Robert Burns
Celebrating Scotland's national bard.
Burns Night 2025
An incredible line-up of contemporary artists perform with the BBC SSO for Burns Night.
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Burns Night 2024
Alistair Heather presents Burns Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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Burns Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
A musical celebration of Burns featuring Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson and Robyn Stapleton.
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Robert Burns Special—Music Vault
Some of Scotland’s best-loved bands play the songs of the Bard.
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Tam O’ Shanter—Loop
A special performance by Karen Dunbar as she recites the iconic tale by Robert Burns.
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Ayrshire - Restoring Robert Burns Graffiti—The Repair Shop on the Road, Series 1
The team restores a unique piece of Scottish history - a window signed by Robert Burns.
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How Auld Lang Syne Took Over the World
A look at how Scotland's best-known musical export became a worldwide phenomenon.
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Angelou on Burns
Writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland.
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Inside the Mind of Robert Burns
Writer Alan Bissett explores the complex brain of Robert Burns.
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Robert Burns: The People's Poet
Andrew O'Hagan journeys to the places in Scotland that inspired poet Robert Burns.
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Robert Burns—Sar Sgeoil
Cathy MacDonald follows in Robert Burns’ footsteps through the Highlands.
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Beyond Burns
Jackie Kay explores the lives of some extraordinary, and often overlooked, Scottish poets.
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Fergusson - Burns' Forgotten Hero
A tribute to Robert Fergusson, the neglected Scottish poet who inspired Burns.
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Burns Supper—Two Doors Down, Series 3
On Burns Night, there is plenty of haggis for everyone, but a little too much for Gordon.
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Paula McIntyre's Burns Night Banquet
Chef Paula McIntyre recreates dishes from an 1859 banquet to celebrate Burns Night.
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Burns by the Lagan
Musical celebration at Titanic Belfast to mark Burns Night.
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Daily: Primary—Bitesize Scotland, Primary
Celebrates Burns Night with poems in Scots and facts about Scotland's national poet.
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Burns in the USA
Examining the impact and influence of poet Robert Burns on the USA and its culture.
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Tribes—The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama, Series 1
Simon Schama explores how the romantics created our idea of national belonging.
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Haggis
Lighthearted short drama inspired by Burns’ classic poem Address to a Haggis.
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TAM
Robert Burns's Tam o' Shanter is re-imagined in this gritty urban fantasy.
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Burns, My Dad and Me
Documentary about singer Bill McCue's love of Robert Burns and McCue's daughter's views.
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A Bit O' Burns
Mark Thompson looks through the BBC’s back catalogue celebrating Scotland’s favourite poet
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Episode 1—Hame, Series 2
Ruth Sanderson takes Mark Thompson to visit her home town of Banbridge.
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