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Ta Mee Gindys

Howard Caine and Beth Espey explore the mysteries and hidden gems of the Isle of Man, the kind of things which make you think... "I wonder!"

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Episodes

  • Ta Mee Gindys 30 April 2024

    Tuesday, 30 April 2024

    25 minutes

    H and Tubs head to Kirk Braddan to explore it's slightly other worldly link with St Trinians amongst other joys - and Beth gets hands on with H. The joy is palpable  .  . 

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  • Ta Mee Gindys 23 April 2024

    Tuesday, 23 April 2024

    25 minutes

    B and H join historian John Manley in St George's graveyard to hear the incredible story of Nellie Brennan and the cholera epidemic of the 1830s - and H totally fails to wow B with a card trick  . . .

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  • Ta mee Gindys 16 April 2024

    Tuesday, 16 April 2024

    25 minutes

    The gruesome twosome head out to St Trinian's - at night - in search of the buggane. Back in the studio, H dazzles Beth with some amazing trickery involving two paperclips and a £20 note  . . .  

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  • Ta Mee Gindys 09 April 2024

    Tuesday, 9 April 2024

    25 minutes

    The series where Beth Espey.com and H explore anything and everything, that you're unikely to find elsewhere on Manx Radio. Along with usually unusual if silly experiments or tricks and the infamous dip into the MR archives. This week - the intrepid duo explore things mystic .  .

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 6 April 2023

    25 minutes

    The intrepid duo delve into the wonders of seaweed, remind people about the background to Corrins tower - NOT folly - and H shows Musky a weird thing about antiperspirant. Oh - and a bit of Lord Charles 

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 30 March 2023

    25 minutes

    The intrepid duo find out about the man known simply as PMC, more incredibly on ball lightning and a card trick whose USP is that it doesn't work.

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 23 March 2023

    25 minutes

    The intrepid duo find out about one of the Island's great benefactors, explore the weird phenomenon known as ball lightning, dip into the archive for some love and try to balance a match upright on their thumbs.

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 16 March 2023

    25 minutes

    The gruesome twosome ponder the joys of a daffodil walk, a challenge to remove a tenner from the top of a bottle with one finger and Jimmy Young emerges from the archives

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 9 March 2023

    25 minutes

    They're back  .  . the gruesome twosome of Manx Radio try to discover more about the Manx Giant, look back into the past, have a lucky dip into the archives and bounce loo rolls . . .

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 12 May 2022

    24 minutes

    Another walky-talk special as the intrepid duo - and a motley selection of friends - head out to the tholtan described in the book featured last week to look and wonder (warning: may contain references to picnics in the sun)

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 5 May 2022

    25 minutes

    H and Musky go for a walk to find the little people, a book on a tholtan walk - more next week - and Beth's cold shower challenge

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 28 April 2022

    25 minutes

    The gruesome twosome are out and about again - heading to a hidden chair, hearing about a memorial to Polish airmen whilst Beth recommends H take a cold shower. Service as usual then . . 

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 21 April 2022

    25 minutes

    A special to start a new series - as Beth and H join a group of walkers with walking.im on a night walk around the tholtans of Tholt-y-will . . .!

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 16 December 2021

    25 minutes

    The terrible two explore one of their favourite properties on the Island - the iconic Ravensdale

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 11 November 2021

    25 minutes

    The gruesome twosom return to ponder  . . . anything and everything

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 11 November 2021

    25 minutes

    This week is dedicated to just a few stories and thoughts behind the annual day of remembrance

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 5 August 2021

    25 minutes

    In this last episode of the current series, Beth and Howard wonder how we can stay healthy when the island is hit by unusually hot weather, especially during these stressful times

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 22 July 2021

    25 minutes

    This week, Beth is wondering about Peel Hill, and death! Howard has a dubious experiment to try, involving a plastic bottle!

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 15 July 2021

    25 minutes

    Beth and Howard are wondering about place names around the island - what they mean and where they come from, they reflect on Sunday night's big fixture, and experiment with an orange and some baking soda!

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 1 July 2021

    25 minutes

    In this new series, Beth and Howard find out about paper making, speak to some of the people who get the Tynwald Ceremony underway, and as ever, they bring us a blast from the past with a lucky dip from the archives

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 3 December 2020

    25 minutes

    In this final episode of the current series, Beth and Howard learn about a man celebrated as the Isle of Man's greatest poet, Beth jumps in the Irish sea, and the team attempt to make a homemade lava lamp..!

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 26 November 2020

    25 minutes

    Have you ever heard of Sir Frank Gill? Beth and Howard find out more about this fascinating man

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 19 November 2020

    25 minutes

    This week, Beth and Howard head to The Ginger Hall in Sulby, and we find out the results of last week's Challenge

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 12 November 2020

    25 minutes

    This week, Beth and Howard celebrate the humble sprout

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 5 November 2020

    25 minutes

    Beth and Howard reflect on their spooky visit to Milntown..!

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  • Ta Mee Gindys

    Thursday, 29 October 2020

    25 minutes

    This week, Howard and Beth explore the complexities of blackberrying!

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  • Ta Mee Gindys - 16th July 2020

    Thursday, 16 July 2020

    25 minutes

    Beth and Howard are back with a brand new series, incorporating a brand new feature "The Tholtan Wanderers" - where they'll travel around the Island exploring some of the abandoned buildings that used to be homes around the Manx countryside.

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  • Ta Mee Gindys - 12th March 2020

    Thursday, 12 March 2020

    25 minutes

    Howard and Beth return with a new series. In this edition, they take a closer look at OId Santon Church Yard.

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  • Ta Mee Gindys - 7th November 2019

    Friday, 8 November 2019

    25 minutes

    We hear more from the spooky overnight stay at Milntown and Charles Guard tells us more about the historic property.

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  • Ta Mee Gindys - 31st October 2019

    Thursday, 31 October 2019

    27 minutes

    Ta Mee Gindys - 31st October 2019

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