I see little comitment from the BBC to ANYTHING other than repeating random episodes of Only Fools and Horses, which, although it was very funny when first shown, has been done to death by the way it has been re-broadcast in a random fashion ad-nauseum.
I remember the 1970s when we had programmes on BBC2 such as Get the Drift, with Alex Glasgow and Henry Livings (poems, recitiations and Alex's songs), and also Poems and Pints, with actors including Philip Madoc performing potery whilst sat around a bar.
Whilst not actually Folk Music - they were indicative of a commitment to some form of popular culture.
We also used to have a regular spot for innovative plays and drama, others for Science-Fiction and the wierd. Panel games and quizzes for the intelligent and those who aspired to it. ALL of these have been sacrificed and replaced by banal soap operas and gory Cop/Hospital/Murder episodes. Childrens programming is even worse.
Am I a Fuddy-Duddy?
NO am I Bollox! I just remember QUALITY programming, which seems to be something the Powers That Be at the BBC have forgotten.
QUACK!
GtD.