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Keepin 'er Country

Series 1

Episode 2: Nathan Carter

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Country music has always been considered the domain of the older generation - until five years ago, when Nathan Carter, a young man from Liverpool, lit a fuse under the country music scene and kick-started a country music revolution for a whole new generation of country music fans.

His signature tune Wagon Wheel has audiences in their thousands packing out venues across Ireland - from Ballynahinch to Ballykeefe. At only 25 years old, his career success has been meteoric, with three number one albums and thousands of obsessive fans who would make One Direction jealous. In summer 2015, 'Cartermania' reached fever pitch as he played a record number of gigs in the build-up to the biggest gig of his career at the Marquee in Cork.

In this episode, we join Nathan over the course of two weeks in the nail-biting build-up to the Marquee. We get to know the man himself, and we meet the family of musicians and crew who keep the Nathan Carter machine running smoothly and pull out all the stops to make the Marquee gig utterly spectacular.

We spend time up close and personal with the woman behind the superstar, Nathan's grandmother Anne, and we get on the road with the superfans who genuinely love Nathan - his music, his personality and the chance to meet him after every show. They will travel any distance to see Nathan again and again and again and again...!

Join us behind the scenes of the phenomenon that is Nathan Carter! Show less

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