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Lesley Riddoch explores the relationship between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

A Special Relationship: Series 1

Lesley Riddoch

Laura Doherty

Jane Magowan

Deirdre Devlin

A Special Relationship: Series 1: Episode 2

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Discovering how Scotland and Northern Ireland share ties through music and football.

Lesley Riddoch explores the relationship between Northern Ireland and Scotland. In this episode, she meets members of Colmcille Pipe Band.

In the second programme of the series journalist Lesley Riddoch discovers how communities in Scotland and Northern Ireland share strong ties through music, language, poetry and football. She meets members of Colmcille Pipe Band from Londonderry as they prepare for the UK pipe band championships, talks to Scottish broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove about the uncomfortable legacy of Celtic and Rangers' historic rivalry. And in Ballywalter, a poem from her childhood reminds her of the close links between Scotland and the Ards Peninsula.

Three-part documentary series in which Lesley Riddoch explores the relationship between Northern Ireland and Scotland, and how it is expressed through culture, language, work and faith.

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