Community / Winter programmes return to the radio
BBC Radio Shetland’s late programmes are set to return to the airwaves on Monday night.
The station said there will be a mix of old and new shows and plenty of dialect on offer over the next six months to keep folk company as the winter nights draw in.
Claire White and Friends returns with a lichtsome monthly hour of chat and tunes.
Her guests on Monday night are Shetland Wool Week patrons Rachel Hunter, Nancy Hunter and Linda Shearer, who represent the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters Weavers and Dyers.
As the campaign grows for formal recognition of the Shetland language, White also hosts lively conversations peppered with readings and poems in Midder Tongue.
Julie Dennison and Roy Mullay are along with a new programme Back an Fore.
In November they deep dive into Faroe and look at its culture, language, traditions, music and even tunnels.
Arnold and Laurie Goodlad are back with Good Yarns wi da Goodlads, where the tides of every conversation are always high.
Anyone who loves the sea, fishing and good stories are encouraged to tune in as the father-daughter duo reel in tales from the isles.
Whether you are a salty sea dog, or a land-loving landlubber, get ready to be hooked in the waves of conversation.
Radio Shetland stalwart Mary Blance is along with the popular Books Programme.
Andrea Racekova meanwhile brings forward Youth Voice, a new programme that focuses on issues that matter to young folk across the isles.
Eva Runciman will also look back on the Shetland Folk Festival. The programme will feature music and chat from all the visiting acts, as well as some of the local performers.
Shetland’s Larder returns along with the leccy pan.
Iona Nicol and Andrea Racekova explore the culinary delights on offer across the isles.
The station will also drop in for a conversation with characters in the company of Davie Gardner and Jane Moncrieff.
Get a check-up with Ross Cowper-Fraser as he explores health, fitness and wellbeing in Shetland’s Heartbeat.
Folk can also headbang the night away with Iona Nicol and Dave Kok as they spotlight the best local alternative music in Into the Pitt.
The station will also travel the length and breadth of Shetland to find out what folk do Beyond the Briggistanes in its environmental programme hosted by Val Turner and Eva Runciman.
There is plenty of music on offer too; Barbara Cheyne is along with Fae Hameaboot, Jimmy Carlyle hosts Shades of Blues and Jim Pearson and Shelia Manson are back with Wir Kinda Country.
Joy Duncan also returns with Jazz and World Sounds, while Alan Gifford and new presenter Kirsten Gifford will be along with their guests showcasing the best of Shetland traditional music in Catgut and Ivory.
Neil Robertson pulls out his favourite seventies and eighties music and Gary Peterson and Steve Davidson are back with Oota Da Cans.
And just before Christmas, BBC Radio Shetland will look back at the Island Games 2025 held in the basking sunshine in Orkney back in the summer, where Team Shetland scooped 17 medals.
BBC Radio Shetland editor John Johnston said: “It’s great to be back with such a variety of programmes to entertain listeners at home and around the world during the long winter months.”
The late programmes are broadcast every weekday from 6pm straight after Good Evening Shetland on 92.7FM or live on the radio player app.
People can also listen again on the BBC Radio Shetland Facebook or the BBC Sounds page.
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