Dermot O’Leary presents Behind The Fairytale BBC2 Radio

[RoddyRuddy]

"Behind The Fairytale (of New York) - Saturday 24th December 10.00-11.00pm
Dermot O’Leary presents the moving and multi-layered story behind the Christmas classic Fairytale Of New York.
The song resonates with Irish history and the Irish folk tradition in songs - such as The Rare Mountain Dew and Galway Bay - and found further associations following the tragic death of Kirsty McColl in 2000 and the atrocities of 9/11, when it was adopted as an anthem by the New York Police Department. Written by Pogues frontman Shane McGowan and banjo player Jem Finer in 1987, the programme discovers how Kirsty McColl came to sing the vocals by accident, recalls public reaction (including a temporary ban on the lyric 'faggot') and assesses the lasting legacy of the song to this day...."
Quote http://www.newsonnews.net/radio/12766-b ... n-box.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... 2xmas.html
http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1126/thepogues.html

[Fr. McGreer]

I wonder is this a re-packaged version of the on that was on the BBC a few years back, with Steve Lillywhite describing the recording process etc.?

[philipchevron]

I wonder is this a re-packaged version of the on that was on the BBC a few years back, with Steve Lillywhite describing the recording process etc.?

No, it's mostly new stuff.

[Fr. McGreer]

I wonder is this a re-packaged version of the on that was on the BBC a few years back, with Steve Lillywhite describing the recording process etc.?

No, it's mostly new stuff.

Oh cool, thanks Philip. Thanks Roddy for the heads up