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Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 23^rd Feb 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Feb 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

An Ulster-Scots tour of the Maiden City, poetry online, meeting a player of small pipes and great memories inspired by music. Show more

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The flute band with Georgia on its mind

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 10^th Mar 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 10^th Mar 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

The melody flute band with marching in Georgia on its mind for St Patrick’s Day, while on the menu in Portavogie, Paula’s cooking clappy-doos and purdey-oaten for the girls.

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Kintra’s Christmas Special

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 16^th Dec 2018, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 19^th Dec 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio Foyle

Helen Mark and the team bring you a KIntra Christmas special with Ulster-Scots carols and an Ulster-Scots telling of the first Christmas. Show more

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Handel’s Messiah was first performed at Easter – musician Neil Martin tells us about his work on the Ulster-Scots version

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Apr 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 12^th Apr 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

Handel’s Messiah was first performed on 13 April, 1742 in Dublin. Centuries later, musician and composer Neil Martin tells us about his work on the Ulster-Scots version.
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More blether and banter from the Kintra team with Christmas music ideas for the bagpipes.

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 1^st Dec 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 1^st Dec 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

More blether and banter from the Kintra team with Christmas music for the bagpipes, Ulster-Scots weather words, a new collection of rhymes and a drummer’s heart-warming song.
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A Woman with a Love for Unwanted Dogs, Turnbulls, Trimbles, the Impartial Reporter and the Scottish Connection

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Feb 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 20^th Feb 2019, 19:30 on BBC Radio Ulster

In this episode, we meet a woman who loves unwanted dogs, hear the Ulster-Scots connection between Turnbulls, Trimbles and the Impartial Reporter. Show more

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Pre-lambing chat in Glastry

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 3^rd Mar 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th Mar 2019, 19:30 on BBC Radio Foyle

Pre-lambing chat in Glastry, an Ulster-Scot WW1 nurse from Tyrone and food memories of big floury pootas with country butter and fried poota-oaten (or is it purdey-oaten?!).

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Finding family through DNA, John Steinbeck’s Ulster-Scots roots and a peak inside Carrick’s oldest church.

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Feb 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: Sun 9^th Feb 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio Ulster

Finding family through DNA, John Steinbeck’s Ulster-Scots roots and a peak inside Carrick’s oldest church. Show more

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17/01/2021

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Jan 2021, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 17^th Jan 2021, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

Helen Mark and the Kintra team with stories, news, music and banter from Ulster-Scots communities at home and abroad. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk

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A Valentine’s hooley, Sam Henry’s songs and the Scottish story of Carrick Castle.

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 16^th Feb 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: Sun 16^th Feb 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio Ulster

Love is still in the air for the Kintra team and friends as Rab takes part in a St Valentine’s hooley – expect music, plenty of blether and heart-shaped shortbread for sure.
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Looking back the Kintra team’s favourite moments from the last year – and there were lots!

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 27^th Dec 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: Sun 27^th Dec 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio Ulster

At the end of the year, the Kintra team looks back to remember some of their favourite moments of 2020. Show more

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Seasonal radio from the Kingdom of Mourne, words for the hazards of Christmas shopping and new poems from a Ballyclare man.

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 15^th Dec 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 15^th Dec 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

There's seasonal radio from the Ulster-Scots folk in the Kingdom of Mourne, words for the hazards of Christmas shopping and new poems from a Ballyclare man and a favourite song. Show more

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19/04/2020

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 19^th Apr 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Sun 19^th Apr 2020, 18:03 on BBC Radio Foyle

Helen Mark and the Kintra team with stories, news, music and banter from Ulster-Scots communities at home and abroad. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk

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05/04/2020

Duration: 27 minutes

Helen Mark and the Kintra team with stories, news, music and banter from Ulster-Scots communities at home and abroad. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk

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28/10/2018

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 28^th Oct 2018, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 31^st Oct 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio Foyle

Kintra - an Ulster-Scots Halloween special with Rab Lennox, the Kintra team and guests at the Old Forge in the Antrim Hills. Expect plenty of boo, banter and bobbing for apples. Show more

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13/01/2019

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 13^th Jan 2019, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 16^th Jan 2019, 19:30 on BBC Radio Foyle

In this week's Kintra we hear about the birth of country music, meet the man with a lifelong interest in comedian James Young and learn a about the job of a farrier.

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21/11/2018

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 21^st Nov 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 21^st Nov 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio Foyle

We’ve kilt-ish banter, the skills of an amazing young musician and raising the standard for the Ulster-Scots in London on a very special weekend – all in this week’s Kintra. Show more

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11/11/2018

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 11^th Nov 2018, 18:03 on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: Wed 14^th Nov 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio Ulster

Helen Mark and the Kintra team mark the centenary of the end of World War 1 in this special edition of the programme. Show more

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09/12/2018

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Dec 2018, 18:03 on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: Wed 12^th Dec 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio Ulster

We’ve tartan galore, new music from the Low Country Boys, Ulster-Scots radio broadcasts in the Mournes and a seasonal song from Oakfield Primary School. Show more

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03/02/2019

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 3^rd Feb 2019, 18:00 on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th Feb 2019, 19:30 on BBC Radio Foyle

The Ulster-Scots magazine programme with Helen Mark and the Kintra Team.

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