Ali O'Brien's 'Sounds of Folk', was, until April 2006, a weekly feature on BBC GMR (now BBC Radio Manchester). The programme ran for three years, featuring interviews and music from local, national and international folk performers. Ali's team included Laura Hockenhull, Jenny McCormick and producer Bernard Cromarty, with a brief appearance by James Percival. The programme was usually broadcast live from BBC GMR Studio 3, and most of the guests chose to perform live on air. Occasionally we pre-recorded interviews 'on location', and we used the same equipment to produce the Radio Britfolk programmes for a year in Bernard's attic studio... Rawson Studios!!
Ali was Director of Saddleworth Folk Festival (website) for some years, and more recently, the Saddleworth Weekend of Folk. She has been involved in folk since around 1970, and for a time was the organiser of the successful Cross Keys Folk Club at Uppermill.
Bernard is currently the organiser of Lymm folk club, and is Chief Musician with the Earl of Stamford Morris.
2007 | ||
| Programme Number | Broadcast Date | Programme Information |
| Saturday March 17th | St. Patrick's Special 2007 Two Hour Irish Special with guest Paul Roberts | |
| OCR001 | March 19th | Stanley Accrington (pre-recorded) |
| OCR002 | March 26th | [No Guest] (pre-recorded) |
| OCR003 | April 2nd | Jake |
| OCR004 | April 9th | [No Guest] |
| OCR005 | April 16th | Mat Walklate & Matt Fahey |
| OCR006 | April 23rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR007 | April 30th | Elbow Jane |
| OCR008 | May 7th | [No Guest] |
| OCR009 | May 14th | Harry Boardman Special with Mark Dowding, Chris Harvey, John Howarth & Gerry Kearns |
| OCR010 | May 21st | [No Guest] |
| OCR011 | May 28th | Loctup Together |
| OCR012 | June 4th | John Courtman |
| OCR013 | June 11th | [No Guest] |
| OCR014 | June 18th | [No Guest] |
| OCR015 | June 25th | Stewart Lever - Railway Lymm Festival |
| OCR016 | July 2nd | John Howarth & Gerry Kearns |
| OCR017 | July 9th | [No Guest] |
| OCR018 | July 16th | Geoff Miller - Saddleworth Festival |
| OCR019 | July 23rd | Geoff Miller, Scowie & Bernard - Saddleworth Festival post-mortem |
| OCR020 | July 30th | Scolds Bridle & Dave Walmisley |
| OCR021 | Aug 6th | Lesley Marsden |
| OCR022 | Aug 13th | Paul Walker |
| OCR023 | Aug 20th | [No Guest] |
| OCR024 | Aug 27th | Clive Gregson |
| OCR025 | Sept 3rd | Gary Aspey + Joan & Tony Martin |
| OCR026 | Sept 10th | [No Guest] |
| OCR027 | Sept 17th | Fiona Simpson |
| OCR028 | Sept 24th | Mark Dowding |
| OCR029 | Oct 1st | Jim Schofield |
| OCR030 | Oct 8th | John & Pauline (Open Door Folk Club) |
| OCR031 | Oct 15th | George Papavgeris at the Open Door |
| OCR032 | Oct 22nd | Better Late |
| OCR033 | Oct 29th | Acoustic Collective |
| OCR034 | Nov 5th | Chris & Siobhan Nelson |
| OCR035 | Nov 12th | Les Barker / Cara Dillon (telephone pre-rec) |
| OCR036 | Nov 19th | Hissyfit / Oysterband (phone)/ Blue Murder (phone) |
| OCR037 | Nov 26th | Zoe Mulford / Rachel Unthank (phone) |
