08/10/15
Having explored Ulster’s relationship with New Zealand, presenter William Crawley sets off on a new journey, to reveal the lives of men and women who also departed these shores but travelled in the […]
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The Seamus Heaney: Five Fables app made by Flickerpix has won a Torc award at the Celtic Media Festival for best app. The Celtic Media Festival is an annual 3 day event that […]
Read More26/02/15
Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund three-part series, Imagining Ulster, airs Sunday 1st March at 9:45pm on BBC2NI. Presenter William Crawley explores some of the social, cultural and political influences that have shaped […]
Read More23/02/15
Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund series Paul and Nick’s Big American Food Trip launches on Friday 27 February at 8pm on UTV. Paul and Nick’s Big American Food Trip sees the duo […]
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Northern Ireland Screen is pleased to announce the first call in 2015/16 (thirteenth call overall) for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund. The closing date for the call is 5pm on Monday 27th April 2015 […]
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Northern Ireland Screen is pleased to announce the second call in 2014/15 (twelfth call overall) for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund. Please note that the funding of television programmes by the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund […]
Read More13/06/14
The closing date for the latest call for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund is 5pm on Friday 27th June 2014. Full details on funding available can be found in the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund section […]
Read More09/06/14
BBC Northern Ireland launches a topical new monthly magazine series celebrating the culture, language and lives of the Ulster-Scots. The Gaitherin which begins on Thursday, June 12 on BBC Two Northern Ireland at […]
Read More18/04/14
Northern Ireland Screen is pleased to announce the first call in 20114-15 for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund. The closing date for the first call is 5pm on Friday 27th June 2014. Full details […]
Read More11/03/14
Five medieval Scots fables, translated by Seamus Heaney, have been brought into the 21st century as enchanting animated tales for BBC Two Northern Ireland. Narrated by acclaimed comedian/actor Billy Connolly and with a […]
Read More09/12/13
Wednesday 11th December BBC One Northern Ireland, 10.35pm Stand-up comic and writer Tim McGarry embarks on a two-part journey for BBC Northern Ireland to discover more about his Ulster Scots identity. Produced and […]
Read More30/10/13
The closing date for the latest call for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund is 5pm on Monday 4th November 2013. Full details on funding available can be found in the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund section […]
Read More23/10/13
Stumpy’s Brae, a chilling new horror drama, is due to be broadcast on BBC Two Northern Ireland on Halloween night (Thursday, October 31) at 10pm. Directed by Chris Baugh from Omagh, County Tyrone, […]
Read More21/10/13
She is regarded as the UK’s most prominent feminist of the nineteenth century. A woman who not only persuaded Queen’s University, Belfast, to allow girls to sit exams for the first time but […]
Read More10/09/13
Music has played a big part in the popular Santer television series. Musicians and singers from all over the world have appeared on the series along with local and Scottish performers. We now […]
Read More05/09/13
Celebrity chefs Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn have returned for a new series of the maritime cooking adventure, Paul and Nick’s Big Food Trip. Mondays at 8pm on UTV. The eight-part series, sees […]
Read More14/06/13
Northern Ireland Screen is pleased to announce the second call in 2013/14 (ninth call overall) for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund. The closing date for the second call is 5pm on Friday 21st June […]
Read More28/05/13
Dan Cruickshank is Britain’s leading art & architectural historian. In this series expert Dan takes us on a personal journey to explore various aspects of Ulster’s architectural history. The series features four themed […]
Read More09/05/13
Paul and Nick’s Big Food Trip, produced by Holywood-based Waddell Media, is enjoying international success in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia. The Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund series made its debut on UTV […]
Read More25/04/13
Four hundred years ago, one of the most intensively mapped regions in the entire world was not the new territories of the Americas, or the exotic spice trails of the Far East. It […]
Read More18/04/13
Search…. Submit Show Advanced Search Show Advanced Search Apr 18 2013 Committee Members for Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund sought Northern Ireland Screen is seeking to appoint up to three independent representatives for the Ulster-Scots […]
Read More15/04/13
Northern Ireland comedian Kevin McAleer is back with a bang in Our Friends in the North. With money pouring into “Ulster-Scots” culture and language in the north, he wonders just who these people […]
Read More22/02/13
Presented by Dan Cruickshank, the series will feature four themed episodes, Forts and Castles, Country Life, Sacred Spaces, and City of Industry. In each episode Dan will examine how a particular style and […]
Read More25/01/13
Northern Ireland Screen is seeking to appoint up to three independent representatives for the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund (USBF) Investment Committee. The new Investment Committee, chaired by a Northern Ireland Screen Board Member, will […]
Read More25/01/13
Friday 25th January on BBC Two Northern Ireland 9.00pm: An Ode to Burns and Ulster 9.30pm: Eddie Reader’s Rabbi Burns Trip Two new productions funded through the Northern Ireland Screen Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund […]
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