BBC Alba Unveils Autumn Schedule

BBC Alba unveiled its schedule of new programmes for its autumn season today at a launch event held in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.
Three years on, the channel has continued to provide an excellent range of high quality home produced programmes appealing to audiences across Scotland with productions from many genres including observational documentaries, news and current affairs, entertainment and lifestyle, religion, children’s programming, music and sport.
Leading figures from the channel partnership and programme producers were present alongside a host of new stars who will grace our screens this autumn on BBC ALBA. In attendance were contributors to the new Midwives series filmed at Raigmore Hospital, alongside some furry friends to showcase a new series following the varied lives of vets in the Highlands & Islands and throughout Scotland.
BBC Alba is proud to be making a positive contribution to Scottish broadcasting and supporting the county’s creative and media sectors, working with 16 independent production companies and both Scottish broadcasters, STV and the BBC on programme content. Earlier this year the channel also achieved a major milestone when the BBC Trust approved its carriage on Freeview thus enabling every household in Scotland to access the wide variety of programmes available.
Some highlights from the station's new autumn schedule include Midwives/Mnathan-glùine, Vets/Gach Creutair Beò and Turas Tony.
Margaret Mary Murray, Head of Service for BBC Alba, said: “We are delighted to be launching such a strong and varied new autumn season of programmes ranging from emotional documentaries to light-hearted entertainment and lifestyle strands to professional sport and live musical performances. Audiences across Scotland have been drawn to BBC Alba’s schedule of programmes supplied by some of the finest independent and broadcast production companies in the country.”
(BMcN)