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              Fiona Kennedy and Robert Sproul-Cran are Hosts of Tartan TVFiona Kennedy and Robert Sproul-Cran, Hosts of Tartan TV
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Tartan TV host Fiona Kennedy and series genealogy expert Robert Scot at Crathes Castle, Scotland




Turn up the volume on your computer to hear the song "A Cup Of Tea" played on bagpipes!


















































Robert Scott in Kilt in search of Picts and their art


 
Tartan Tv--
Television From The Heart Of Scotland

With 52 programs having been produced to date, Tartan TV is a weekly half-hour magazine program available on Public Television in the United States and also in Canada.

Co-Founders and Hosts, Scottish singing
star and actress,
Fiona Kennedy and
Dr. Robert Sproul-Cran--CEO of Tartan
TV, each week take you on a delightful exploration of all that Scotland has to offer--including tours of beautiful Scottish cities and countryside explaining Scottish history as well as current information about sites of interest, places, and events.

Also featured are Scottish cuisine, restaurants, and recipes; Scottish kilts and fashion; Scottish ancestory and genealogy information as presented by Dr. Robert Sproul-Clan, whose on air name is Robert Scot as Tartan TV's family history expert.

Subjects covered have included a "special program from New York, featuring The Tartan Day parade with the world’s largest bagpipe band - over 8000 pipers, and an exclusive interview with Sean Connery.
Fiona Kennedy meets the Scottish community in New York, including pipers from the Fire Department. We visit Ellis Island and find out about Scottish
emigration".....

Other shows featured Hollywood superstar Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Trainspotting, Young Adam) in full kilt outfit as Chieftain
of the Crieff Highland Games....

Scottish film producer, Arabella Croft, on
set in the North East of Scotland;....

a tour of the magnificent Crathes Castle gardens on Royal Deeside....

the Scots country and western singer Bill Stewart, winner of the International Song category in the American Eagles Awards....

the magical Orkney Isles off the far north coast of Scotland together with a buried stone age village straight out of the Flintstones, with stone beds, dressing tables and cupboards....

Scotland’s most famous poet – philosopher and incurable romantic Robert Burns with a visit to the cottage where Burns was born, hear about the women in his life....

Robert Scott on a journey in search of the Picts and their art with a visit to East Aquhorthies Standing Stone Circle and the amazingly carved Maiden Stone on the slopes of Bennachie near Abedeen....

the beautiful voice of Fiona Kennedy in musical segments....

the Lighthouse design centre with
information about the Rennie Macintosh-designed exhibition space in Glasgow....

Scots actor and comedian Billy Connolly
and friends Robin Williams and Monty Python star Eric Idle, at the Lonach Gathering and Games....

a walk along one of Scotland's most beautiful stretches of coastline in
Fife;a visit to traditional bagpipe makers in Edinburgh.

The list of fascinating Scottish features, personalities, and locales featured on Tartan TV include:

  • Travel Information including hotels
    and bed and breakfast establishments
  • Arts and Crafts Events Info
  • Scottish Music
  • Business In Scotland
  • Scottish Fashion
  • Scottish Food and Drink--Recipes
  • Scottish Genealogy--How to Trace
    your Family History

  • Scottish History and Highland Games
  • Scottish Shopping
  • Scottish Sports
  • Scottish Celebrities
  • Scottish Leisure
  • Scottish Inovations; Myths and Legends; Pipe Bands; Poetry; Technopole, the University of Edinburgh's Science Park;
    and much more!

Call, or go online, to check with your local Public Television station in the United
States or Canada to see program listings
so that you'll know what time to set aside to watch Tartan TV. If your local station doesn't offer Tartan TV, ask them to.

Tartan TV Online accumulates and offers all of Tartan TV's program information, online Tartan TV videos, Scottish Recipes, useful links, and Scottish Gifts featured in the Tartan TV Gift Shop in association with the ScotWeb Store.

Everything your Scottish heart could desire
is available on Tartan TV....make a date to tune in and get in touch with your Inner
Scot.

 

Tartan TV on Public Television

    



























Fiona Kennedy enjoying Tartan Day in New York City







































Fiona and Robin Willaims at Lonach Games in Strathdon, Scotland


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