A few editors ago, in Classic Boat magazine, the 'Baltic Trader' issue arose. This was the editor who had to cover the whole pantheon of 'old' boats, from square riggers through to Riva motor boats, salt water and fresh, motor, sail and oar. The inevitable letter lands on the editor's desk (actually, I think it was a reader's survey response), asking why there aren't more articles on Baltic Traders in Classic Boat.

There aren't many programmes on Bhangra, chess or pigeon-fancying, and there are no doubt websites dedicated to those churches asking exactly this question, and Greg is entirely right (Gregs usually are!), in that these scared little programming executives are 'fitting the demographic', and won't favour any minority interest over any other, whilst soaps and reality TV are 'what the people want'.