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Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: Wed 4^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Billy Kay explores the often-secret world of Scotland's fraternal organisations, from the Hammermen and the Horseman's Word to the Squaremen and the Beggar's Benison. Show more

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Producer:: billy kay

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Societies with Secrets

Episode 2: Merriment and Glee

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 11^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: Wed 11^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Billy Kay celebrates 'monie a club jocose and free', the convivial and bawdy debating clubs of enlightenment Scotland. Show more

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Episode 3: The Scottish Brotherhoods

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 18^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: Wed 18^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Billy Kay goes abroad to find St Andrews societies in America, Scottish Brotherhoods in Poland, the Jacobite Order del Toboso in Russia and the Realm of Zion in Europe. Show more

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Episode 4: Freeman Stand or Freeman Fa'

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 25^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: Wed 25^th Sep 2013, 13:32 on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Billy Kay celebrates societies based on ancient occupations, such as the Free Colliers and Free Gardeners, and asks what these organisations can offer Scots in the 21st century. Show more

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