Posts Tagged ‘BBC’
Artificial intelligence to help with Gaelic subtitles
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is being used to create a Gaelic subtitle service that could be used by the BBC. Linguists and AI researchers from Edinburgh and Glasgow universities have been awarded £225,000 by the Scottish Government to develop the system. The funding will also help the team to begin creating a “large language model” –…
Read MoreRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland hosts ‘Plug’ festival
THE “Plug” new music festival returns to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) next month. More than 300 pieces of music have received their premieres at the festival during the past 17 years. This year’s festival runs on 8-12 May in Glasgow. Highlights at this year’s Plug festival include nine accordionists being accompanied by a…
Read MoreAn Lot returns for lambing season
CROFTING series An Lot returns to BBC Alba next week for a two-part special that includes lambing. The programme, which is filmed at Ness on Lewis, stars Sweeny and David. The latest two episodes, which will be broadcast on 1 and 8 May, cover winter and the lambing season. Since the last series was shown,…
Read MoreReturn of the lynx discussed in parliament
REINTRODUCING lynx to Scotland is being discussed at the Scottish Parliament today. Ariane Burgess, a Green MSP for the Highlands and islands, has sponsored a reception that was organised by conservation charities Scotland: The Big Picture, Trees for Life, and The Lifescape Project. Today’s reception follows a debate last Thursday, during which a motion by…
Read MoreBBC Alba marks Hebrides migration centenary
A SERIES of dramatic monologues recorded by BBC Alba to mark the centenary of major migrations from the Outer Hebrides comes to an end tomorrow. The eight-part series, entitled Marloch is Metagama: Guthan (Marloch and Metagama: Voices), will be available on the BBC iPlayer for 30 days. Nearly 600 islanders left the Outer Hebrides in…
Read MoreCall for action after final Wild Isles episode
THE Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is calling on viewers to take action following tonight’s final episode of the BBC’s Wild Isles programme. The five-part documentary series, which was presented by Sir David Attenborough, has featured wildlife from throughout the UK and Ireland. Tonight’s final show profiled creatures living in the seas surrounding Scotland and the…
Read MoreScottish Field’s Rosie Morton returns with Landward
LANDWARD, the rural affairs television programme, returns to BBC Scotland tonight, with Scottish Field writer Rosie Morton among this series’ presenters. Morton joined the show as last summer and travelled the length and breadth of our nation, sharing the stories of people who live and work in the countryside and on the coast. The programme,…
Read MoreScots get ready for New York City Tartan Day Parade
SCOTTISH companies are getting ready to support the New York City Tartan Day Parade. It’s 25 years since the United States’ Senate declared 6 April to be “National Tartan Day”. Now, ScotlandShop and Bross Bagels are each supporting events in the Big Apple to mark the anniversary. This year, ScotlandShop – which is already the…
Read MoreHugh Dan MacLennan’s final fling
SHINTY legend Hugh Dan MacLennan is hanging up his microphone after this year’s Camanachd Cup final at Bught Park in Inverness. The night before the match, MacLennan will be joined on stage at the Highland Capital’s Eden Court theatre by fellow commentator and music star Gary Innes for “Hugh Dan’s Highland Fling”. The performance on…
Read MoreAttenborough’s ‘Wild Isles’ shines light on salmon
WILDLIFE legend Sir David Attenborough’s Wild Isles television series will shine a light on the plight of Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon on Sunday. Attenborough will use his BBC One show to highlight that “there has been a 70% loss in 25 years, and [wild Atlantic] salmon could be extinct in the next two decades”. Members…
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