Give My Head Peace Northern Ireland’s most famous The Fair Days of Summer dysfunctional family are back on Gerry Anderson and Christine local screens this Autumn. Now in Jason Byrne Hates Bleakley introduce us to the its 10th series, viewers of Give Perrier-nominated Irish funny man wonderful world of the community My Head Peace have been Jason Byrne unleashes his festival. This series aims to tell the following the fortunes of Ma, Da, explosive sense of humour for the story of four summer festivals - Cal, Uncle Andy and the rest of new BBC Northern Ireland Fiddler’s Green at Rostrevor, The the gang since 1998. This new 10- production, Jason Byrne Hates. Mary of Dungloe Festival in Donegal, part series uncovers yet more The Lady of the Lake Festival in hidden secrets about the madcap Turbo-charged Byrne is sure to Irvinestown, County Fermanagh crank up the chuckle metre as he gang, including Ma’s (Olivia Nash) On Eagle’s Wing: The Documentary and Portaferry Gala Week. former dalliance into the world of pokes fun at some of his dislikes, BBC Northern Ireland presents an innovative documentary film, On The Fairs Days of Summer is music as a member of a 60’s such as sports, fruit and vegetables, Eagle’s Wing, telling the story of the Scots-Irish, the 18th century a complete, structured and Motown band and Uncle Andy’s animals, men, women and magic. Presbyterian immigrants from Ulster to whom many millions of entertaining narrative of a unique (Marty Reid) job as a children’s This rib-tickling new series is Americans can trace their roots. community ‘happening’. Each televison presenter. directed by BAFTA-winner Pati The 50-minute programme fuses traditional documentary elements, half-hour factual entertainment Marr who, in the past, has leant such as expert historical opinion, with music and dance from the stage documentary will tell the story of her talents to such hit programmes show recorded at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. The film tells the how a local community makes a as Dead Ringers, The Royle Family story of the Scots-Irish, examining their experiences in the 1700s as festival happen. Meet the and The Dave Gorman Collection, settlers, frontiersmen and revolutionaries fighting for American personalities and the performers and is produced by RTS winner independence from an English king and their lasting contribution to who drive each festival, finding out Jackie Hamilton, who has important aspects of life in today’s United States. how they deal with the trials and previously worked on Give My Director Moore Sinnerton and his crew filmed in Scotland, Ireland and triumphs that go with the territory. The Folks on the Hill Head Peace and PK Tonight. Also from BBC NI’s Comedy Unit the United States. Starting on the banks of the Delaware, they Along the way Gerry and Christine The Folks on the Hill are back this Winter will be Ad Fads, followed in the footsteps of the Scots-Irish along the Great Wagon will use their own unique style of on TV with a new series, bringing presented by Northern Ireland road across Pennsylvania, south through the Shenandoah Valley, and presentation to help us tell the some of our best known political comic Colin Murphy. Colin takes a down the Appalachian Mountains deep into the Carolinas, Kentucky story in each programme. figures back to a computer- look at Northern Ireland TV and Tennessee. Gerry is also back with a new generated existence. On Eagle’s Wing - a Straight Forward production - will be series of the RTS award-winning commercials through the decades, The fifteen-minute satirical sketch broadcast on BBC ONE Northern Ireland and on PBS in the United Anderson In…, taking another cheekily poking fun at the unique shows combine the latest computer States. As well as the documentary BBC Northern Ireland will also look at the fascinating careers, Norn’ Irish way of selling. graphics with the writing and broadcast John Anderson’s stage sensation On Eagle’s Wing, pastimes and hobbies of Northern performing talents of local recorded at the Odyssey Arena. Ireland people. impressionist Sean Crummey.