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THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS TELEVISION & RADIO / BBC WEEK 4

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SUNDAY 24 JANUARY

Opry an Iúir BBC One

TUESDAY 26 JANUARY

Patrick Kielty’s Mulholland Drive  NEW BBC One Northern Ireland

THURSDAY 28 JANUARY

The Arts Show BBC One Northern Ireland

EDITORIAL 2016 / BBC WEEK 4

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SUNDAY 24 JANUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 4 ______

Opry an Iúir Sunday 24 January BBC Two Northern Ireland, 10pm

Opry an Iúir is back on BBC Northern Ireland for a third series with the best of local country music. Irish Country star Daniel O’Donnell is joined by Lynette Fay as they meet and greet some of the biggest stars of country music.

The seven part series, which is back on BBC Two Northern Ireland on Sunday 24 January at 10pm, promises Irish country music fans a bigger and better showcase of everything that’s good on the local music scene. For the first time ever Daniel will also perform some of his best known hits in Irish. Don’t miss his versions of ‘Tar ag Damhsa Liom’ (‘I Just Want To Dance With You’) and ‘An Bhfuil Aon Sólás i nDán Dom Níos Mó’ (‘My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You’). Recorded in front of a live audience Opry an lúir features the likes of Dominic Kirwan, Mike Denver and Charlie Landsborough.

There’s also a special 50th anniversary celebration of the career of country music star Brendan Shine. Brendan takes a trip down memory lane performing some of his greatest hits over the years including ‘Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down’ while also collaborating with talented sean-nós singer, Treasa Ní Cheannabháin.

Dominic Kirwan shares his songs from his extensive 26-year career and will perform alongside popular Irish singer, Seán Mac Corraidh. Mike Denver has spent over 10 years on the road and will join forces with Siobhán Ní Mhaoileoin from Conamara.

Award-winning Louise Morrissey will collaborate with Kerry accordion and singing legend Séamus Begley. Legendary singer-songwriter Charlie Landsborough performs many of his classic hits from over the years. Charlie is joined by world-renowned fiddle player and Irish singer, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh.

Jim Devine was a finalist on the TV series ‘The Voice of Ireland’ which kick started his career in the country dance scene in Ireland. Jim will duet with traditional singer Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill. Maighréad has been involved in many successful Irish music groups including Skara Brae and T with the Maggies. Johnny Brady has been immersed in country music all his life. Johnny will team up and duet with Kerry native Pauline Scanlon, solo singer and member of the group Lumiere.

Opry an Iúir, which brings the essence of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry to Newry, begins on BBC Two Northern Ireland on Sunday 24 January at 10pm.

The series is a co-production with TG4 produced by Big Mountain Productions for BBC Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund.

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TUESDAY 26 JANUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 4 ______

Patrick Kielty’s Mulholland Drive  NEW Tuesday 26 January BBC One Northern Ireland, 10.45pm

Patrick Kielty's Mulholland Drive on BBC One Northern Ireland on Tuesday 26 January at 10.45pm, sees the Dundrum-born comedian on a search around his second home in California to find out the truth about a man who lent his name to one of the most famous roads in the world.

Yet today this man remains largely forgotten in Los Angeles and virtually unknown in Northern Ireland, where he was born.

This is a story of power, politics, violence and greed straight out of a Hollywood movie, in fact it has been the basis for several, and William Mulholland from Belfast was right in the centre of it.

He was a visionary, one whose brilliance stretched beyond the everyday to encompass the seemingly unachievable, a man of steely determination, and in 1913 his career seemed unstoppable as he completed America's most ambitious engineering project - the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which brought power and water and ignited the growth of the city.

Mulholland is hailed as the man who created LA, but as Patrick, whose father and grandfather worked for the NI water authorities discovers, the story doesn’t have the Hollywood ending Patrick hoped for.

Patrick Kielty’s Mulholland Drive has been made for BBC Northern Ireland by Green Inc Productions.

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THURSDAY 28 JANUARY TELEVISION & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS / BBC WEEK 4 ______The Arts Show Thursday 28 January BBC Two Northern Ireland, 10pm

The Arts Show returns to BBC Two Northern Ireland bringing you in-depth coverage of the best of arts, culture and creativity in Northern Ireland.

Fronted by Marie-Louise Muir, who also presents The Arts Show on BBC Radio Ulster, the new series gets underway with a look at the names to watch in 2016, and tips from commentators in the worlds of literature, poetry, craft, music and drama.

The first programme will also exclusively reveal and profile the recipients of this year’s Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s MIA’s (Major Individual Awards), which grant £15,000 each to three practitioners.

Plus, Anna Lo, MLA, looks at the symbolism around Chinese New Year and artist Stuart Cairns, winner of the first Rosy James Bursary Award, talks about his first solo exhibition in Lisburn.

Live music comes from Derry/Londonderry group, Ports (formerly Little Bear), who are appearing at this year’s Out To Lunch festival in Belfast.

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