SpeakGaelic
SpeakGaelic: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

October 15, 2021

Episodes

13 episodes

SpeakGaelic

Season 1

Overview

The first series of SpeakGaelic, based at level A1.

Episodes

1. Caraidean Ùra | New Friends

October 15, 2021
29 min

Joy Dunlop takes us on our first steps to speak Gaelic.

2. Àitichean | Places

October 15, 2021
29 min

Joy Dunlop guides us through the first basic steps to speak Gaelic. We meet Gaelic learner Clare Coghill and Calum Maclean surveys the streets of Glasgow in search of Greek architecture.

3. An Aimsir | The Weather

October 15, 2021
28 min

We meet Gaelic learner Ben Geyer from Fife and Calum Maclean is in St Monans, finding out about the prosperity white gold brought to the area.

4. Teaghlach | Family

October 15, 2021
28 min

We meet Gaelic learner Caroline Quinn from Trinidad and Tobago, while Calum Maclean is in Portmahomack, Easter Ross, learning about his heritage.

5. Dachaigh | Home

October 15, 2021
29 min

Calum Maclean visits Airth in Stirlingshire where he discovers a fruity architectural surprise.

6. Tìde | Time

October 15, 2021
28 min

We meet learner Sophie Day from Falkirk, and Calum Maclean keeps a keen eye on the tide while on the hunt for spectacular cave art on Davaar Island in the Mull of Kintyre.

7. Obair | Work

October 15, 2021
28 min

Calum Maclean is in Glasgow taking a step back in time along the banks of the River Clyde. We also meet learners Audrey and Davy Paterson from Taynuilt.

8. Tìde dheth | Time off

October 15, 2021
28 min

We meet circus performer and Gaelic learner Kit Rodman-Orr from Cumbernauld, and Calum Maclean takes a voyage of discovery to an unusual theatre.

9. Biadh & Deoch | Food & Drink

October 15, 2021
28 min

Calum Maclean is on Scotland’s east coast where he’s hoping to have smoked fish for lunch.

10. Ceannachd | Shopping

October 15, 2021
29 min

Calum Maclean visits an artistic and poetic railway tunnel in Colinton, Edinburgh.

11. Latha gu Latha | Day to Day

October 15, 2021
28 min

Joy Dunlop meets learner and musician Teya-Jean Bawden who lives near Beauly, and Calum Maclean goes in search of some tasty match-day treats in Kilmarnock.

12. Coltas Dhaoine | Describing People

October 15, 2021
29 min

We meet Gaelic learner Colin Scott Mackenzie who lives on the Isle of Lewis, and a poorly Calum Maclean tries out the healing properties of an ancient clootie well.

13. Peataichean | Pets

October 15, 2021
29 min

We meet learner Keith Mackenzie from the Isle of Skye and Calum Maclean is in Argyll, on the hunt for one of Scotland’s more reclusive creatures.