You keep on saying the same things without apparently listening to the responses:

1) There really *isn't* very much folk on the BBC, nationally. The "listings" you mention include BBC broadcasts in the regions, rather than national programmes...ie, BBC Ulster, BBC Dorset, etc. There is a tiny amount as a percentage of total broadcasting hours on the national stations and the regional stations rarely have more than 2 hours a week in total from a base of around 140 hours per week per region.

2) You keep implying that the broadcasts include folk music from *all* nationalities except German. I keep pointing out that the broadcasts include music from maybe 20 different countries, 30 at absolute maximum. Therefore folk music from 85% of the countries in the world is NOT broadcast on the BBC. Germany just happens to be one of that 85%. What's the big deal?