Yes, there is a God! And he obviously runs Topic Records.

However, the Ballads were made then, and this is now. Does anyone know of anyone who is interested in carrying on the form. Here at CBC Radio in Canada, we have had a couple of bashes at keeping it going ('The Idea of Canada' and 'Footprints In New Snow') although both had less of the 'tradition', at least the 'British' kind, in them. However, we are really interested in keeping the whole Radio Ballad form intact (i.e. trad music and 'actuality') if we can achieve it. (I've got Enoch Kent started on one....) One of my fellow producers, Steve Wadhams, is going back to the UK in September, for three months, as consultant to the Beeb to train all their young current affairs folks in the radio documentary form, and he is a confirmed Radio Ballad addict. Is there anyone he can link up with to get 'Mother Corp' back on track, and maybe get it going again there? Is there anyone, anywhere, who would like to try their hand at doing a new one?

Laurence

PS. Wally, I'll be adding my my order to Tam and Michael's. This could get huge....