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    20:03 Tuesday

    So it has finally happened and what a night it was! The Great Northern Songbook live concert was held in the historic surroundings of the Ulster Hall and featured Cara Dillon, General Fiasco, Katharine Philippa, Bronagh Gallagher and Ciaran Gribben amongst others playing alongside the Ulster Orchestra. You can hear the whole concert - including the surprise finale featuring The Answer - here.

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    Crossgar Visit

    Gardeners' Corner
    09:03 Saturday

    This week Cherrie McIlwaine and the team visit Crossgar for their latest roadshow. Find out how they got on and just what Cherrie ended up buying last weekend here.

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    Dexys Midnight Runners

    The Late Show With Stuart Bailie
    22:10 Monday

    Five years after he first started blogging about it Stuart has finally had the chance to sit down and listen to the new albumb from Dexys Midnight Runners. Was it worth the wait? Is Kevin Rowland still as tortured and intense an artist? Find out in Bailie's Blog. You can also hear Marie-Louise Muir's interview with Kevin Rowland.

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    What's Next
    13.30 Sunday

    This week Newton Emerson discovers the secrets of good design. In this clip he visits the Fab Lab and turns his hand to coming up with a simple design for a new model of guitar.

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    'I Googled The Currency'

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    12:03 Saturday

    This week the panel consider what you need to know for your first visit to Belfast. In this clip they consider just how worrying it can be if you take too much advice before you set out...

Bradley's Blog

...In 1969 The Stooges thought they had finished their first LP for Elektra records. They presented the man from the record company with their five songs. Not surprisingly, they were told that five songs were not enough. Even if one of them was ten minutes long...

Bailie's Blog

...Rachel Austin is the artist-in-residence at the year's Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast. Regulars to the radio show will appreciate that she hails from Virginia, she's got a voice that defies gravity and description and her songs are increasingly unfettered by standard form...

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Hugo Duncan

Ever wished you had someone in the car who knew exactly where you were going and could describe how to get there?


Do you find the voice of your SatNav too impersonal?


Then we have just the thing for you — BBC Radio Ulster’s Hugo Duncan on your SatNav

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  • Podcast artwork for Everyday EthicsEveryday Ethics

    Provocative weekly debate with William Crawley on moral, religious and ethical issues.

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    Ethics: Ordination, Abuse & Obama

    10:23 Sun, 27 May 12

    On this week's Everyday Ethics, the Catholic church ordains its first married deacons - is it another sign of crisis in the priesthood? The other child abuse - a former teacher repents for slapping the children in her class. An author fights back against Richard Dawkins and the new athiests. And will President Obama's support for gay marriage cost him the election in November?

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  • Podcast artwork for Cooking with Paula McIntyreCooking with Paula McIntyre

    Our resident chef Paula McIntyre helps you through her weekly Saturday Magazine recipe spot. Our handy ten-minute-download can be played as many times as you like until you get that dish just right. It's like having Paula with you in the kitchen!

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    Cooking: Carolina Barbecued Pulled Pork 26 May 2012

    12:24 Sat, 26 May 12

    The sun is shinning - it's Barbecue time!

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  • Podcast artwork for On Your BehalfOn Your Behalf

    Linda McAuley presents our weekly download, campaigning on behalf of consumers who believe they are being short-changed, ill-treated or ignored. The podcast features the On Your Behalf weekly radio show and is full of information about how to fight for your rights.

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    Cancellations and Warranties, Your Consumer Questions Answered

    10:26 Sat, 26 May 12

    On Your Behalf this week we ask why an 82 woman was told she may have to hire a digger to get her phone fixed, when is a cancellation not a cancellation and is a warranty still a warranty if you don't fill in that fiddly little card?

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  • Podcast artwork for Your Place And MineYour Place And Mine

    Anne-Marie McAleese and the team go in search of the weird and wonderful across Northern Ireland, reflecting local life and offering a guide to the things to see and do.

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    YPAM: Mummer Dolls and Taiko Drumming

    09:32 Sat, 26 May 12

    Anne-Marie travels to Roslea in Fermanagh to meet artist Anne June Callaghan who has recently been commissioned to make a series of Mummer dolls, and our reporter Deirdre Donnelly meets up with the Ibuko Taiko drumming group in Derry.

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  • Podcast artwork for Gardeners' CornerGardeners' Corner

    Get all the gardening advice you need for every month of the year from the experts in our Gardeners’ Corner download. Presenter Cherrie McIlwaine and her panel of experts answer your queries from their many years of experience. This podcast is packed with gardening hints and tips in a compact thirty minute episode.

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    Crossgar Gardening Club

    09:30 Sat, 26 May 12

    Cherrie is joined by Averil Milligan and Keith Crawford answering questions from members of Crossgar Gardening Club

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  • Podcast artwork for Blas - Irish Language MagazineBlas - Irish Language Magazine

    Is é atá sa phodchraoladh seo ná míreanna ó Blas, príomhchlár Gaeilge BBC Raidió Uladh, a chraoltar Luan, Máirt, Déardaoin agus Aoine á chur i láthair ag Lynette Fay, Louise McCreesh, Máire Bhreathnach agus Lucinda Glynn. Bain sult as!