| OCR038 | Dec 3rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR039 | Dec 10th | The Hometowners with Tony Downes |
| OCR040 | Dec 17th | 4square |
| OCR041 | Dec 24th | Christmas Eve Two Hour Special |
| OCR042 | Dec 31st | New Year's Eve Two Hour Special |
2008 | ||
| Programme Number | Broadcast Date | Programme Information |
| OCR043 | Jan 7th | [No Guest] |
| OCR044 | Jan 14th | No Fixed Abode |
| OCR045 | Jan 21st | Malc Gibbons |
| OCR046 | Jan 28th | Gerry McNeice |
| OCR047 | Feb 4th | Angelcynn |
| OCR048 | Feb 11th | Will Lang - Park Bench Social Club (phone) |
| OCR049 | Feb 18th | JP Slidewell |
| OCR050 | Feb 25th | Strangeworld / Wizz Jones (phone) |
| OCR051 | March 3rd | Derek Gifford |
| OCR052 | March 10th | Duncan McFarlane |
| Saturday March 15th | St. Patrick's Special 2008 Two Hour Irish Special with guest Alan Mayall | |
| OCR053 | March 17th | Glasson Maritime Festival |
| OCR054 | March 24th | August Sutherland - Shimeon - Emma |
| OCR055 | March 31st | Hamish Currie |
| OCR056 | April 7th | Ember (phone) |
| OCR057 | April 14th | Sid & Liz Calderbank |
| OCR058 | April 21st | Michelle Holding |
| OCR059 | April 28th | Jon Orpheus - Acoustic Eclectic |
| OCR060 | May 5th | Hanky Park (Tony Downes & Pete Martin) |
| OCR061 | May 12th | [No Guest] |
| OCR062 | May 19th | Strawhead |
| OCR063 | May 26th | [No Guest] (Jake) |
| OCR064 | June 2nd | [No Guest] (pre-rec) |
| OCR065 | June 9th | [No Guest] (pre-rec) |
| OCR066 | June 16th | Stewart Lever - Lymm Festival |
| OCR067 | June 23rd | Jenna Reid (phone) |
| OCR068 | June 30th | Shimeon Sutherland |
| OCR069 | July 7th | Sarah & Mike Turner |
| OCR070 | July 14th | SAFRA - Geoff Miller, Jan & Pete Shevlin |
| OCR071 | July 21st | Oddfellows (Bill Leader, John Ellis, John Howarth) |
| OCR072 | July 28th | Jeremy Davies |
| OCR073 | Aug 4th | [No Guest] (Jake) |
| OCR074 | Aug 11th | Jon Orpheus - Eclectic Live |
| OCR075 | Aug 18th | Nelson Peach |
| OCR076 | Aug 25th | [No Guest] (Jake) |
| OCR077 | Sept 1st | Gordon Giltrap (phone), Twa Corbies |
| OCR078 | Sept 8th | Dave Molloy & Pete Benbow |
| OCR079 | Sept 15th | Pre-rec - Studio move from Westhulme to Royal Oldham |
| OCR080 | Sept 22nd | Pete Abbott |
| OCR081 | Sept 29th | Trebuchet |
| OCR082 | Oct 6th | Holding-Slidewell |
| OCR083 | Oct 13th | Swinton Festival |
| OCR084 | Oct 20th | Song & Story |
| OCR085 | Oct 27th | Phil Mayer & John Denny |
| OCR086 | Nov 3rd | Garron Frith |
| OCR087 | Nov 10th | Twa Corbies - new CD |
| OCR088 | Nov 17th | Geoff Higginbottom |
| OCR089 | Nov 24th | [No Guest] |
| OCR090 | Dec 1st | John Orpheus |
| OCR091 | Dec 8th | Bandersnatch - new CD |
| OCR092 | Dec 15th | Brian Peters |
| OCR093 | Dec 22nd | Christmas Two Hour Special |
| OCR094 | Dec 29th | New Year Two Hour Special |
2009 | ||
| Programme Number | Broadcast Date | Programme Information |
| OCR095 | Jan 5th | [No Guest] |
| OCR096 | Jan 12th | Bernard Wrigley |
