3: Pan Loaf and Patter | The Mother Tongue

Duration: 28'30''

Synopsis

The final programme in the series in which Billy KAY traces the development of the Scots language.

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1: The Golden Age | The Mother Tongue

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BBC One Scotland | 1986 | 29'06''

First of 3 documentaries tracing the history of the Scots tongue from its origins through to its heyday as the language of court, lite...

2: A Very Corrupt Dialect | The Mother Tongue

2: A Very Corrupt Dialect | The Mother Tongue

BBC One Scotland | 1986 | 29'18''

Billy KAY examines the roots of prejudice against Lowland Scots from the 1700s onwards in interviews with academics and native ...

3: Pan Loaf and Patter | The Mother Tongue

3: Pan Loaf and Patter | The Mother Tongue

BBC One Scotland | 1986 | 28'30''

The final programme in the series in which Billy KAY traces the development of the Scots language.

1: The Golden Age | The Mother Tongue

1: The Golden Age | The Mother Tongue

BBC One Scotland | 1986 | 29'06''

First of 3 documentaries tracing the history of the Scots tongue from its origins through to its heyday as the language of court, lite...

2: A Very Corrupt Dialect | The Mother Tongue

2: A Very Corrupt Dialect | The Mother Tongue

BBC One Scotland | 1986 | 29'18''

Billy KAY examines the roots of prejudice against Lowland Scots from the 1700s onwards in interviews with academics and native ...

3: Pan Loaf and Patter | The Mother Tongue

3: Pan Loaf and Patter | The Mother Tongue

BBC One Scotland | 1986 | 28'30''

The final programme in the series in which Billy KAY traces the development of the Scots language.
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