by Gordon Mackay | Apr 29, 2021 | Walking / Well-being
29th April 2021 Doric TV presenter has walked the path up to Slains Castle for over 20 years in awe and wonder of this mysterious ruin. I’m not a historian, rather a person who works with images taking photographs and videos and using my great imagination to ‘ponder...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 26, 2021 | Doric Blog - RGU Students, Doric Blog - Walking / Well Being
There’s a new badly kept secret at Bennachie. It’s a place that’s not so easy to find, but one that suddenly everyone is hearing about. It’s a hidden waterfall hidden deep in the forests surrounding the Mither Tap. I’d heard of a few legends surrounding this hill, one...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 17, 2021 | Travel
Presenter , Jill of Doric TV explores the Banffshire Coastline. From the largest gannet seabird colony in Britain she takes you a walk along the stunning cliffs. A trek round Gardenstown, Gamrie, looking down to Crovie , Crivvie to Pennan. These little fishing...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 14, 2021 | Doric Blog - Walking / Well Being
View from Prince Leopold’s Cairn overlooking Balmoral By Ellie McDonald The Balmoral Cairns One fine Sunday before the snow hit (again) I took a walk around the Balmoral Estate in Deeside in search of stone cairns I’d heard about. Now, had I properly looked at...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 14, 2021 | Doric Blog - Walking / Well Being
I posted this image on the Doric TV Facebook page to promote the ‘wide open spaces of Aberdeenshire’ for well-being. I was ‘fair chuffed’ to receive the following correspondence back from across the miles……. From: Graham Donachie a Doric TV Viewer from...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 13, 2021 | Doric Blog - RGU Students, Press Release
By Ellie McDonald Thursday, 8th April 2021, 6:00 am From being Scotland’s ‘little known fourth language’ to gaining an interview with ABC Australia, the Doric language is reaching a global audience. A local online TV station has reached a global audience as one of the...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 12, 2021 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - RGU Students
Aiberdeen’s Music Scene Ower the years Aiberdeen has acted as a cultural hub for the North East of Scotland. Fae Annie Lennox tae the AECC, Aiberdeen is certainly familiar tae the music world, but the cultural history runs much deeper. In the city centre there are a...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 8, 2021 | Doric TV, Language / Culture
8th April 2021 The Doric Team – A Celebration of who/what we are in Aberdeenshire today . Proud of our Doric Language and Culture. We have gathered together some real Doric Celebrities who pass on Jist fit The Doric Means to them! Starring The kilted Chef...
by Gordon Grampian | Apr 5, 2021 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Latest Blogs, Doric Blog - People / Culture
By Steph Swales Community Planning OfficerAberdeen shire For Inspiring Aberdeenshire – account of Doric Future/ Doric TV ‘Doric language – let’s keep it guan’ Doric belangs te you an me: it’s in the quait o the countryside an the steer o the toons; it’s in the...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 30, 2021 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
I have just subscribed to Doric TV and find the folk you interview to be really interesting. I was brought up in Peterhead and went to Peterhead Academy. I left Peterhead as soon as I could and moved to Aberdeen. Being an adventurous sort, I have lived in lots of...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 29, 2021 | Music / Culture
Doric TV is proud of its strong connections with Cruden Bay Folk Club, both of our founders, Jill and Gordon, are also committee members of the Folk Club and were involved in the first Virtual Folk Club which was held on Friday the 26th March 2021 and brought over 50...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 28, 2021 | Doric TV, People / Culture
27th March 2021 Doric TV’s Jill McWilliam is in the hot seat for a change as she is interviewed by Radio ABC Australia who was keen to speak to Jill about the Doric language and her own Doric roots. ABC Australia Radio interviews Doric TV's Jill McWilliam...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 18, 2021 | Language / Culture
18th March 2021 Doric TV – Language and Culture, Jill Speaks to Mark Findlater and Peter Chapman, both champions of the Doric language and culture. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 14, 2021 | Walking / Well-being
7th March 2021 Doric TV presenter – Jill and partner, Walking for well-being and through history. Features World War 1 Airship Station, Lenabo, Longside, Aberdeenshire. March , 2021uden Bay. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 19, 2021 | People / Culture
February 19th 2021 Jill meets Colin Wight and Dale Johnston who run Braemar Media – Braemar TV. Braemar Media, based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, uses film, photographic and creative media to reach global audiences and promote the diverse and vibrant culture of...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 19, 2021 | Language / Culture
February 19th 2021 Jill talks to Dr. Tom McKean from the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. Elphinstone was set up by the University in 1995 to make connections with the community and to research ,celebrate and promote the culture and traditions of North...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 14, 2021 | Travel
14th February 2021 our culture and industry here in Aberdeenshire have been rooted in fishing and farming. This is how Fraserburgh looks today, amongst many attractions – a huge bustling harbour and a Lighthouse museum depicting the importance the North Sea...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 14, 2021 | Music / Culture
14th February 2021 Doric TV has coupled once again with Alan Reid ‘Bundy Fae The Broch’ Fraserburgh. Alan has written this beautiful song ‘Daughter O’Broch’ as part of a series of songs he has produced depicting the Doric/Buchan Culture. Daughter O’ Broch is a...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 14, 2021 | Music / Culture
14th February 2021 For Valentine’s Day 2021 – Doric TV remembers all those affected by the Corona Virus – our ‘hairts’ (hearts ) and thoughts are with those that are no longer with us . Brian McAulay of the Cruden Bay Folk Club thoughtfully sings “Blue...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 11, 2021 | Language / Culture
11th January 2021 Jill McWilliam of Doric Tv Interviews Professor Robert Millar of Aberdeen University, an expert in the Scottish Language. Jill from an N.E farming background talks in-depth with Prof Millar on the importance of retaining her Doric Dialect and culture...
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