The Mark Patterson Show Episodes Episode guide
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Santa Special
The real Santa himself joins us from our studios in the frozen north.
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Altnagelvin Hospital Special
A visit to Altnagelvin Hospital as Christmas approaches.
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19/12/2018
News, views, issues and culture from across the north west of Northern Ireland.
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Banking Charges, Christmas Pets and William Sharkey
Financial regulator calls time on charges on unarranged overdrafts.
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A university expands, a bishop retires, and Christmas films
Limerick University expands with an hopes of thousands of new jobs. So what about Derry?
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Border Crossing, Women's Suffrage, and Gardening
Crossing the border? That could in future cost you seven euros.
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George Hutton, Cashless Pubs, and Shooting Stars
Singer, songwriter and tenor George Hutton live in the studio with Paul Casey.
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Broadband, Sudoku and the Lollipop Man
Broadband speeds are a postcode lottery.
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Speeding, Loneliness, and May the Fourth
New 20mph speed limits are brought to local schools.
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Brexit uncertainty, Books, and Captain Hook
Deal or no deal? Theresa May tells MPs vote on her Brexit deal is off.
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Bees, Baird, and Buzzcocks
B-Lines, our first motorway map for bees. And it's 90 years since TV got colour.
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TV Gambling Adverts, Parking, Owls and U2
A local advertising expert calls for regulation of TV gambling ads.
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05/12/2018
News, views, issues and culture from across the north west of Northern Ireland.
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A5, Toilets, and Christmas Ads
A new bid to build a multimillion-pound upgrade of the A5 linking Derry and Tyrone.
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Public toilets, Climate Change and Christmas Food
Lack of public toilets in the north west of Northern Ireland.
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Windpower, Brexiquette, and Something for the Weekend
As renewables power two thirds of our electricity needs today, do we need fossil fuel?
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Maternity Blues, the Earl Bishop, and Cara Dillon
Mums don't enjoy their maternity leave as much as they hoped, a new poll finds.
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Regeneration, a child lost in the Troubles, and poetry
A Derry group is crowned UK winner of the Heritage Angels.
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CCTV, Β£17 Christmas Dinner, and Forgotten Keys
Do we now need CCTV to stop people illegally dumping in back alleys?
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Ebrington, Joe Schmidt, and Troubles Children
Where now for Ebrington after signature projects there face difficulties?
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23/11/2018
News, views, issues and culture from across the north west of Northern Ireland.
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No more whiskey galore, Mandela's literary legacy, and the Governess speaks her own mind
A Β£12m whiskey distillery planned for Ebrington Square in Derry is dropped.
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Disability taxi attacked, free TV for over-75s, and book week
Taxis, one of them a disability cab, burnt in arson attacks in Derry.
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Flood appeal
Flooded businesses ask for help after Β£1m goes to businesses following the Primark fire.
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Rugby History
History is made as Ireland defeat the All Blacks.
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Stranded
Angry passengers left at Stansted, and then left waiting at the hotel.
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Brexit and Mental Health
Clinical psychologist Gerry Cunningham on the impact of Brexit on your mental health.
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The Deep End
The Brexit deal leaves Northern Ireland in the "deep end". But what does it mean for us?
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Partially Sighted Assault Course
A walk through Derry's city centre becomes an assault course for the partially sighted.
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History, eroded?
"The historic fabric of Derry is rapidly being eroded" - historian Mark Lusby.