Song of the Deer Debuts on BBC Radio 4

We absolutely over the moon to say that SONG OF THE DEER was transmitted today at 1.45pm on BBC Radio 4!

The brainchild of producer Uilleam MacCormaig, Song of the Deer reimagines the monumental 18th Century Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dobhrain - In Praise of Beinn Dorain - a celebrated Munro in the Scottish Highlands.

We join Niall Rowantree, a modern-day forester and deer stalker, as he hunts his prey and uncovers the secrets of this revered animal. Kathleen MacInnes voices the perspective of a hind as she moves through the landscape.

The original poem was created by Duncan Ban MacIntyre and it was translated in 2021 by Gary MacKenzie. 

This documentary explores the relationship between highlanders, their landscape, and the ecology around them. It was produced in Scotland by Uilleam and Flora Zajicek, in partnership with the BBC and Multitrack.

You can listen back to Song of the Deer on BBC Sounds here.