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Episode 22 December 2024

Christine Lampard hosts a special gala concert to mark 100 years of the BBC in Northern Ireland. Recorded in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, the show features performances from Clannad, Tony Hadley, D:Ream and Katharine Timoney with the Ulster Orchestra.\n\nThe event reflects the range of BBC Northern Ireland’s output and its role in community life, with support from Belfast City Council as part of its Belfast 2024 programme. The concert also includes specially commissioned audio-visual works from Eoin O’Callaghan, Siobhan Brown, The Darkling Air and guitarist Rory Friers from rock band, And So I Watch You From Afar - all of which have been inspired by the BBC local programme archives. A special arrangement of children’s street songs is performed by the choir from St Kieran’s Primary School, Belfast.\n\nGuest presenters include Mark Carruthers, Tara Lynne O’Neill, Lady Mary Peters, Derek Thompson, Marie Jones, Tim McGarry, Hannah Peel and Gemma Bradley.

Source: BBC 4