The elves have shuffled things round!!!


I didn't have nearly as much objection to the content as has been expressed above. Yes, they shouldn't make assumptions about the audience but no controller's going to get folk on Radio 1 in a hurry (or Radio 2 some say).

And yes they should not axe our folk programmes, but it seems to me that's all part of the knee jerk reaction to government constrictions on the institution (with the consequent need for ratings and evidence) and not necessarily entirely under the control of the programme makers or controllers.

I thought that amidst the sphericals (as perceived by us folkies) there was a sense that the Englishness debate can help give the music a bit more standing within network broadcast if properly managed.

And you've got to start from where you are rather than where you think you ought to be.

.... and yes, Cara Dillon English? But then the guy referred to Swing Low Sweet Chariot as though it was English. Long way to go yet!