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Shady groves and bright stars
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
02 Sep 2026,·57 mins
Compilation Session + Simon Thoumire
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor.
05 Sep 2026,·115 mins
Paddy Callaghan sits in
Paddy Callaghan with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
03 Sep 2026,·115 mins
Tunes, Tales and Troubadours
A journey through folk song and tradition with Altan, June Tabor and Toby Shaer.
05 Sep 2026,·117 mins
30/08/2026
The best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond with Tim Walker.
30 Aug 2026,·180 mins
04/09/2026
Tha i beachdail, tha i beòthail agus tha i feitheamh ribh le taghadh ciùil.
04 Sep 2026,·117 mins
Iconic Female Folk Legends
Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music.
30 Aug 2026,·120 mins
còmhla ri Seonag Monk
Ceòl Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse.
04 Sep 2026,·120 mins
with Mìcheal Steele
The best in pipe music from Scotland and around the world.
05 Sep 2026,·55 mins
Dafydd Owain a Martha Elen yn cydweithio efo'r Gerddorfa
Dafydd Owain a Martha Elen yn edrych ymlaen at gael perfformio gyda'r Gerddorfa yn Pontio
01 Sep 2026,·118 mins
Mìcheal Steele le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.
30 Aug 2026,·87 mins
The best in pipe band music from Northern Ireland and beyond.
30 Aug 2026,·30 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 mins
Indigenous Voices of the Americas
Betto Arcos reports from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
21 Oct 2024,·15 mins
55: Òran le Calum agus Ruairidh Dòmhnallach
Blas den fharsaingeachd de dh'òrain ùra a chaidh a sgrìobhadh bho thoiseach na linne seo.
16 Feb 2026,·5 mins
A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
14 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.
06 Aug 2013,·30 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
23 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
24 Apr 2012,·30 mins
Folk singer Martin Carthy examines the rise and fall of Ewan MacColl's Critics Group.
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
