Shows
Talking Derry GirlsEpisode 14 - It’s Lisa McGee (oh yes it is!)The one about Erin’s Diary! Guess what everyone we know is getting for Christmas this year? Once upon a time a young writer from Derry was in a foreign land, it was a strange time for a sickness had befallen the earth, but she found refuge in a church, there were no statues, stations of the cross but a table and chair and a pen and paper (or a laptop maybe with wifi and an endless supply of tea!). And she did write and behold - ERIN’S DIARY the inner thoughts, scribbles, lists and drawings were born. It’s gre...
2020-12-1655 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleHenry McCullough - 'From Belfast to Boston' live at Radio Foyle, 2002.For many people here, it’s the national anthem we never had. Here, in 2002, Henry talks to Mark about writing the song. And then plays it live on air…
#HenryMcCullough #FromBelfastToBoston
2016-06-1509 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Henry.Revered Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough died this week.
Back in 2002, he talked to Mark about life, Pink Floyd, Wings, Woodstock and happiness.
#HenryMcCullough
2016-06-1514 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Dame Mary Peters.Her secret as a kid? Raw Oxo cubes.
Here the legendary Olympian talks swords, #SPOTY, still being fit as a fiddle … and the importance of getting kids involved.
A darling of a lady …
#CommonwealthGames #DameMaryPeters #MaryPeters #Sport
2016-06-0714 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleLimavady dad speaks out about son finding drugs in a toy egg.This week, we heard the news that a 5-year-old boy picked up drugs which were inside a toy egg in Limavady. White powder, believed to be methamphetamine, was found inside the plastic shell in the Drumachose area of the town. We managed to track down the boys father. He's been telling me that more needs to be done in Limavady when it comes to drug awareness.
2016-05-3106 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Reginald D Hunter.American Comedian Reginald D Hunter has been based in the UK for about 20 years. He does stand up. He does telly. He is not afraid of confronting the linguistic problems sometimes posed race and cultural.
Reg brings his 'Aluminum Negro' tour to Derry's Millennium Forum on Thu 9th June. #MarkPattersonShow #BBC #BBCRadioFoyle #ReginaldDHunter
2016-05-3016 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Mission ImpossibleAcclaimed pianist Neil Cowley joined Mission Impossible when he was 14. He has worked with Adele and the Brand New Heavies … But he never left his old band. ‘They are family’ he says. And my goodness can they play. Tonight: Waterfoot. Tomorrow (Sat) Blackbird Bar
@neilcowleytrio @bbcradiofoyle @dcsdcouncil @markyptweets
2016-04-2912 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met the 4 of Us .. Part #2Newry band The 4 of Us are music royalty in Ireland.
Brendan and Declan were in studio with a new track … and some reminiscences about life and times
2016-04-1508 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met the 4 of Us ... Part #1Newry band The 4 of Us are music royalty in Ireland.
Brendan and Declan were in studio with a new track … and some reminiscences about life and times
2016-04-1512 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleMark & SpencerRenowned human nude installation artist Spencer Tunick is a global figure. He has photographed acres of bare bottoms on glaciers, in train stations, even in a vineyard.
Next up, he wants the good people of Hull to take off all their clothes in the name of Culture. Listen again...
#SpencerTunick #Art #Hull
2016-03-3004 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle21 years after the Bosnian War – 'Your Coat Still Means the World’Back in 1994, Derry woman Gabrielle Deans took it on herself to send aid to Bosnia.
The events that unfurled thereafter still move Gabrielle to tears.
#Bosnia #Derry
2016-03-2915 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleFiorentini vs McDermott – The Great Radio Foyle Chip-OffForget Conor McGregor. Forget Frampton and Big Frank Bruno. This is what happened when we pitched our resident chef against the finest Irish Italian chip maker in the land … #markpattersonshow
2016-03-1611 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleAustins closing is “like a death in the family”Austins, the Historic Derry Department Store closed this week after 186 years of trading. Sharon Doherty worked there for nearly 30 years. She spoke to our reporter Keiron Tourish up in the rooftop restaurant. #markpattersonshow
2016-03-1104 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle‘Arise Sir Micky – King of Ze Sausage'Word reached Mark Patterson that Claudy butcher Micky O’Kane has been knighted by the French … for the finery of his sausages! Zut Alors mon ami!
