Episode 2

Islay-born artist Heather Dewar combines the role of artist and interviewer, creating colour portraits of well-known Gaels while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story!

Heather travels to Point in Lewis where she meets Maggie Mackenzie, known to many as the actress who played Fiona Macaskill in the long-running soap ‘Machair’. While her real life may not be as scandalous as that of her character, it has certainly been just as interesting.

Tha an t-ealanaiche Fraoch Nic an Deòir à Ìle air ais le sreath ùr de Dhealbhan Fraoich. A’ tarraing is a’ còmhradh, nì i dealbhan dathte de Ghàidheil air a bheil sinn eòlach – a’ tarraing asda a h-uile criomag eachdraidh-beatha!

Sa phrògram seo tha i a’siubhal dhan Rubha ann an Leòdhas a thachairt air Magaidh NicChoinnich. B’ise an actar air an robh mòran eòlach nuair a bha i a’cluich Fiona NicAsgaill anns an t-sreath telebhisein “Machair”. Ged nach robh a beatha fhèin faisg cho làn sgannail ri saoghal a’charactair, bha i da-rìreabh a’cheart cho inntinneach.

In Gaelic with English subtitles