Dotaman

"Dotaman" (Scottish Gaelic for "spinning top") was the first Scottish Gaelic children's TV programme for pre-schoolers. It began 17 October 1985 and was written by and starred Donnie Macleod, formerly of Na h-Oganaich.

Hats

Donnie had a different silly hat for every song, with something relevant to the song on it. One of his most famous was a hat with a red telephone on it. [http://www.houseofscotland.org/class.html]

ongs

The songs were about things every day to the children watching while the style and structure of the songs were traditionally gaelic.

Influence

It could be argued that most young gaelic speakers today learned much of their early vocabluary from the programme. Many young singers and musicians were influenced by the style of the music to write and play in their own tradition.

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/aboutus/wirelesstoweb/decades/clip_display.shtml?decade=80s&clip_name=dotaman&size=v&media_type=video Clip on BBC Scotland]
* [http://www.houseofscotland.org/class.html Gaelic Class]