#MarkPattersonShow #RadioFoyle
2016-03-0410 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen John said "I Do" … AgainBack in ’76, young love birds John and Una were partying the bit out in Donegal on New Year’s Eve. Una realised ‘this is now a Leap Year – I can ask HIM’ … This week, live on the Patterson show, 40 years later, they agreed to do it all over again. #markpattersonshow #una&john #leapyear
2016-02-2908 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met EvelynEvelyn McCullough is living with a rare terminal cancer called Pseudomyxoma. She had to be air lifted to Basingstoke in England because they couldn't treat it in NI. She had her abdominal organs removed and is now having aggressive chemo.
Despite all of this, Evelyn has just released this book of life affirming photos, mostly from the North Coast.
A lesson in living life to the full - and how the joy of photography can fly in the face of some of life's most cruel circumstances.
2016-02-1516 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleI’m the Door Knock No-one WantsToday I heard the remarkable account of former police liaison officer Tracey Doherty. For years she was the officer tasked to tell families the bad news after a fatal car crash. “I prefer solid front doors” she says. When there was a glass pane, Tracey dreaded seeing the person coming to the door
2016-02-1214 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle'Derry needs an Exploratorium'The view of former Irish Museum of Modern Art chief Declan McGonagle on today’s show.
Declan – a proud Derryman – feels politicians are ‘afraid of culture’ and despairs that the development of Ebrington has been ‘kicked down the road till 2033’. He proposes an ‘Exploratorium’ as an attraction that would draw significant numbers of young people to Ebrington in search of the arts and natural sciences
2016-02-0905 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle6 Nations: George Hook tells Mark "I just don't understand this team selection"The 6 Nations beckons. George talks about 'Schmidt the conservative', the feeding of 'Ulsters paranoia' and why he, like me, feels McCloskey and Ringrose - both unselected - are the best centres in the land.
2016-02-0507 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleHilda Orr - the Derry woman serving refugees on the sands of Lesbos#markpattersonshow #lesbos #news
2016-01-2613 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle12 new coaches for the 212… When Mark met Chris Conway, Translink's Chief Executive#MarkPattersonShow #RadioFoyle #212 #Translink #Transport
2016-01-2618 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle"What political party could I join? If we looked at policies and issues, Sinn Fein would probably be the one that leaps out" - Former Soldier tells Mark#Soldier #BBC #News #NorthernIreland #MarkPattersonShow
2016-01-1923 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleMatch made in heaven? Or just online…Online Date Anyone?
Apparently this is the busiest week of the year for people going online to find love! I'm told last Sunday was the official "Dating Sunday". Makes sense i guess - people seeking new beginnings in a New Year.
#BBC #MarkPattersonShow #OnlineDating #Match
2016-01-0617 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Fire-Chief Kieran DohertyToday, Mark was joined in studio by the Emergency Service Person of the Year, Cresent Link Fire Chief Kieran Doherty.
2015-12-0825 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleJekyll and Hyde’s Robert and Niamh perform "Take me as I Am" LIVERobert Kelly and Niamh Long perform "Take me as I Am" ahead of next week’s show at St. Columbs College. #BBCRadioFoyle #Lunchtime #StephenMcCauley
2015-11-2603 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met "The Running Man", Tom McGrathAhead of his 12 hour run around Derry's bridges, Tom McGrath joined Mark in studio to talk about his journey that led him here. #MarkPattersonShow
2015-11-1825 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Kenny Shiels#KennyShiels #DerryCityFC #MarkPattersonShow
2015-11-1022 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle"Find Me a Family" - Mark speaks to those at the centre of the NI adoption system.Did you watch it last night? Very moving stuff... Fact: There are more children in care in Northern Ireland than ever before - 2,875 children are in the system, the highest figure since current records began in 1995.
