC ALBA screens for the past few weeks. Tonight is the last episode of the series – we hope you have enjoyed it this far and enjoy the last one when it comes!

April 3rd 2018

Series 2 of Scotstar kicks off on BBC ALBA tonight! Set against Scotland’s stunning and dramatic scenery, get a close up view of the work that is carried out by the men and women of the Scottish Specialist Transport and Retrieval Service. Across four one hour episodes, the series will tell the dramatic stories of families and individuals in their darkest hours, and their life changing retrievals by Scotstar. The cameras capture the action as it happens – under a blue light in an ambulance or in the back of an aircraft. Be sure not to miss the heroics of the people behind this impressive service that is so vital to Scottish people and the NHS.

April 1st 2018

We have just finished the first batch of filming for a brand new music series for BBC ALBA. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you ALT, hosted by the new presenter pairing of Kim Carnie and Dòmhnall Eòghainn MacKinnon. The new show will feature performances from some of Scotland’s most establsihed contemporary bands, as well as performances from some of the hottest up and coming names in the country’s vibrant music scene. Keep an eye out for the launch date on our social media channels.

February 14th 2018

After a busy schedule of filming throughout Celtic Connections 2018, we can proudly present our first couple of programmes from the magnificent festival. ‘Òrain nan Gàidheal’ was a truly spectacular show that saw some of Scotland’s finest contemporary Gaelic singers team up with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The results are simply breathtaking.

We have two episodes from the great night coming to BBC ALBA, with the first episode being shown on 24 February at 9pm, and the second episode a week later, at 9pm on 3 March. Be sure not to miss these ones!

December 3rd 2017

We were live on air last night from the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley for the 15th annual MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, where all the highly deserving 2017 winners across various categories were announced.

The show will be available on the BBC iPlayer for the next 30 days, and keep an eye out for our highlights programme, ‘An Dara Teud’, that will be shown on BBC ALBA, with Linda MacLeod bringing you all of the best moments from the night, as well as other behind the scenes footage.