Jim thank you for the PM. Your very kind offer raises some interesting possibilities and hence my delay in replying. Sorry about that. I have PM'd you in return.

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The latest Radio Ballads seem to be:

The Ballad of the Miner's Strike

In specially commissioned songs to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of miners' strike, Radio 2 explores how lives were changed by the year-long dispute (1984-85). Date: Tue 02/Mar/10 22:30

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r33b2

The Ballad of the Olympics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/olympiad/other/ballads.html

But I can't find a list of the programmes.

Sadly the film versions of the original Radio Ballads do not seem to be available anywhere.