~ It can take over three years for a child in care to be placed with a new family
~ Many argue that's just too long.
This is National Adoption week, and BBC Northern Ireland is looking at the intricacies of the child care system here. #MarkPattersonShow #Adoption #KinshipCare #Family # FindMeAFamily
2015-10-2724 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleJane stopped. Would you? How a bear-hug saved a life.Yesterday, we told the story of how local teenager Jane stopped to help a distressed young man on the Foyle Bridge. She stopped.. Would you? #MarkPattersonShow #BBCRadioFoyle
2015-10-0810 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Best Boy Grip performed live from a garden shed. Only on Mark Patterson Show..Broad Beans, birds and Best Boy Grip? Eoin O’Callaghan performed ‘Aim’ live from today’s St. Columb’s allotments live show. #MarkPattersonShow
2015-10-0204 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Dolores Keane#DorolesKeane#markpattersonshow#brotherandsister
Dolores and Sean Keane are touring as brother and sister. Here, Sean sings and a most interesting chat with Dolores unfolds …
2015-09-2524 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle"No religion in school please" Strabane 6th Former tells MarkScott Moore, a 6th former from Strabane brings his campaign of "no religion in school" to The Mark Patterson Show. #MarkPattersonShow #BBCRadioFoyle
2015-09-2226 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoylePost-tato.... How this 1st class spud ended up in Derry.Local man Dermot Bradley joins Mark in studio to explain just how, and WHY, this spud ended up in his letter box. #MarkPattersonShow #BBCRadioFoyle
2015-09-1608 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Prof. Seamus Deane... “The finest critical thinker to have come out of Ireland”Seamus Deane is one of Derry's best-known sons. His novel Reading in the Dark was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. And today, he joined Mark Patterson. #SeamusDeane #ReadingInTheDark
2015-09-1107 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleLife? Wealth? Justice? Refugees? … Wood Burning Savages had something to say about that on Patterson todayWood Burning Savages chat + perform 'Premier League' ahead of tonight's Music for Free Movement fundraiser for refugees. #WoodBurningSavages #MPS
2015-09-1004 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleArt vs. Mental illness... When Mark met Paul and Kris.On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay Mark met Bi-Polar Poet Paul and Musician Kris with OCD, to talk about how their art has helped their mental illness.
2015-09-1023 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleDaniel tells Mark Patterson "Every day I wake up, I've a pain in me stomach with nerves" #Strictly#Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #DanielODonnell #MPS
2015-09-0708 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleGeorge Hook tells Mark "We have no chance of winning Rugby World Cup"#MPS
2015-09-0105 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Kerri and Lexi.Following on From ‘Paul’s Story’, an 11 year old transgender boy on Stephen Nolan this morning - Mark is joined by local couple Kerri and Lexi to talk life and love as a transgender couple in Northern Ireland. #LunchtimeWithMarkPatterson
2015-08-1919 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleWhen Mark met Donovan...On Friday's we took the show on the road to Stendhal Festival of Art, where Mark met up with headline act Donovan.
2015-08-1007 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleGordon spots Beluga Whale at Causeway CoastGordon Watson captured this remarkable moment – when an arctic Beluga Whale swam right up to the coast at Dunseverick. He tells Mark all about the encounter. Beluga whales are pure white to merge into frozen landscapes, ice bergs etc.
Watch the full video on our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/markpattersonshow #Lunchtime #MPS
2015-08-0308 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleJohn Bell - 'Yoga in the Park'John Bell is a remarkable man. After years of addiction, he found recovery through Derry’s Northland Centre. Then he took up yoga, and it changed his life. These days he is one of the most renowned yoga teachers in the country, and this weekend he hopes that hundreds will join him in his open air “Yoga in the Park” Event in Derry.
