Kintra Episodes Episode guide
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Opening our Ulster-Scots Christmas box with seasonal offerings in words, music and banter from the Kintra team.
Kintra鈥檚 Ulster-Scots Christmas box is opened with seasonal warm in words and music.
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13/12/2020
Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk
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06/12/2020
Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk
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A sweet treat behind the first window of Kintra鈥檚 Advent Calendar, writing Ulster-Scots in a new story, and connecting to 007.
A treat for Kintra鈥檚 Advent Calendar, a tale of 007 and Ulster-Scots in a new story.
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It鈥檚 Ulster-Scots language week and our guests have a love of words 鈥� Paul Clark (UTV) and Ian Crozier (Ulster-Scots Agency).
Language week on Kintra with Paul Clark (UTV) and Ian Crozier (Ulster-Scots Agency).
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Painting the Maine Lambeg drum, exploring the 鈥淏rian Boru pipes鈥� and a family reaction to an old soldier鈥檚 voice from the past.
Painting a Lambeg, exploring the 鈥淏rian Borus鈥� and reactions to a voice from the past.
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A voice from the Somme 鈥� recordings just found of a veteran remembering the battle, and from Portavogie, memories of the GI鈥檚.
Remembering the Somme, a veteran鈥檚 tells his story in newly discovered recordings.
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Printing your own bagpipe chanter, storytelling Ulster-Scots on Radio and a drop of 鈥榮till鈥� 鈥� medicinal of course!
Printing a bagpipe chanter, 鈥淪ons of the Sod鈥� for Storyteller and a yarn about poteen.
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A children鈥檚 story-book illustrator, and for the end of October, Ulster-Scots poems and yarns to send a shiver up your spine.
Meeting the children鈥檚 book illustrator and Ulster-Scots yarns to give you the creeps.
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Readers young and old join the team this week with ideas for books in 鈥� or about 鈥� Ulster-Scots.
Readers young and old join the team with ideas for books in 鈥� or about 鈥� Ulster-Scots.
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A hedgerow harvest to set you up for the long winter days, and memories from Portavogie.
Making the most of the hedgerow harvest, and memories galore from Portavogie.
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04/10/2020
A word to inspire photography, a fisherman鈥檚 poetry and Dungannon鈥檚 Ulster-Scots history.
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A new home in the USA, Cup O鈥橨oe鈥檚 bluegrass journey, paddle-boarding in Portrush and Ulster-Scots history in Ballywalter.
Cup O鈥橨oe鈥檚 bluegrass journey, paddle-boarding and Ulster-Scots history in Ballywalter.
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A book to help Ulster-Scots children talk about these unusual days, poems old and new and a look back to the original feis.
A book about 鈥楾he Feardie Geng鈥�, poems old and new and a look back to the first feis.
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A whiskey barrel hobby, taking the floor for decades of dancing, the joys of a market gardening and a song for a 鈥榞arden鈥� prom.
Whiskey barrel furniture, surprises and joy from the market garden and a song for a prom.
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Music for mental health, a local author鈥檚 new novel, Ulster-Scots for virtual assistants and introducing the Bard of Dunclug.
Music for mental health and language matters for writing and for your virtual assistants.
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Making music together again after months apart, the joys of cold-water swimming and boosting Ulster-Scots in the North-West
The joys of cold-water swimming and getting together again to make music.
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Meeting the American 鈥淜ing鈥� with an Ulster-Scots heritage, uniforms by appointment and looking back at 鈥淭he Worlds鈥�.
Meeting the 鈥淜ing鈥� with an Ulster-Scots heritage, and looking back at 鈥淭he Worlds鈥�.
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09/08/2020
Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk
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Rab鈥檚 at the centre of Tyrone鈥檚 Plantation, Sylvia鈥檚 trying to see a rare comet and Helen 鈥渕eets鈥� a listener from Virginia.
A Plantation town visited, a comet missed, and a Virginian with links to Ballynahinch.
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Blue-badge Ulster-Scots in the Maiden City, finding a playwright in the family tree and poems for wee people.
Blue-badge Ulster-Scots, a playwright in the family tree and poems for wee people.
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The fallen Armada tree, a degree in bag-piping, a danner close to home on The Twelfth in days gone by and a song to win a wife.
A degree in bag-piping, dannering close to home on The Twelfth and a winsome hairt-sang.
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12/07/2020
Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk
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05/07/2020
Helen Mark and the Kintra team with the weekly Ulster-Scots magazine programme.
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28/06/2020
Helen Mark and the Kintra team with the weekly Ulster-Scots magazine programme.
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21/06/2020
Ulster-Scots stories, news, music and banter. Email the team at kintra@bbc.co.uk
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A right royal stamp of approval for the Sollus Highland Dancers, singing lessons at home and pipers competing online
The Ulster-Scots culture is to the fore this week with dancers, singers and pipers.
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Lockdown in the far east (of Ulster), a fairy reels and an Irish Blessing (with Ulster-Scots)
Lockdown in Ulster鈥檚 far east, a fairy reel and an Irish Blessing (with Ulster-Scots).
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Celebrating 100 programmes with whin champagne and a Jimmy Young-style take on the current situation on this week鈥檚 Kintra.
Celebrating 100 Kintra鈥檚 with whin champagne, music and 鈥極ur Jimmy鈥� - William Caulfield.
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24/05/2020
Rab Lennox looks at the Ulster Scots influence on music in the new world.
