News - Northern Ireland Screen

Apr

Mapping Ulster – Monday at 10.35pm on BBC One NI

25/04/13

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 […]

Apr

Committee Members for Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund sought

18/04/13

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 […]

Apr

Our Friends in the North – Mondays at 7.30pm on RTÉ One

15/04/13

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 […]

Feb

Dan Cruickshank’s Written In Stone

22/02/13

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 […]

Jan

Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund (USBF) Investment Committee seeks members

25/01/13

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 […]

Jan

Ulster-Scots programming for Burns Night

25/01/13

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 […]

Jan

Ulster Unearthed Mondays at 8pm on UTV

07/01/13

Ulster Unearthed is a new archaeology and heritage series which will reveal stories of Northern Ireland’s past and its Ulster-Scots links, starting on Monday 7 January at 8pm on UTV. Using laser technology […]

Nov

12 Miles: The Narrow Sea tonight on BBC One NI

26/11/12

At the closest point Scotland and the North Antrim Coast are just twelve miles apart, and the migration of people between the two countries has been going on for centuries. Helen Mark left […]

Sep

The Ulster Covenant, Thursday at 9pm on BBC One NI

27/09/12

In September 1912, nearly half a million Unionist men and women signed the Ulster Covenant. Now, 100 years on from this historic moment, a new Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund documentary from DoubleBand Films explores […]

Apr

Paul and Nick’s Big Food Trip on UTV

09/04/12

Paul Rankin and Nick Nairn take their cooking to the high seas this Spring as they sail down the coasts of Northern Ireland and Scotland in a tasty cooking adventure in Paul and […]

Feb

Northern Ireland short film THE SHORE wins Academy Award®

27/02/12

The Northern Ireland Screen funded short film, THE SHORE, produced by Terry George and Oorlagh George and written and directed by Terry George scooped the Academy Award® for best Live Action Short Film […]

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