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- The Smith 'boys of Aird' have each made their mark. This programme considers their enviable talents and hears them reflect on life growing up in the village of Aird Dell, Lewis. Better known as "Dòmhnall Ruadh", Donald Smith was a leading player in the Gaelic theatre movement of the 1970s and '80s. He is known too through television dramas such as Machair and Gruth is Uachdar. Norman Smith won the Mod Gold Medal for traditional singing in 2003. The programme looks back at his career in the Merchant Navy, and observes his joy at becoming a grandfather. John Smith directs many of the BBC's biggest hits from The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to The Chelsea Flower Show. Some familiar faces reveal what it's like to work with him, live. Youngest brother Coinneach "Ruadh" Smith was presenter of Radio nan Gàidheal's music show Caithris na h-Oidhche, earning a special place in the hearts of teenagers listeners. In 1985, Coinneach was tragically killed in a road accident. Here, his brothers speak movingly of their loss. With a new generation of Smiths now also enjoying success, this moving film celebrates one family's outstanding contribution to the Gaelic community.
- Six powerful, individual Gaelic songs interpreted in contemporary dramatic settings, without additional dialogue.
- Biography of the renowned Scots Gaelic singer Christine Primrose, from the Isle of Lewis. One of the last remaining bearers of traditional Gaelic song, the film follows Christine from her native Lewis to New York, during a special year in which she is inducted to the Trads Hall of Fame.
- Tony Miller became the second-last criminal to be executed in Scotland when he was hanged on 22 December 1960. He had been convicted of murdering John Cremin at Queen's Park Recreation Ground in Glasgow on 6 April 1960.
- 10 year old Kriselle lives with her Dad in a Scottish seaside town, where they run the local theatre. Kriselle has a plan to transform the theatre, which unlocks something else deep within herself.