BBC Alba Documentaries

Fiona MacKenzie explores the journeys travelled by the country’s most revered female artists including Annie Lennox, Barbara Dickson, Eddi Read and Clare Grogan.

A cinema documentary entirely in Scottish Gaelic, Iorram (Boat Song) is a lyrical portrait of life in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, past and present. Director Alastair Cole takes the audience on an immersive journey into the heart and soul of a 1000-year-old community, blending archive sound recordings of voices from the past with visuals of island life today and an original score by acclaimed folk musician Aidan O’Rourke.

A profile of Charles Kennedy and how his Highland upbringing influenced his life and politics. Charles was 23 when he stood for the Highland seat Ross, Cromarty and Skye. His victory began a 32-year career in politics. Charles rose through the political ranks of his party and he went on to lead the merged party, the Liberal Democrats. However through those years, Charles never forgot his Lochaber roots. From his stance on the 2003 Iraq War to the fight to save the Fort William Sleeper, he stood on principle. Ultimately his battle with alcoholism forced his resignation as leader but he never gave up on the party or his constituents. This is a story of addiction, but mainly of a humorous Highlander who had heart

The story of a remote area's ambition to build a community centre on the edge of a cliff in Uig, Isle of Lewis. The locals have come together to try and make this building project, on a site once used as a radar station looking out towards St Kilda and the Atlantic Ocean, a reality. They require an outstanding design, funding, and enough patience to see them through a ten-year struggle.