there is really little else in the way of outlets for folk & roots music in this country

Blatant Plug follows.......

I have a folk music programme on community radio under the name "Thank Goodness It's Folk" - easily accessible via the internet.

The station also devotes two hours per week to roots music under the name Goondwana Sound presented by Jill Turner.

There is lots of folk music on the radio via the internet.

My playlist is generally posted on here thread.cfm?threadid=110008 and you can also access the playlist via my blog (first message on the thread).

Folk Radio (just google the name)is easily accessible via the internet.

Then there are all the other programmes on the BBC. That's what "Listen Again" is for.