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Beatha air a鈥� Mh貌intich - Life on the Peat

In Harris we go in search of the stags which roam the peaty uplands. And in Lewis, presenter Anne McAlpine joins Danny Mackay to put the finishing touches to a peat stack.

Tha m貌intichean a鈥� cur taic ri diofar dh貌ighean-beatha. Sna Hearadh, aig 脿m reitheachd, tha am preseantair Anne NicAilpein a鈥� sireadh na daimh a tha a鈥� siubhal talamh 脿rd nam m貌intichean. Air raointean farsaing m貌intichean Chanada, tha na lusan pitcher a鈥� d猫anamh rud iongantach 鈥� ag ithe shalamandaran. Tha luchd-saidheans ann an 脠irinn a鈥� rannsachadh mar a dh鈥檉haodadh lusan-m貌intich a bhith a鈥� leigheas 鈥� fi霉 鈥榮 aillse? Tha Anne cuideachd sna T矛rean 脤sle, far a bheil traoghadh agus buain m貌nach air buaidh mh貌r a thoirt air a鈥� chruth-t矛re agus mar a b鈥� 脿bhaist do dhroch 矛omhaigh a bhith aig talamhan-m貌intich an sin, 鈥榮 iad ga mheas mar 鈥楾h矛r an Diabhail鈥�. Na dachaigh ann an Le貌dhas, tha Anne a鈥� nochdadh fhad 鈥榮 a D脿naidh MacAoidh a鈥� cur cr矛och air a鈥� chruach-m貌nach aige, agus tha sinn a鈥� coinneachadh ri cruthaidhear m貌ine choimeirsealta san Fhionnlainn, far a bheil c霉isean ag atharrachadh ri linn uallaichean mun 脿rainneachd.

Peatlands support different kinds of life. In Harris, during rutting season, presenter Anne McAlpine goes in search of the stags which roam the peaty uplands. Amidst Canada鈥檚 vast swathes of peatland, the pitcher plants on the bog are showing surprising behaviour 鈥� they are eating salamanders. Scientists in Ireland are investigating the healing powers of bog plants. Could they help to fight cancer?

Anne also travels to the Netherlands, where peat drainage and extraction has heavily influenced the shape of the landscape. She learns how peatlands used to have a bad image there, thought of as Devil鈥檚 land. In her home island of Lewis, Anne joins Danny Mackay as he makes the finishing touches to a peat stack, and we meet a commercial peat producer in Finland, where times are changing amid environmental concerns.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

58 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Anne MacAlpine
Director Catriona Lexy Campbell
Executive Producer Margaret Cameron
Executive Producer Seumas Mactaggart

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