| OCR097 | Jan 19th | Aidan Jolly |
| OCR098 | Jan 26th | [No Guest] |
| OCR086_R | Feb 2nd | Garron Frith - re-run (snow) |
| OCR099 | Feb 9th | [No Guest] - Radio 2 Folk Awards |
| OCR100 | Feb 16th | [No Guest] (Jake) |
| OCR101 | Feb 23rd | Lorelei Loveridge |
| OCR102 | March 2nd | Martin Green - Lau (Bury Met pre-rec), Barrie Cottam |
| OCR103 | March 9th | Trio Threlfall |
| Saturday March 14th | St. Patrick's Special 2009 Two Hour Irish Special with The Hometowners + Tony Downes | |
| OCR104 | March 16th | Adrian Jolly |
| OCR105 | March 23rd | Midway Folk Club - Peter Hood & Lynda Edwardes |
| OCR106 | March 30th | [No Guest] |
| OCR107 | April 6th | Brian Preston |
| OCR108 | April 13th | Heather McNeil |
| OCR109 | April 20th | Tom Bliss |
| OCR110 | April 27th | Claire Mooney |
| OCR111 | May 4th | [No Guest] |
| OCR112 | May 11th | [No Guest] (pre-rec) |
| OCR113 | May 18th | [No Guest] |
| OCR114 | May 25th | [No Guest] |
| OCR115 | June 1st | Redmayne |
| OCR116 | June 8th | Bernard Cromarty - FIRST BROADCAST FROM FAILSWORTH |
| OCR117 | June 15th | Stewart Lever/Lymm Festival (pre-rec) |
| OCR118 | June 22nd | (Ali on holiday - Bernard presenting) |
| OCR119 | June 29th | [No Guest] |
| OCR120 | July 6th | [No Guest] |
| OCR121 | July 13th | Peter Fox (SAFRA) / Ruth Fuga & Ken Powell |
| OCR122 | July 20th | Richard Knott (Lymm Songwriting Comp. Winner 2007 & 2009) Dave & Ann Howden |
| OCR123 | July 27th | Paul Frost & Vincent Sheedy |
| OCR124 | Aug 3rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR125 | Aug 10th | Gary & Vera + Jeremy Davies |
| Sunday | Aug 16th | PETERLOO - A Musical for Radio Commemorating the 190th Anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre |
| OCR126 | Aug 17th | Barbara & Peter Snape |
| OCR127 | Aug 24th | Dai Thomas |
| OCR128 | Aug 31st | [No Guest] |
| OCR129 | Sept 7th | Anthony John Clarke - CD launch: 'Two CDs in a fancy box' |
| OCR130 | Sept 14th | Gerry McNeice - CD launch / Niamh Boadle |
| OCR131 | Sept 21st | [No Guest] |
| OCR132 | Sept 28th | The Bailey Sisters |
| OCR133 | Oct 5th | Dave Walmisley - CD launch: 'Stuff' |
| OCR134 | Oct 12th | Derek Waudby / Telephone: Jackie Oates |
| OCR135 | Oct 19th | Chris Turner |
| OCR136 | Oct 26th | Ewan McLennan / Telephone: David Ferrard |
| OCR137 | Nov 2nd | Jamie Smith & Iolo Whelan - Mabon (Bury Met pre-rec) |
| OCR138 | Nov 9th | Telephone: Martyn Joseph |
| OCR139 | Nov 16th | Lindsay Murray - Manchester Children's Hospital Fundraiser promo (Kerfuffle's Sam Sweeney via phone) |
| OCR140 | Nov 23rd | Phil Drane |
| OCR141 | Nov 30th | [No Guest] |
| OCR142 | Dec 7th | (pre rec) |
| OCR143 | Dec 14th | Telephone: George Papavgeris |
| OCR144 | Dec 21st | Christmas Two Hour Special |
| OCR145 | Dec 28th | New Year Two Hour Special |
2010 | ||
| Programme Number | Broadcast Date | Programme Information |
| OCR146 | Jan 4th | Les Pilling |
| OCR147 | Jan 11th | Dom Collins |
| OCR148 | Jan 18th | [No Guest] |
| OCR149 | Jan 25th | [No Guest] |
