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Episode Ninety | Rewildin an Regeneration
We stairt this episode bi jinin presenter Frieda Morrison oot in her parks, pondering the wirk o previous generations fa shaped the landscape that we see afore us iday. Frieda also spiks aboot the lasting impact o a buik ca'd 'What Are People For' bi Wendel Barry had...
Episode Thirty Nine | Promotin the Doric an the Bothy Ballad Champion o Champions event
Noo an again ye hear a bit o news that gars ye stop an really tak tent o the changes o the last twa three decades. It’s ane o thae bits o news we bring ye the in episode 39. Aiberdeenshire Cooncil hae brocht oot an official policy on promotin the Doric! This isnae a...
Episode Thirty Six | Wee Windaes and Jimmy Shand’s Collection
“Welcome tae the show that likes tae ken whit’s goin on, an loves tae tell ye aa aboot it!” In this auld classic fae the cauld hinner enn o 2016, Frieda had Hamish McDonald in fir a guid lang…
Episode Fourteen | Aberdeenshire Folk Tales
As aye this auld classic episode fae 2016 has gowd pourin oot it. We open wi lang-time freen o the programme an kenspeckle figure in the Scots warld Donald Smith, heid o TRACS. Donald is weel-kent as a Tam o Shanter performer o the first-watter. In this episode he...
Episode Thirty-One | John Muir
John Muir, faither o the great National Parks o the United States o America, features in this classic programme fae simmer 2016. Frieda gings doon tae Dunbar, Muir’s hame toon, tae experience the Coastword festival. 2016 wis the centenary year o the foondin o baith...
Episode Seventeen | Doric and The Gruffalo
Rakkin aboot the archive o aulder Scots Radio episodes is like rummelin aboot in a kist o riches. Ye never ken whit ye’ll finn, but it’s aye worth the trouble tae luik.The dey we’re gien new licht tae Episode 17. Kent back then as Scots Language Radio, Frieda Morrison...
Episode Nineteen | The Kailyard
Episode 19 comes rinnin oot the blocks an doesnae let up Scots Radio celebrates aahin tae dae wi the Scots Language. Usually this means we’re richt at the cultural cutting edge, speirin at whits new an modren. Whiles, we also leuk back on whit’s gane afore, an see hou...
Episode Ten | Dig It
Anither ticht-packit braidcast fu o wee Scots gems. The braw wark done by Dig It 2015 on bringin thegither the warlds o Education, Archaeology an the Scots leid wis a highlight. Fundit bi Historic Scotland - nou kent as Historic Environment Scotland - the...
Episode Sax | Scots in Prisons
Scots in prisons In anither ticht-packit episode that saw the Scots Radio team stravaig aa across Scotland, fae Shetland tae Glasgae, ae feature stauns oot: the wark o Jim King yaisin Scots in prisons. Frieda Morrison gaed doon tae oor biggest city tae...