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    Irish: Feis Charn Tochair, Coicis Curaim altramais & Turasoiri Leath Cathail

    14:48 Fri, 25 May 12

    I scoth na seachtaine seo ta deis agaibh cur sios a fhail faoi Fheis Charn Tochair. Chomh maith leis sin bhi coicis curaim altramais ar siul le deanai agus cloisfidh muid uaidh Orla McGrory faoina saol mar mhathair altramais. Mas suim libh cuairt a thabhairt ar cheantar Leath Chathail ta treoirleabhar nua foilsithe don chuairteoir ar Dhun Phadraig agus ar an cheantar thart fa dtaobh de.

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  • Podcast artwork for Best of TalkbackBest of Talkback

    Talkback was Northern Ireland's first news phone-in programme and has been on air for more than 20 years. For many years it was a sounding board for the public to react and comment on the sectarian violence of the troubles and the development of the peace process. Today the agenda reflects the changing shape of Northern Ireland - topics like anti-social behaviour, hospital cleanliness and devolution issues are now high on the agenda. It is presented by Wendy Austin, one of NI's best known broadcasters.

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    Talkback: 25 MAY 2012 Rental Properties and Deposits

    12:00 Fri, 25 May 12

    Today's "Talkback" looked at rental properties and deposits. Has a landlord ever held on to your deposit when you felt there was absolutely no justification for them to do so. In England and Wales they can't do that anymore, so why is it still okay here?

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  • Podcast artwork for Best of NolanBest of Nolan

    Stephen Nolan's no nonsense approach to confronting the biggest issues of the day has made it the biggest show in the country. An unmissable mixture of news, phone ins and entertainment.

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    Nolan: Shared Future. Friday 25th May 2012.

    11:38 Fri, 25 May 12

    The row over housing allocation in Girdwood that refuses to die down, and where now for Northern Ireland's controversial Shared Future document on tackling sectarianism and improving community relations?

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  • Podcast artwork for NI Business NewsNI Business News

    An essential digest of daily business news from around Nothern Ireland with reporter Colletta Smith.

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    NIBusiness: Thursday 24th May

    08:51 Thu, 24 May 12

    Molson Coors say pubs need to work harder to win punters back, and borrowing from your pensions plan to invest in your business can be a legal way to get credit, not just cooking the books.

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  • Podcast artwork for ATL Introducing...New Irish MusicATL Introducing...New Irish Music

    The best new music from Northern Ireland! Alongside a guide to the biggest Northern Irish tracks on the ATL playlist, Rigsy presents a short gig guide and a profile on a local act ATL reckons are about to set the world alight. Also expect exclusive session tracks and one off specials from your favourite festivals in Ireland - north and south.

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    NIMusic: Elspeth, Cold Ju1ce 23 May 12

    15:29 Wed, 23 May 12

    Phily Taggart is super sub for this podcast as Rigsy takes a wee day off. Newry's Elspeth are in studio to mark the release of their debut album, 'Coax' and perform 'Old Age' live in studio. Then we've a complete change of pace with one of Northern Irelands finest hip hop acts today, in the guise of Cold Ju1ce.

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  • Podcast artwork for What's NextWhat's Next

    What's Next is a weekly magazine programme which explores the science of our rapidly changing world - from haptics to robotics, biometrics to blogs. The programme uncovers the exciting innovations being developed by local companies and universities as well as the global science stories which impact on our everyday lives. Each programme will be a mix of packages recorded in labs or on location, experiments, interviews with leading figures in science and a regular 'What The Science Papers Say' news round up.

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    Next: 20 May 12 The Night Sky Hunter

    14:00 Sun, 20 May 12

    His recent stunning photographs of the Aurora Borealis over the Giantâ¿¿s Causeway were widely published to great acclaim. Heâ¿¿s even had an asteroid named after him. Little wonder that Martin McKenna - who meets Natasha Sayee - is known as the â¿¿Night Sky Hunter.â¿¿

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  • Podcast artwork for Arts Extra Strong BitsArts Extra Strong Bits

    BBC Radio Ulster's daily arts programme, bringing you compelling interviews with the leading figures in the arts, lively reviews and fascinating features.

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    Arts: 16 May 12 "Sing a Song"

    11:29 Thu, 17 May 12

    Marie-Louise Muir visits the recording of "Sing a Song" - an album by people with learning difficulties.

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  • Podcast artwork for Best of Gerry AndersonBest of Gerry Anderson

    From Monday to Thursday you'll get a short daily compilation of the very best bits of the Gerry Anderson show. Stories, impersonations, philosophising, musings, jokes and interviews - all without a script. What's it all about? Listen on.

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    Anderson: 10 May 12 Not Doing Balmoral

    15:23 Thu, 10 May 12

    Neither Gerry nor Sean will be at the annual agricultural show. Never mind the livestock's disappointment, a listener also feels let down.

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  • Podcast artwork for Titanic LettersTitanic Letters

    To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, BBC Radio Ulster is running a two-week series of short readings. They feature letters written by people caught up in the disaster, written before and after the Titanic sank.

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    Titanic: 22 Apr 12 Titanic Letters Ciaran Hinds

    18:10 Sun, 22 Apr 12

    Ciaran Hinds introduces a series of letters written 100 years ago to the day by Titanic passengers, each read by a different personality. This letter is read by Ciaran Hinds.

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