Dave - well done. I shall listen to that with interest. It will be good to hear what Mick in particular has to say from the hot seat. In the meantime, I'm going to set about drafting a reply to the BBC Complaints personnel's standard response (as above) to my complaint of several days ago, and a reasoned missive to the head powers that be.

Incidentally, I was a bit perturbed to see in yesterday's paper that considerations are being given to ceasing to broadcast on BBC tv channels 3 and 4 ... which of course would mean the removal of the vast majority of any good folk music programming that we've been receiving lately. (Mind you, as this was in one of the tabloids I reserve total trust in the reported fact until something a bit more authoratative appears.)