Bannan (English title: The Ties that Bind) is a Gaelic-language television series produced by Young Films and first broadcast by BBC Alba in 2014. It tells the story of the return of Màiri MacDonald from Glasgow to the Gaelic-speaking island where she had been brought up, where she comes to terms with the family drama that had caused her to leave eight years earlier. The title, Bannan, is the Gaelic word for "family bonds".
The show was renewed with a contract for additional four years in 2017, according to The Scotsman newspaper.[1] The show aired its eighth and final season in December 2021 with the finale airing on New Years Day 2022.