| OCR150 | Feb 1st | SheedyFrost |
| OCR151 | Feb 8th | Stephen Paul |
| OCR152 | Feb 15th | David Swann |
| OCR153 | Feb 22nd | Telephone: Dave & Julie Evardson |
| OCR154 | Mar 1st | Ghostsong / Telephone: Jenna (Witts) |
| OCR155 | Mar 8th | [No Guest] |
| OCR156 | Mar 15th | [No Guest] |
| OCR157 | Mar 22nd | Chris & Siobhan Nelson |
| OCR158 | Mar 29th | Jaywalkers |
| OCR159 | April 5th | [No Guest]: Theme Night - Spring |
| OCR160 | April 12th | [No Guest] |
| OCR161 | April 19th | Telephone: Emily Smith |
| OCR162 | April 26th | Telephone: John Boseley (The Bounty Hounds) |
| OCR163 | May 3rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR164 | May 10th | Roy Clinging / Telephone: Chris Ricketts |
| OCR165 | May 17th | Ray Rooney (BMC presenting) |
| OCR166 | May 24th | Don & Heather Davies - Sale Folk Club |
| OCR167 | May 31st | Telephone: John Owen - Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival |
| OCR168 | Jun 7th | Sophie Parkes - For Folk's Sake |
| OCR169 | Jun 14th | Dylan Owen |
| OCR170 | Jun 21st | [No Guest] |
| OCR171 | Jun 28th | Dave Minich (Cleckheaton Folk Festival) |
| OCR172 | July 5th | Sid Calderbank |
| OCR173 | July 12th | Telephone: Twelfth Day |
| OCR174 | July 19th | The Bailey Sisters / Dave & Ann Howden |
| OCR175 | July 26th | Graham Bellinger & the Deportees |
| OCR176 | Aug 2nd | David Tattersall & Freddie Openshaw |
| OCR177 | Aug 9th | [No Guest] |
| OCR178 | Aug 16th | [No Guest] |
| OCR179 | Aug 23rd | Zoë Mulford |
| OCR180 | Aug 30th | [No Guest] - Fylde Festival Preview |
| OCR181 | Sept 6th | Bruce Michael Baillie |
| OCR182 | Sept 13th | Sara Kirkham (Goblins in the Ginnel) |
| OCR183 | Sept 20th | Telephone: Jez Lowe |
| OCR184 | Sept 27th | Bram Taylor |
| OCR185 | Oct 4th | Ewan McLennan |
| OCR186 | Oct 11th | Joseph Topping (Elbow Jane) |
| OCR187 | Oct 18th | Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts |
| OCR188 | Oct 25th | Mike Billington |
| OCR189 | Nov 1st | Wendy Arrowsmith / Telephone: Jamie (Mabon) |
| OCR190 | Nov 8th | Nick Caffrey & Ed McGurk |
| OCR191 | Nov 15th | Strawhead |
| OCR192 | Nov 22nd | Graham Bellinger & the Deportees |
| OCR193 | Nov 29th | Emma Sweeney |
| OCR194 | Dec 6th | [No Guest] |
| OCR195 | Dec 13th | Brenda Judge / Dave South |
| OCR196 | Dec 20th | [No Guest] |
| OCR197 | Dec 24th | Christmas Eve Two Hour Special |
| OCR198 | Dec 31st | New Year's Eve Two Hour Special |
2011 | ||
| Programme Number | Broadcast Date | Programme Information |
| OCR199 | Jan 10th | [No Guest] |
| OCR200 | Jan 17th | Mike Billington |
| OCR201 | Jan 24th | [No Guest] (Burns Night theme) |
| OCR202 | Jan 31st | Chris and Siobhan Nelson |
| OCR203 | Feb 7th | [No Guest] |
| OCR204 | Feb 14th | Tom Kitching & Gren Bartley |
| OCR205 | Feb 21st | Troubadour / Telephone: Emily Smith |
| OCR206 | Feb 28th | Alan Bell |
| OCR207 | Mar 7th | Chris Milner |
| OCR208 | Mar 14th | Jaywalkers |
| OCR209 | Mar 21st | Other Roads |