2015-07-3024 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleLetterkenny's Jason Black vs. K2Jason Black, a Letterkenny mountaineer caught in deadly K2 avalanche - which has claimed their vital mountaineering gear - talks to Mark from the mountain. #K2
2015-07-2810 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleDerry crimewriter Brian McGilloway interviewDerry crimewriter Brian McGilloway sells 750,000 books, goes back to teaching, tells me “I missed the kids" #BrianMcGilloway
2015-07-2821 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleFrank Rafferty in Game of ThronesAdopted Derryman Frank Rafferty on his appearance in the world's top TV show Game of Thrones.#GoT#GameOfThrones
2015-06-0312 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleNaomi's storyNaomi who has been out of work for over three years told our news reporter Dean McLaughlin about how she is struggling to make ends meet. Here is an shortened edited version of her interview.
2014-10-2201 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleLittle Acorns Typewriter ChallengeWhat's the best thing about #Derry? People got to put their answers on #vintagetypewriters at #LittleAcorns
2014-09-2309 minMark Patterson on BBC Radio FoylePhil Invesitgates the Farm LifePhil Reynolds goes out to a local farm to find out what it's like to work 24/7
2014-06-1306 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleCut-Throat Phil.Free health check? Eye test? Turkish shave maybe? This is what happenend when our resident guinea-pig Phil Reynolds went for the the in-studio-hot-shave from the lads at the Derry Barbers. This is all part of the Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum programme for men's health... great craic ...
2014-06-1126 minMark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleA Reenactment of the Siege of DerryPhil Reynolds went along to the re-enactment of the siege of Derry, here's how he got on
2014-06-0905 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle'When Arthur Met Jenny'A remarkable conversation: 89 year old D-Day and London Blitz veteran Arthur Beales has lived in #Derry for 70 years. Jenny Witt our colleague grew up in Hamburg. Her granda was a military doctor. Listen again to their remarkable and touching on-air encounter.
2014-06-0630 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio Foyle"The Home" TuamOn Tues 27th May 2014, Mark spoke to Catherine Corless about the former childrens home run by the Bon Secours nuns in Tuam, Co Galway. Catherine's research has found that in a period of just 36 years from 1925 to 1961, at least 796 babies were buried there in a pit, their identities unmarked. 'The Home' received unmarried mothers. Catherine is campaigning to have the location of the mass grave marked properly with all the childrens names. Many of them died from conditions as curable as gastroenteritis, measles and malnutrition. Listen again to this remarkable campaigner.
2014-05-2815 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoylecuckooIt seems youre very lucky these days if you ever see or hear one of these - a cuckoo. why so? Listen in to MPS at 2.30 to hear why cuckoos seem to be getting such a hard time ... any of you lucky enough to hear a cuckoo so far this year?
2014-05-2700 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleTaylor Johnston our busking reporterToday we are talking about busking in Derry. Our reporter Taylor Johnston who does a bit of busking himself gives us a demonstration of his skills ahead of this afternoon's special.
2014-05-0901 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleLesbian StyleOn todays MPS - a new play in the Playhouse tonight considers lesbian life here. And away from the script, this interview with director Hilary McCollum and actor Mel Bradley also uncovers some very poignant home truths ... heres a clip. Full interview on MPS at 2.00 today
2014-05-0800 min
Mark Patterson on BBC Radio FoyleHello AudiobooWe are new to Audioboo today on the Mark Patterson Show. click and find out what were thinking... mark and team
2014-05-0801 min
Forum for Cities in Transition's Podcast20100531 BBC Radio Foyle - FCT InterviewMark Patterson (BBC Radio Foyle) interviews Gerard Diver, Willie Lamrock, Jim Roddy, and Maeve McLaughlin on Derry Londonderry participation at Forum for Cities in Transition annual conference in Mitrovica, 24-28 May 2010. 31/5/2010
2011-03-3116 min