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23 July 2010

ON TOUR WITH BBC ALBA

BBC ALBA is set to embark on its mini summer tour which will see the screening of some original archive material in those communities in which it was shot.

Filming will take place during the tour to bring the films up to date through specially shot, contemporary interviews with those who took part in the original filming as well as gaining feedback from those in the communities.

The tour will begin with a visit to Lewis taking the ‘Midweek’ current affairs series to the Bayhead Bridge Centre in Stornoway on Thursday 29th July. The screening will include two special reports, one on the emergence of The West Highland Free Press and the second on the emergence of the 7:84 Theatre Company which were first filmed in 1974 and broadcast on BBC1.BBC ALBA’s update will examine both as part of a radical political movement in the Highlands in the 1970s.

The second screening is 'Everyman', a religious affairs series programme on religious faith in Lewis, titled 'The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel' which was filmed in 1979 in Lewis and broadcast again on BBC1. The screening is taking place on Friday 30th July again at the Bayhead Bridge Centre, Stornoway.

'The Corncrake and the Croft', which explored the life of crofting over the period of a year in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides in 1977 and also broadcast on BBC1, is the final roadshow screening taking place on Monday August 2nd at Carinish Village Hall in North Uist.

For all three screenings, venue doors open at 7.15pm for an 8pm start.

All members of the public are welcome and admission to all venues will be free, with tea and coffee available following each screening.