| OCR210 | Mar 28th | Telephone: Ewan Robertson & Rua Macmillan |
| OCR211 | April 4th | Telephone: Hugh Crabtree (Feast of Fiddles) |
| OCR212 | April 11th | Pete Coe |
| OCR213 | April 18th | Trim Rig & a Doxy |
| OCR214 | April 25th | Silver Dogs |
| OCR215 | May 2nd | Pilgrims Way |
| OCR216 | May 9th | Fake Thackray (John Watterson) |
| OCR217 | May 16th | Sid Calderbank - Cleckheaton War of the Roses |
| OCR218 | May 23rd | Pre-Rec: George Papavgeris at Lymm, Studio: Thursday's Child |
| OCR219 | May 30th | Kevin Tarpey & Friends - Full Circle Folk Club |
| OCR220 | Jun 6th | Pete Coe |
| OCR221 | Jun 13th | Telephone: Jenna Reid, Studio: Brenda Judge (Droylsden Folk Weekend) |
| OCR222 | Jun 20th | Telephone: John Owen (Wirral Folk on the Coast) |
| OCR223 | Jun 27th | Mark Dowding & Maggie, plus Rebecca Walker's first appearance |
| OCR224 | Jul 4th | [No Guest] |
| OCR225 | Jul 11th | Meadow |
| OCR226 | Jul 18th | Telephone: Mike Katz (Battlefield Band) |
| OCR227 | Jul 25th | Telephone: Tom Salter (Peatbog Faeries) |
| OCR228 | Aug 1st | Wendy & Paul Arrowsmith |
| OCR229 | Aug 8th | [No Guest] |
| OCR230 | Aug 15th | Telephone: Bob Fox |
| OCR231 | Aug 22nd | Alan Bell (Fylde Festival) |
| OCR232 | Aug 29th | Pilgrim's Way |
| OCR233 | Sep 5th | Martin Stimson & Roy Blick - Mossley Morris Men |
| OCR234 | Sep 12th | Peter & Barbara Snape |
| OCR235 | Sep 19th | Telephone: Julie Matthews (All Along the Wall) |
| OCR236 | Sep 26th | Telephone: Chris Stout |
| OCR237 | Oct 3rd | Telephone: Roy Harper, Studio: Lucy Ward |
| OCR238 | Oct 10th | Nick Dow |
| OCR239 | Oct 17th | Merry Hell |
| OCR240 | Oct 24th | Troubadour |
| OCR241 | Oct 31st | Telephone: David Ferrard/Kevin Henderson, Studio: Stanley Accrington - MSG |
| OCR242 | Nov 7th | [No Guest] |
| OCR243 | Nov 14th | [No Guest] |
| OCR244 | Nov 21st | Ed McGurk |
| OCR245 | Nov 28th | [No Guest] |
| OCR246 | Dec 5th | [No Guest] |
| OCR247 | Dec 12th | [No Guest] |
| OCR248 | Dec 19th | [No Guest] |
| OCR249 | Dec 26th | Christmas Two Hour Special |
2012 | ||
| OCR250 | Jan 2nd | New Year Two Hour Special |
| OCR251 | Jan 9th | Sara Kirkham (Goblins in the Ginnel) |
| OCR252 | Jan 16th | [No Guest] |
| OCR253 | Jan 23rd | Telephone: Steve Knightley (Cecil Sharp Project) |
| OCR254 | Jan 30th | The Vanity Project |
| OCR255 | Feb 7th | Phil Brown |
| OCR256 | Feb 14th | Gren Bartley |
| OCR257 | Feb 21st | Telephone: Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston |
| OCR258 | Feb 28th | Telephone: Hugh Crabtree (Feast of Fiddles) |
| OCR259 | Mar 5th | Telephone: James Lindsay (Breabach); Malc Gibbons (March Merry Meet) |
| OCR260 | Mar 12th | [No Guest] |
| OCR261 | Mar 19th | [No Guest] (Ali on holiday, BMC solo) |
| OCR262 | Mar 26th | Telephone: Julia Batters (Shanty UK) + Jake |
| OCR263 | Apr 2nd | [No Guest] |
| OCR264 | Apr 9th | [No Guest] |
| OCR265 | Apr 16th | Chris Rogan |
| OCR266 | Apr 23rd | Telephone: Duncan McCrone, Studio: Nine Tenths Below |
| OCR267 | Apr 30th | Phil Brown & Stanley Accrington |
