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Liz Lochhead introduces a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland脙垄脗聙脗聶s national bard.

RUNNING ORDER:

Timings given are approximate and are given in hours and minutes from the start of the zone.

00:01

Songlines - Ae Fond Kiss:

Lifting the lid on possibly the saddest song ever written by Robert Burns.

00:29

Imagined Lives:

Writer Janice Galloway sets out to discover more about Catherine Carswell's controversial 1930 biography of Robert Burns.

00:56

Robert Burns and the Scots Musical Museum:

Assessing Burns's contribution to the seminal collection, with presenter Hugh Taylor.

01:11

The Tree of Life:

Presenter John Purser brings together artists and musicians for a rich celebration of the life of Robert Burns.

01:56

The Linguistic Legacy of Robert Burns:

Does anyone still speak the Scots of Robert Burns's day? Billy Kay investigates.

02:24

Robert Burns and the Scots Musical Museum:

Recalling Burns's tour of the Highlands where he met fiddler Neil Gow.

02:38

Songlines - Red Red Rose:

Eddi Reader and Sheena Wellington share their love of this classic Burns song.

03:06

The Jean Armour Supper:

Ruth Wishart delivers the Immortal Memory of Jean Armour.

03:15

The History of the Burns Supper:

Billy Kay discovers celebrations the world over.

03:43

The Jean Armour Supper:

Lynn Ferguson toasts the lassies and the late Donald Dewar replies.

04:02

Robert Burns and the Scots Musical Museum:

Contemporary performers talk to presenter Hugh Taylor about how Burns informs their work.

04:17

In Bed with Burns:

Edi Stark questions Burns's womanising ways.

04:37

Songlines - A Man's A Man:

Stories about the song of liberty and freedom in which Burns attacks the then ruling class.

05:04

Robert Burns and the Scots Musical Museum:

Hugh Taylor visits the Dumfrieshire haunts of the poet, including the Globe Inn.

05:19

Holy Willlie's Prayer:

Performed by Liz Lochhead

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