And The Nominations Are...
Two hundred and fifty years after his birth and Robert Burns has secured us a nomination in the Scottish BAFTAS. I thank you, Sir. Pity you're not able to make it for the big night.
Now, I have to confess that when those BAFTA nominations came out the other day I didn't pay very close attention. They're primarly concerned with the film and television industry and, despite my oft-stated claim that the pictures are better on radio, we don't tend to get a look-in.
What I hadn't realised, of course, was that there is an award category for websites and BBC Scotland's Robert Burns site is up there among the contenders. It's the home of the huge online archive project we launched at the start of this year. Every poem and song written by Burns will eventually find its way there, performed by some of Scotland's best actors as well as some other famous voices. They're heard first on BBC Radio Scotland, then made available on our twice-weekly podcast before being added to the Burns website.
Radio producers Dave Batchelor and Esme Kennedy have provided that element of the site's content, while our online colleagues - led by Tom Hodgkinson - have been managing the actual site itself, linking it to other Burns-related content and making it easily searchable by theme, title or the performer.
And there we are, up for a BAFTA and up against stiff competition that also includes another BBC Scotland production - the brilliant China Stories website.
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congrats on your BAFTA nominations! good luck and all the best!
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thanks Pauline
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The Burns reading in Iain Andersons show are a real treat, brilliant in fact for the moist part and it is especially good to hear the less known.
The webioste I must say is excellent and one day I am going to try this podcast lark....though I dont have a pod which presumably is a disadvanatge,,,,
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Hi Norrie
The podcasts are useful for anyone who wants to create their own collection of the poems or use them to help with a recital etc.
Otherwise the website should suit you fine.
Jeff
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.
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Norrie - I missed the moist part... Was it good?
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Can we get a spellchecker please JZ?
I have had quite a bit of stick on the various blogs this week for spelling and grammar errors - perhaps this couold form the basis of a future Radio Scotland season theme!! Radio Scotland goes back to school...
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Oh dear goodnesss....could form the basis....sorry.
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Norrie,
Yes, sometimes our enthusiasm to communicate gets ahead of our attention to detail. That's always my excuse. Not one I let the programme makers away with, though.
Jeff
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