| OCR268 | May 7th | [No Guest] |
| OCR269 | May 14th | Clive Gregson |
| OCR270 | May 21st | Nelson Peach |
| OCR271 | May 28th | Telephone: Ewan McLennan, Peter Nardini |
| OCR272 | Jun 4th | Ian Reynolds & Paul Cowham |
| OCR273 | Jun 11th | Telephone: Phil Drane, Studio: Janice Bell & Pepper Street |
| OCR274 | Jun 18th | Telephone: Alec (Skerryvore), Studio: Bernard (Lymm Festival) |
| OCR275 | Jun 25th | Derek Gifford |
| OCR276 | Jul 2nd | [No Guest] |
| OCR277 | Jul 9th | Sophie Parkes - Eliza Carthy, Wayward Daughter |
| OCR278 | Jul 16th | Telephone: Tim Edey, Studio: Mat Walklate & Matt Fahey |
| OCR279 | Jul 23rd | Anna Shannon |
| OCR280 | Jul 30th | [No Guest] |
| OCR281 | Aug 6th | Geoff Higginbottom, Martin Gittins & Bob Ashworth, aka 'The Free Radicals' |
| OCR282 | Aug 13th | Sarah Horn & James Cudworth |
| OCR283 | Aug 20th | Telephone: Luke Jackson; Kevin Henderson (Nordic Fiddlers' Bloc) |
| OCR284 | Aug 27th | Telephone: Alan Bell (Fylde Festival) |
| OCR285 | Sep 3rd | Jaywalkers |
| OCR286 | Sep 10th | Roger Davies |
| OCR287 | Sep 17th | Telephone: Rua MacMillan |
| OCR288 | Sep 24th | Pre-Rec: Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker (Glossop); Studio: Folk Junction |
| OCR289 | Oct 1st | Bram Taylor |
| OCR290 | Oct 8th | Martin Gittins |
| OCR291 | Oct 15th | Telephone: Mary MacMaster & Donald Hay |
| OCR292 | Oct 22nd | Caffrey-McGurk + feature Bury Met |
| OCR293 | Oct 29th | Telephone: Gary (Rockburn) |
| OCR294 | Nov 5th | Nelson Peach (10th anniversary) |
| OCR295 | Nov 12th | Ursula Holden Gill |
| OCR296 | Nov 19th | Telephone: Lauren McColl (Ali ill) |
| OCR297 | Nov 26th | Telephone: Maeve McKinnon / Lorraine McCauley |
| OCR298 | Dec 3rd | Jess Morgan |
| OCR299 | Dec 10th | Telephone: Iain Morrison |
| OCR300 | Dec 17th | PROGRAMME 300! |
| OCR301 | Dec 24th | Christmas Two Hour Special |
| OCR302 | Dec 31st | New Year Two Hour Special |
2013 | ||
| OCR303 | Jan 7th | Esther Ferry Kennington |
| OCR304 | Jan 14th | Gary & Vera |
| OCR305 | Jan 21st | [No Guest] |
| OCR306 | Jan 28th | Telephone: Damien Barber (The Lock In), Studio: Phil Brown (Big Whistle) |
| OCR307 | Feb 4th | [No Guest] |
| OCR308 | Feb 11th | Telephone: Chris Wade (Dodson & Fogg) |
| OCR309 | Feb 18th | [No Guest] |
| OCR310 | Feb 25th | [No Guest] |
| OCR311 | Mar 4th | Telephone: Malc Gibbons (March Merry Meet), Studio: Richard Buckley |
| OCR312 | Mar 11th | Telephone: John Richards (John Richards Band) |
| Mar 16th | St Patrick's Day 2013 Two Hour Special: Live broadcast | |
| Mar 18th | St Patrick's Day 2013 Two Hour Special: repeat | |
| OCR313 | Mar 25th | Dave & Helen Howard |
| OCR314 | Apr 1st | Telephone: Peter (Peatbog Faeries) |
| OCR315 | Apr 8th | Michelle & Bonz |
| OCR316 | Apr 15th | Ed McGurk & Nick Caffrey - CD launch |
| OCR317 | Apr 22nd | Pete Abbott |
| OCR318 | Apr 29th | Mike Billington |
| OCR319 | May 6th | Gren Bartley |
| OCR320 | May 13th | Jon Budworth |
