by Gordon Mackay | Feb 3, 2021 | Language / Culture
Dr Joanna Kopaczyk, Senior Lecturer in Scots and English (English Language & Linguistics) Glasgow University, and Jack Capener, Parliamentary Assistant at UK House of Commons, both of whom are key players in Oor Vyce speak to presenter Jill McWilliam about their...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 24, 2021 | Music / Culture
25th January 2021 Gordon Mackay is usually behind the scenes looking after the Doric TV website, Gordon is also a big fan of Robert Burns and regularly performs his rendition of Tam O’ Shanter, but this year with the restrictions imposed during the Coronavirus...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 24, 2021 | Music / Culture
24th January 2021 A couple of tunes from Daryl Short to help celebrate Burn’s night 2021. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV Community by clicking on the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 24, 2021 | People / Culture
24th Januaty 2021 Doric TV interviews Harry and Helen Brown of Auchmaliddie Farm, near Maud in Aberdeenshire. This video portrays the vital contribution farming makes to the country side and the economy. At a time when we are all encouraged to shop local, eat local...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 24, 2021 | Music / Culture
24th January 2021 A wonderful collaboration from opposite sides if the world. Words written by Doric Future regular David Wilkie who is based in the Philippines, put to music by Scott Thomson from Cruden Bay. David has regularly featured on our website under...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 20, 2021 | Language / Culture, People / Culture
20th January 2021 Paul Hourston is making a bit of a name for himself spreading the Doric word with Tic Tok! In this interview Jill McWilliam asks Paul about his growing following of Tik Tok fans and why he thinks Doric is proving to be such big news on this...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 18, 2021 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
I am a Graphic Designer who takes inspiration from the Doric spoken in North East Scotland. I have been fascinated with Doric since childhood. It started when my family relocated back to Aberdeen, having spent my pre-school years in the tropics of Papua New Guinea,...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 13, 2021 | Press Release
By Peter Ranscombe – 13th January 2021 MORE than 600 people have joined Doric TV, an online community that was launched in August to promote the culture of the North-East. Presenter Jill McWilliam has interviewed a broad range of stars for her videos, including...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2021 | Press Release
by Rebekah McVey January 6, 2021, 7:25 am Jill McWilliam hopes to spread more cheer with Doric TV in 2021. The founder of an online project that aims to have Doric better represented on screens hopes to “lift us out of the doldrums” in 2021. Doric TV was launched in...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 31, 2020 | Music / Culture
31st December 2020 Scotland’s Trybe – The unique sound of three very talented lads, Angus McCurrrach on the drums, Iain McFadden (skirlie) on the bagpipes and Scott Baxter on the guitar. Together they formulate the Sound of a Scottish Pictish Band . Their...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 30, 2020 | Jill's Lockdown Videos
I just wanted to congratulate you on your videos during Lock Down they were very interesting and I feel you have made History for this and future generations to come. Being a Buchan Quine too, you have taught me a few things and reminded me of many others. Well done...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 29, 2020 | Jill's Lockdown Videos
28th December 2020 Since the initial lock down of 2020, a new strain of covid has forced people back into a lockdown in December . I have been in shielding with my partner since March 2020, I have continued to walk along the Buchan Coastline to aid mental and...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 28, 2020 | Walking / Well-being
28th December 2020 Doric TV explores the granite coastline in between The Bullers of Buchan and Longhaven Quarry. An area of outstanding beauty nestling between Aberdeen and Peterhead in the North East Coastline of Scotland. The famous pink and grey granite changes...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 24, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
Festive Greetings to all our Doric TV CommunityCheck out Doric TV's unique Christmas messages from David Wilkie our man in the Philippines, and also from Santa's cousin Angus, our man in Whinnyfold. We also have a great wee interview with Karen Barrett Ayres - no...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 23, 2020 | People / Culture
23rd December 2020 Our drumming star of Doric TV Angus fae Finnyfaul rises to the festive occasion aided by Mr. Smith our local farmer ! Angus runs therapeutic drumming workshops www.huggadrum.com To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 15, 2020 | People / Culture
15th December 2020 Graphic Designer, writer and lover of Doric, Karen Barrett-Ayres speaks exclusively to Doric TV about her work and the Doric connections linked to her childrens books. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 9, 2020 | Language / Culture
9th December 2020 The Bard of Udny Green, Jeannie Price takes Doric TV on a short tour of her idyllic little village. Over lock down Jeannie complied a book of comic verse with some Doric rhythm, ‘Beware The Odes of March’. Many people over lockdown have taken...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 9, 2020 | People / Culture
9th December 2020 The incredible Life of Andrew Scott. Andrew uses the balance of nature and his sled dog team to keep himself active. Andrew has a multiple sclerosis condition which limits his walking. The woodlands and Andrew’s dogs help to sustain him, give him...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 3, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Although a ‘Toon Loon’ I came from countra’ stock spending many of my holidays on farms at Westhill Murtle, Skene or Fordoun near to Lewis Grassick Gibbon territory, where I had an uncle who was a tractorman. Although used to Aiberdeen Doric I was attracted to the...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 25, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture, Doric Blog - Walking / Well Being
25th November 2020 Jill would like to share this short personal message with you. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV Community by clicking on the link below,...
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