I had all but given up listening to Mike Harding, but now I listen to it as a playback on the BBC website, which means I can skip 5 minutes if I don't like what's on. There's also a playlist, so I can see what's coming up next and make sure I don't miss the interesting bits.

I find it only takes about half an hour, as the other half is stuff don't like - American-style singer-songwriters, blues, etc, and more Irish and pseudo-Irish music than I want to hear (and Declan, I think if you suggested to most Irish musicians that they're British, they'd bash you on the head with the nearest bodhran!)

Also, MH has a habit (as mentioned re Nick Jones) of finding just one track on an album and just giving us the same track each time. I find myself wondering whether he gets special compilation CDs sent to him from the record companies, with one track from each of their latest albums, and that's all he ever hears.

It's better now I can listen to so much via the web, but not everyone can do this. I wish England had something like the excellent 2-hour "Travelling Folk" that goes out on Radio Scotland.