| OCR321 | May 20th | [No Guest] (Chester Festival Preview) |
| OCR322 | May 27th | [No Guest] |
| OCR323 | Jun 3rd | Telephone: John Owen (Wirral Festival), Studio: One Accord |
| OCR324 | Jun 10th | Paul Mackenzie, Mark Dowding & Maggi Huyton |
| OCR325 | Jun 17th | Bob Pounder & Irving Lewis |
| OCR326 | Jun 24th | Brian Preston & Denis Wane |
| OCR327 | Jul 1st | Jim Saville (Cleckheaton Festival) |
| OCR328 | Jul 8th | Miriam Erasmus |
| OCR329 | Jul 15th | Telephone: James Duncan Mackenzie |
| OCR330 | Jul 22nd | [No Guest] |
| OCR331 | Jul 29th | Maritime Special (Ellesmere Port 2012 & 2013) |
| OCR332 | Aug 5th | Black Ribbons |
| OCR333 | Aug 12th | Blackwater |
| OCR334 | Aug 19th | Telephone: Alan Bell (Fylde Festival) |
| OCR335 | Aug 26th | [No Guest] - Fylde Festival preview |
| OCR336 | Sept 2nd | First Two Hour Programme: Darren Poyzer |
| OCR337 | Sept 9th | Telephone: Kevin MacDonald (Red Hot Chilli Pipers) and Lucy Ward |
| OCR338 | Sept 16th | Ursula Holden Gill and C. Stuart Cook (Ali on holiday) |
| OCR339 | Sept 23rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR340 | Sept 30th | Chris Nash - Folk at the Barlow |
| OCR341 | Oct 7th | Janice Bell & Mick Hare |
| OCR342 | Oct 14th | [No Guest] |
| OCR343 | Oct 21st | Studio: Horseshoe Folk, Ringley |
| OCR344 | Oct 28th | Telephone: Adam Rhodes (Barrule) |
| OCR345 | Nov 4th | Studio: The Roving Crows Telephone: Jarlath Henderson |
| OCR346 | Nov 11th | New Cleveland Folk Club (Lorna, Roydan, Ian and Korky) |
| OCR347 | Nov 18th | Telephone: Sarah-Jane Summers |
| OCR348 | Nov 25th | Telephone: Tim Edey |
| OCR349 | Dec 2nd | One Accord |
| OCR350 | Dec 9th | [No Guest] (Ali laryngitis, BMC solo) |
| OCR351 | Dec 16th | |
| OCR352 | Dec 23rd | Bailey Sisters |
| OCR353 | Dec 30th | NEW YEAR SPECIAL |
2014 | ||
| OCR354 | Jan 6th | [No Guest] - first programme with 'showcase' from 7.35pm |
| OCR355 | Jan 13th | Claddagh Association of Irish Dance (Ali indisposed) |
| OCR356 | Jan 20th | Telephone: Bruce MacGregor (Blazin' Fiddles) |
| OCR357 | Jan 27th | Tribute to Dorothy Fryman RIP + Telephone: Calum Stewart (bad line) |
| OCR358 | Feb 3rd | Theme - Love and Love Lost |
| OCR359 | Feb 10th | Garron Frith + Theme - Love and Love Lost (cont'd) |
| OCR360 | Feb 17th | Telephone: Marit & Rona |
| OCR361 | Feb 24th | Telephone: Patsy Reid |
| OCR362 | Mar 3rd | Pete Abbott & Gregor Borland |
| OCR363 | Mar 10th | [No Guest] |
| OCR364 | Mar 17th | [No Guest] - St. Patrick's Day |
| OCR365 | Mar 24th | [No Guest] |
| OCR366 | Mar 31st | [No Guest] |
| OCR367 | Apr 7th | Showcase: Pete Seeger RIP |
| OCR368 | Apr 14th | [No Guest] |
| OCR369 | Apr 21st | Showcase: Maritime; Telephone: Graeme Knights |
| OCR370 | Apr 28th | Sarah McQuaid |
| OCR371 | May 5th | Telephone: Luke Jackson |
| OCR372 | May 12th | Telephone: Megson |
| OCR373 | May 19th | Telephone: Rab Noakes |
| OCR374 | May 26th | Malc Gibbons |
| OCR375 | Jun 2nd | [No Guest]; Showcase: Wirral |
| OCR376 | Jun 9th | [No Guest] |
