Synopsis
The final programme in the series in which Billy KAY traces the development of the Scots language.
- Programme: The Mother Tongue
- Episode: 03: Pan Loaf and Patter
- Channel: BBC One Scotland
- Broadcast year: 1986
- English Language
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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