Am poileasman's am pàidh

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Scotland’s national collection of moving image is based at the National Library at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. The National Library of Scotland collects, preserves and promotes access to films capturing Scotland and her people, from the early days of film making to the present day, with over 48,000 items captured on film, videotape and digitally. Manuscript, printed material and memorabilia relating to the history of filmmaking and the cinema going business in Scotland since 1896 are also part of the collection. You can watch over 3,500 clips and full-length films on the Moving Image Archive catalogue or to explore even more of the collections visit Kelvin Hall.

Am poileasman's am pàidh

National Library of Scotland
1994-01-21
Sound

Apple Pie Bed: Children's TV show with puppetry and animation. Dubbed in Gaelic.

A Gaelic version of the English-language children's television show The Magic House, combining puppetry, scale model sets and special effects. This episode, the third in the first series, is called 'Am poileasman's am pàidh' (Apple Pie Bed).

The Magic House was originally a British children's television animation puppet show created by Joe Austen, that was broadcast on Scottish Television from 7 January 1994 to 30 July 1996. The television programme was adapted from a series of children's books written and illustrated by Austen in the early 1980s. The show's 52 10-minute episodes were aired across the ITV Network between 1994 and 1996. As well as the television episodes, a spin-off series of books was also produced, written and illustrated by Joe Austen. The show, which featured Uncle Teapot, Kitty Kettle, Barney Bin and other characters based on household items, proved a success with the characters appearing in adverts for the Trustee Savings Bank for children's savings accounts.

Gaelic Television

"Gaelic for everyone, wherever you are." Explore Scotland's Gaelic Television programmes, from news to soap opera, first broadcast in the 1990s.

This collection showcases the variety of television programmes in Gàidhlig preserved by the National Library of Scotland on videotape. From magazines and current affairs debating the important events of the day to regular news broadcasts and Hogmanay Hoolies - you'll get to see 1990s Britain from a different perspective. The collection is diverse and surprising: alongside language learning programmes you'll discover Country and Western music, historical drama, wildlife and religion! The main Gaelic speaking audiences in Scotland live in the Western Isles, Highlands and the big Scottish cities. Programmes were often transmitted with English subtitles so they could be enjoyed nationwide. Made by independent production companies as well as Grampian TV, Scottish TV and BBC Scotland, the sector is ambitious and creative. The Broadcasting Act (1990) kickstarted the creation of the Comataidh Telebhisein Gàidhlig (Gaelic Television Committee) that first funded and developed production. Today, MG Alba as it is now known delivers all BBC Alba content digitally in partnership with the BBC. BBC Alba is a free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by BBC and MG Alba (with similarities to S4C in Wales or TG4 in Ireland) Let's watch some Gaelic TV! Bi tapaidh!

14 videos in this collection

Cèilidh nan Gaidheal

Inverness
1993-12-31

Telefios na Seachdainn

Outer Hebrides
1994-03-26

Machair

Isle of Lewis/Eilean Leodhais
1993-06-01

Tuath Cheòl

Govan
1994

Isle of Skye

Isle of Skye
1993-01-09

An Giuthsach - Fo Sgail a'Ghiuthais Albannaich

Grampian Mountains
1997

Dealbhan Beò

Haymarket Sta
1994

Seirbheis bho Eaglais na h-Alba an t-ath Leathann an t-Eilean Sgitheanach

Isle of Skye
1993

Caraidean

Kelvinside
1995

Calum a' Charamel

Isle of Skye
1995

Màiri Mhòr: Na h-orain'sa Beatha

Kyle of Lochalsh/Caol Loch Ailse
1994

Cànan ar Dùthcha

Kyle of Sutherland
1993-09-21

Cuin Is Càite

1996-10