Ar Scáth An Cheoil - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Traditional and folk music series combining the most significant music archive recorded over the last 50 years with enlightening chat and music performances from top artists from across Ireland and beyond.
From various beautiful locations and settings, we hear musicians chatting about their musical influences and how they are constantly looking back to the roots of the music, developing their own musical story, but also constantly ensuring that the tradition evolves and survives.
In this episode, we see Zoe Conway and Jim McKillop join forces on fiddles, Neil Martin chats about his friendship and musical connection with Eithne Ní Uallacháin and Gerry O' Connor, and we hear a beautiful collaboration and chat between Liam Ó Maonlaí and Megan Nic Ruairí. Diane Cannon talks about the significance Margaret Barry had on her own musical journey, and Edel Ní Churraoin celebrates the music of legendary Galway melodeon player Johnny Connolly.
Episode 2
In this episode, we hear music from Moya Brennan and Emma Ní Fhíoruisce, Conor Caldwell describes the importance of undiscovered Johnny Doherty footage to his own musical journey, Miadhachlughain O'Donnnell chats about Belfast band Tamalin, and Fintan Vallely and Brian Finnegan look back at the Bunting Traditional Music Festival. Meanwhile, Caitlín Nic Gabhann describes the energetic archive footage of the Mullagh dancers of County Clare.
Episode 3
This week, we hear energetic fiddle music from Cathal Hayden and Méabh Smyth, and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin discusses the importance of the sean-nós singer Darach Ó Catháin. Scottish bagpipe player Brìghde Chaimbeul describes how Irish traditional music played an important role in her musical journey. Frances Black and her daughter Aoife Scott chat about the Black family musical legacy, and Ciaran Kelly describes the influence of maestro fiddle player Frankie Gavin on his own music journey during the late 70s.
Episode 4
In the final episode of the series, we hear music and chat from two legends of the tradition - Dónal Lunny and Andy Irvine. Caoimhe Ní Chathail discusses how strong female singers had a resounding impact on her singing as a young teenager, Barry Kerr explains the importance of receiving the Liam O' Flynn Bursary, and Róisín Chambers discusses her own musical influences growing up in Dublin.
Recently Updated Shows
On the Case with Paula Zahn
Led by Emmy Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn, On the Case features in-depth interviews and original reporting that go beyond the headlines in search of fascinating mysteries from within our nation's justice system. Each episode is highlighted by Zahn's riveting exclusive interviews, which draw out different viewpoints from the people personally connected to tragedies that rocked their local community and the investigations that attempted to piece together the truth On the Case with Paula Zahn.
Doc
Doc centers on the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Larsen, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she's treated, colleagues she's crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.
FROM
FROM unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down. In season two, hidden truths about the nature and terrifying origins of the town begin to emerge, even as life for its residents is plunged into chaos by the arrival of mysterious newcomers.
Brilliant Minds
Inspired by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier - the human mind - while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.