You have to be pretty much a TV celebrity to get airplay on Radio 2 unless you're very lucky.

They get hundreds of CDs a week and don't have time to listen to all of them - they have to focus on the labels they recognise or they'd never get the job done. They could be a little more adventurous though....

It seems as if Mike Harding gets a very small quota of "own choice" as opposed to "company policy" needle time - maybe one track a week if you're lucky, but there's an awful lot of competition for that slot.

There's a much better chance on Radio 3's Late Junction - four nights a week 1h:45 of eclectic music where British folk gets on an even keel with the rest of the world and the cult of celebrity plays little part. Kershaw on Sunday night too.

Anahata