BBC Radio This week 2026

Subject: BBC Radio This week 2026
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 16 Dec 25 - 10:21 PM

Regular BBC pages to check :

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BBC Category : Folk
Here's the BBC page which gives links to the current Weekly, Monthly & Seasonal radio programmes.
(There are also a few one-offs on the page.)

Ambell i Gân (Cymru)
A' Mire ri Mòir (Nan Gàidheal)
* Blas Ceoil - (Radio Ulster)
Caithream Ciùil (Nan Gàidhea)
Catgut and Ivory (Scotland)
Celtic Heartbeat (Wales)
Claire and Friends (Scotland\Shetland)
Crùnluath (Nan Gàidheal)
Fae Hameaboot (Scotland)
Folk Club (Ulster)
Georgia Ruth (Cymru)
* Iain Anderson (r2)
Music Planet (r3)
Oota Da Cans (winter only) (Scotland)
Orkney Folk Music with Jennifer Wrigley (Scotland\Orkney)
Orkney Irish Country \What's the Craic with Colin Kirkness (Scotland\Orkney)
Orkney Scottish Dance Music with Liam Muir\Dashing White Farmer (Scotland\Orkney)
Pipeline \Pipes and Drums (Scotland)
The Piping Season (Scotland)
Piping Sounds (Scotland)
Roddy Hart (Scotland)
Saltfish Sessions (Scotland\Orkney)
Take the Floor - Gary Innes (Scotland)
The Folk Show With Mark Radcliffe (r2)
Tim Walker's Folk (Lincolnshire)
Tiompan (Nan Gàidheal)
Trad Ar Fad! (Ulster)
Travelling Folk (Scotland)

- NB This link might try to open your 'Sounds' app which might not give the same information as the web page - you might need to copy it and paste into a browser
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk?sort=title
[not blickified, on purpose]

*regular programmes missing from the page above :
Iain Anderson (country, folk, blues and soul) - Radio2
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hkv/episodes

Blas Ceoil - Radio Ulster
,,,new releases, gig guide details and live acoustic sessions to keep. (in Gaelic; quite a lot of chat)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmsk6/episodes
& check the 'clips' tab for more.

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Available For Over A Year
There is a separate mudcat thread listing BBC radio programmes 'available for over a year'.
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171922

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search : Folk
Also of interest might be this search page which gives 20+ pages of radio and TV.
But it isn't sortable, doesn't indicate which pages have available programmes.   ,,, & includes news items e.g. about Folkstone!
It's useful to see what the BBC has broadcast in the past though.
www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Folk

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Category : World - radio
Current shows; it's a wide interpretation of 'world' plus a few extra programmes.
- open in a browser -
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-world?sort=title   

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Genre : music : World - radio & TV
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/music/world/player
There are filters for
Africa
Americas
Asia Pacific
Cross Cultural
Europe
Experimental & New
Middle East & Africa

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2026 - Peggy Seeger
From: Felipa
Date: 23 Jan 26 - 05:01 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009j4s The Stephen McCauley Show on BBC Radio Ulster 23 Jan 8-10 pm Peggy Seeger in Concert, recording in Belfast June 2025 (just days after her 90th birthday) followed by other recordings of Peggy Seeger (and also Ewan MacColl on the Springhill Mine Disaster), with commentary by the presenter, Stephen McCauley. What I found most interesting was Peggy's interview with Stephen McCauley, which aired before the concert, at 7 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028xg8

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2026
From: Rain Dog
Date: 16 Mar 26 - 08:33 AM

On BBC Radio 4 Extra this morning

Jazzed Up: How Jazz Changed Britain

1. Arrival

Jazzed Up: How Jazz Changed Britain

Episode 1 of 3

A century after the first jazz recordings, Kevin Le Gendre explores how Jazz was received in the UK.

First of a three-part series.

How did the music spread into popular culture after the Original Dixieland Jazz Band first brought the sound of jazz to people's consciousness?

Producer: Harry Parker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017.


All 3 episodes are available to listen to now.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2026
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 19 Mar 26 - 07:49 AM

A couple of Dick Goughan progs

repeat from Jul 2025, avail for a few days
Dick Gaughan
Travelling Folk -

Anna [Massie] sits down with folk royalty in the form of singer and songwriter, Dick Gaughan. An icon of Edinburgh's folk scene since the 1960s, a stroke in 2016 left Dick unable to perform. He tells Anna about his musical career and the recent campaign to preserve his remarkable body of work from 1969 to 1983, most of it previously unreleased.
We hear some of the music that has influenced him over the years as well as hearing from other artists who have been influenced by Dick including Barbara Dickson, Billy Bragg and Siobhan Miller.   
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ft8f



March 2026 avail for about 3 weeks
True and Bold: A Night for Dick Gaughan
Travelling Folk

Recorded at Celtic Connections 2026, we have highlights of the True and Bold: A Night for Dick Gaughan concert, put together to celebrate one of Scotland's most significant folk singers and songwriters.
Featuring an incredible host of musicians, including Siobhan Miller, Billy Bragg, Ricky Ross & Lorraine McIntosh, Lisa O'Neill and Paul McKenna, the concert celebrates Dick's amazing back catalogue and even features an appearance from the man himself.   
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002scz0