Bernard said "I wouldn't have thought 'Sounds of Folk' was a particularly expensive programme to produce... after all, our studio guests don't get paid..."

That explains why the cheque hasn't arrived!

Seriously though it was great to be on the programme on Monday with John Howarth of the Oldham Tinkers - it was a good programme with some reminiscing of the old days, a track from Harry Boardman, a couple of tracks from John and the Tinkers and a couple of track from me (including the original version of "At Rawtenstall Fair") as well as a load of other stuff. I don't know how it all fits in to 55 minutes! Mind you the panic on Ali's face says it all when time's getting on and she has to get three things into five minutes - good job it's not the telly.

The BBC are making one hell of a mistake to take programmes like this off. Whether writing in will make a diddly squot of difference I can't say but we need enough people to write in anyway to make bosses aware of the feeling out here. Perhaps we can get a petition round our local folk club or just tell people to write in - different letters are probably better than a lot of signatures on a piece of paper in one envelope.

There isn't much time left so do it now! (I could add a few expletives a la Bob Geldoff here but my mother might be reading this)

Cheers
Mark