The Hamely Tongue: what is the place of Scots and Ulster Scots in our broadcasting ecology and what should it be going forward?
Thursday 22 April 2010 | 14.30 - 15.45 | Millers Suite
Panel:
Chair: Stuart Cosgrove, Ch 4, Director Nations & Regions
Mark Adair, Head of Corporate & Community Affairs, BBC NI
Lesley Riddoch, Broadcaster/Writer
Jim Millar, Director of Language & Education, Ulster-Scots Agency
Deaglán O Mochain, Filmmaker "The Hamely Tongue"
A lock o thon broadcaster is naethin but thran hallions an blades forby ... they footer an they jook but deil the hair ye iver hear a haet o the owl tongue on tv nor the wireless nooadays.
With the growing sense of identity in Scotland post-devolution and £5m earmarked for Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland what does the future hold for this ancient tongue? Is it always destined to play second fiddle? Are there any lessons to be learned from the experience of Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland and Ireland ?
Celtic Media Festival 2010
21—23 April
Newry, Northern Ireland
