A Kist o Wurds - Series 24
Stories, music, poetry and crack from the programme that's the home of Ulster-Scots.
A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - A Lemonade Bottle for Clabberin' Hitler
A Lemonade Bottle for Clabberin' Hitler by Dan Gordon tells the story of the Belfast Blitz in a humorous yet moving blend of street rhyme, kerb-side conversation and drama.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 1
Charlie Gillen is in Cairncastle for the Ulster-Scots Folk Festival. With music from the Whitlees Community Group, Rightly On, Risin' Stour, John Trotter Folk Band and Duffin Folk.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 10
For Halloween, Anne Morrison-Smyth and friends gather to celebrate this most spooky of festivals with stories, music and poetry as they stir their cauldron of memories.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 11
Stonewall at the Highland Games in Georgia, USA; a new DVD from the Cairncastle Ulster-Scots; Celtic Connections Festival programme; and ancient Roman satires in Scots!
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 13
To mark Thanksgiving, Alister McReynolds visits the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh. He also meets Castlebay to hear about a new Scots-Irish multimedia programme.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 14
Including the thrilling story of explorer John King from The Moy in County Tyrone, music from Scottish group Crann and a local history book all about the Auld Age.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 15
Including St Andrew's Night celebrations in Ayshire with the Cairncastle Ulster-Scots, the new BBC Ulster-Scots website and a Robert Burns Museum in Alloway.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 16
Writer Barry McCain from Mississippi tells William Roulston about tracing his Ulster-Scots roots and Alan Wade discusses his love for the Scottish small pipes.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 17
Charlie Gillen and Anne Morrison-Smyth are in Dervock and present a special programme full of Yuletide treats - poetry, song, a play, history, pipe tunes and an Ulster-Scots carol.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 18
Starting the New Year with a look back at the very best of 2010 - stories about love, music, Ulster-Scots history and old tales from the Hiring Fair.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 2
The region's largest lambeg drumming competition in Markethill; a Working Vintage Gathering in Greyabbey; and rare texts from the John Hewitt collection can now be found online.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 3
Bobby Acheson visits the Cairncastle Ulster-Scots Folk Festival; Alister McReynolds asks Ann Fee about a famous Ulster Scot born 350 years ago; Charlie Gillen reflects on autumn.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 4
The unique Mourne community of Hanna's Close; a new CD celebrating the songs of the Outer Hebrides and South Down; and Erne Highland Dancing School one year on.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 5
Wilson Burgess is at the 18th annual Broadisland Gathering, Ballycarry; Maynard Hanna and Kerry Jordan visit the Milwaukee Irish Festival; and Charlie Gillen has an autumnal rhyme.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 6
Alister McReynolds and David Hume are in the old graveyard at Ballycarry. In Fermanagh, Helen Mark meets two members of Session Beat, a group of Ulster-Scots musicians.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 7
Charlie Gillen examines the new edition of the Ullans magazine. Wilson Burgess hears how Ulster folk fared at the Milwaukee Irish Festival. Plus, the Stone Mountain Highland Games.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 8
A new exhibition in Ballymena, BBC’s First Click campaign & General Steele in Ballycarry.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 24 - Episode 9
A new version for adults of Dan Gordon's play, The Boat Factory; James Kee on Ulster-Scots events in east Donegal; and news of the forthcoming Ulster-Scots TV series from BBC NI.
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