A series of programmes made specially for audiences in the BBC regions and now seen for the first time throughout the UK.
Tonight from BBC Scotland The Chiel Amang Us
A special programme to commemorate the life and loves of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns
Lament him, Mauchline husbands a', He aften did assist ye;
For had ye staid hale weeks awa,
Your wives they ne'er had missed ye!
The real story, and the legend, of Burns's women, as told by Bill Paterson , Eileen McCallum
Robert Trotter and Mary Ann Reid Songs by Kenneth McKellar
Fiddle music by DOUGLAS LAWRENCE
Script by STEPHEN MULRINE Producer GORDON MENZIES
Series co-ordinator FRANK GILLARD