William Crawley travels to the USA to reveal the remarkable stories of the Ulstermen and women who have helped shape the country's industry, culture and politics. In the third episode of the series William Crawley travels from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to Nashville. He explores the Ulster-Scots contribution to country music, discovers the extraordinary story of a controversial US President with roots in Ulster and meets a County Antrim songwriter inspired to write an album based on his experience as an immigrant in the USA.

Presenter - William Crawley
Executive Producer for BBC NI - Deirdre Devlin, Michael Hewitt & Diarmuid Lavery
Producer - Ben O'Loan
Written and Directed by Jane Magowan

Additional archive: Highland Resource and Education Centre, Library of Congress

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