Mark, thanks for clarifying that; as I said I can't receive GMR reliably so I had listened to a copy of the programme about Paul Graney which I mistakenly assumed had been broadcast on Sounds of Folk.

Your own project is very much another case in point though; the Manchester Ballads are part of the very fabric of the city and its history. As you say, Sounds of Folk helped to bring them to the attention of a wider public. Harry Boardman wanted these songs to be 'out there' where people could learn about their own stories. He would be furious to learn that the BBC is turning its back on them.