Who decides what stories are remembered? Can anyone make a stone circle? And when we talk about old folk rituals and songs, who are the folk we are choosing to remember?

In this five part series, Meg Elliot explores folk traditions in their many guises. Her quest takes her from a Ceilidh hall in central London in the search for lost folk songs, to a Glasgow housing estate to visit a new ‘ancient’ stone circle, and over hillsides across the UK talking to artists, singers and folk revivalists.

The programmes explore how our identities are formed in part by tales, places and music. It looks at the potential heritage has, as an experience of the past in the present, to rewrite established narratives and re-empower communities at the heart of these stories.

Heart and Stone is an Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Written, Produced and Presented by Meg Elliot
Executive Producer-Steven Rajam
Sound Design and Mixing-Meic Parry
Original Music-Elin and Carys
Commissioning Editor-Khaliq Meer