I watched some tennis on a commercial channel this summer. Dire. Logos breaking over the screen too often, and then commercial breaks destroy the mood.

But regarding folk: this week I found and listened to a programme presented by Martin Carthy about Ewan MacColl's 'Critics Group' with comments by Peggy Seeger and some ex-members and extracts of MacColl's voice.

I hadn't heard his voice before. I expected something Lancashire, and there were odd patches of it, but I was quite surprised that for much of the time he seemed to speak in a rather old-fashioned very middle class educated BBC/Queens' English manner, possibly somewhat deliberately clear because he know it was being recorded. But it came as a surprise to me that he chose that style of English.

If anybody is interested, you'll probably find it by googling 'How Folk Songs Should be Sung' and Martin Carthy.

It has to be said that Carthy wasn't a member of the group; he is working with interview with people who were and tapes made by Charles Parker.

This is the kind of minority interest (sadly) programming which the BBC does so well.