You know, you folkies really ought to think yourselves lucky. Many moons ago poor Nigel Odgen had his uniquely-biased yet totally-eclectic radio show slashed to a paltry 30 minutes, and so it remains to this day. That was one show you really could immerse into for an hour of cathartic bliss - indeed, it was on TOE that I heard the most amazing version of Les Baxter's iconic Quiet Village whilst driving south over Carter Bar one moonlit evening. Contacted the producer the next day only to be told it was a private recording sent in by a listener! Bliss! At 30 minutes it hardly seems worth it.

And what about Sing Something Simple? Soon as Cliff Adams popped off to school the heavenly choir that was it - gone for good despite a 40 year archive to draw upon (okay, okay I'm an optimist - but in my dreams the BBC actually cherishes this stuff). The last show I heard they were singing You Can't Always Get What You Want - coincidently, that was the last song I heard Peter Bellamy sing live too.

DG (siempre y cuando sea con dignidad)