This is my Graded Unit for Fife College. I produced the programme, Cheryll Thomas presented it. Michael McLaren pressed the buttons. My thanks got to Doctors Jonathan O'Riordan and Kerr Grieve. Amy Sutherland and Alastair Grieve from the MS Society in Fife. Lillian and Graeme in Carnoustie and Ray in Forfar. 

Multiple Sclerosis - Scotland's Snowflake Disease

This was my first creative project for my HND in Radio Broadcasting. I interviewed local people in Dundee and Caroline Brown from Dundee University Archives. The narrator is Michael McLaren and is an overview of Joseph Lee's life and times. I produced the programme and wrote the script.

Joseph Lee, Dundee's Forgotten War Poet

This was a production for my Graded Unit in Year 1 for my HND. I produced the programme, interviewed participants, wrote the script and presented it in April/May/June 2015.

When Wheelchair Rugby Came To Town

History in Song is a series of short radio programmes about traditional folk songs and the stories behind them - weaving music through each story.  
This episode tells the story of a local Sunderland man, Jack Crawford – The Hero of Camperdown. 
Admiral Duncan from Dundee won the battle that helped secure the Royal Navy’s power in the North Sea during the French Revolutionary Wars. Jack Crawford, the local Sunderland lad helped save the day by ensuring the Admiral’s flag did not fall even though it was shot at many times. 
Jack Curtis from the Sunderland Maritime Heritage Trust tells the story with contributions from the singer, Bob Fox and the songwriter, Johnny Handle. 
The Ballad of Jack Crawford is presented by Dundee based folk singer Sheena Wellington.

History In Song The Ballad Of Jack Crawford

A wee reading of the lyrics from a song JH found difficult

The Butcher's In My Yard Now

Early life of JH, temp upload for a uni project

JH Early Life

This is a programme about when the 4th BW went to join the First War in 1915. It is told as a radio news item from 1915 in Dundee. This was a feature I did for one of the modules on my HND at Fife College.

The Day The Fourth Went To War V2

History in Song is a short radio programme about traditional folk songs and the stories behind them - weaving music through each story.  
The Ballad of Jack Crawford 
The first episode tells the story of a local Sunderland man, Jack Crawford – The Hero of Camperdown. 
Admiral Duncan from Dundee won the battle that helped secure the Royal Navy’s power in the North Sea during the French Revolutionary Wars. Jack Crawford, the local Sunderland lad helped save the day by ensuring the Admiral’s flag did not fall even though it was shot at many times. 
Jack Curtis from the Sunderland Maritime Heritage Trust tells the story with contributions from the singer, Bob Fox and the songwriter, Johnny Handle. 
The Ballad of Jack Crawford is presented by Dundee-based folk singer Sheena Wellington.

Jack Crawford Final Mixdown

The sound effect for a pilot programme for Spark FM. The photo was designed by Stuart Russell

Triggered SFX Mixdown 1

This is my final media project. This 30 minute programme is about my journey from Dundee to Sunderland and my search for the silent majority who voted to leave the EU in Sunderland. This is what I found out...

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