BBC ALBA and BBC Radio nan Gaidheal have received nominations in this year’s Celtic Media Festival awards.
Among the BBC ALBA nominations were Hamish, a documentary film about the renowned Scottish cultural icon Hamish Henderson – poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter and leading force in the revival of Scottish folk music – and Jimmy Johnstone, a film telling the highs and lows of an unforgettable working-class Celtic and Scotland footballing great a decade on from his death at the age of 61 as a result of motor neurone disease.
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal has been nominated for station of the year, while programmes including Mac ‘Ille Mhicheil and Spòrs na Seachdain are shortlisted for awards.