| OCR377 | Jun 16th | Chonkinfeckle |
| OCR378 | Jun 23rd | Dave & Janice Minich + Jim Saville (Cleckheaton) |
| OCR379 | Jun 30th | Cleckheaton Festival |
| OCR380 | Jul 7th | Ruth & Ken Powell |
| OCR381 | Jul 14th | Marcus Whitehead; Telephone: George Bamford |
| OCR382 | Jul 21st | The Waite Collective; Showcase & Main Programme: Nostalgia |
| OCR383 | Jul 28th | Telephone: Twelfth Day |
| OCR384 | Aug 4th | Telephone: Kaela Rowan; Showcase & Main Programme: War Songs |
| OCR385 | Aug 11th | War Songs |
| OCR386 | Aug 18th | Ruth & Ken Powell (Llanwddan Festival) |
| OCR387 | Aug 25th | [No Guest] - Showcase & Main Programme: Fylde Festival |
| OCR388 | Sept 1st | [No Guest] - Showcase: Llanwddan Festival; Main Programme: CDs from Fylde |
| OCR389 | Sept 8th | Llanwddan Festival |
| OCR390 | Sept 15th | Wilcox : Hulse |
| OCR391 | Sept 22nd | Pete Coe & Alice Jones |
| OCR392 | Sept 29th | Ed & Chris Chorlton, Chris Nash (Edgworth Festival) |
| OCR393 | Oct 6th | Mike Billington |
| OCR394 | Oct 13th | [No Guest] - Showcase & Main Programme: CD backlog |
| OCR395 | Oct 20th | [No Guest] - Showcase & Main Programme: CD backlog |
| OCR396 | Oct 27th | Telephone: Fraser West (Skerryvore) |
| OCR397 | Nov 3rd | Telephone: Luka Bloom, Ewan McLennan; Studio: Paul Middlehurst |
| OCR398 | Nov 10th | Cork Jackets and Drill |
| OCR399 | Nov 17th | [No Guest] |
| OCR400 | Nov 24th | Mark Dowding |
| OCR401 | Dec 1st | [No Guest] |
| OCR402 | Dec 8th | The Bailey Sisters |
| OCR403 | Dec 15th | The Hometowners |
| OCR404 | Dec 22nd | Christmas Special |
| OCR405 | Dec 29th | New Year Special |
2015 | ||
| OCR406 | Jan 5th | [No Guest] |
| OCR407 | Jan 12th | [No Guest] |
| OCR408 | Jan 19th | [No Guest] (Ali snowbound) |
| OCR409 | Jan 26th | [No Guest] |
| OCR410 | Feb 2nd | Wiz Mossley (Jon Orpheus) |
| OCR411 | Feb 9th | Studio: Jez Lowe; Telephone: Luke Jackson |
| OCR412 | Feb 16th | [No Guest] |
| OCR413 | Feb 23rd | Tom Kitching |
| OCR414 | Mar 2nd | Harp and a Monkey |
| OCR415 | Mar 9th | [No Guest] |
| OCR416 | Mar 16th | St. Patrick's Special [No Guest] |
| OCR417 | Mar 23rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR418 | Mar 30th | [No Guest] |
| OCR419 | Apr 6th | Esther Ferry-Kennington (Todmorden Folk Festival) |
| OCR420 | Apr 13th | Eliza P |
| OCR421 | Apr 20th | Telephone: Jack Smedley (Rura) |
| OCR422 | Apr 27th | BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Telephone: O'Hooley & Tidow |
| OCR423 | May 4th | Keith Hancock and Mike Billington |
| OCR424 | May 11th | Daily Telegraph Top 25 Folk Albums |
| OCR425 | May 18th | Fair Play CD launch (DigiMoosik) |
| OCR426 | May 25th | [No Guest] |
| OCR427 | Jun 1st | Studio: Andy Kenna; Telephone: Peter Knight (Gigspanner new album) |
| OCR428 | Jun 8th | Peter and Barbara Snape (Ali indisposed) |
| OCR429 | Jun 15th | Gerry McNeice and Niamh Boadle (Ali indisposed) |
| OCR430 | Jun 22nd | Skinner and T'witch |
| OCR431 | Jun 29th | Heather McNeill |
| OCR432 | Jul 6th | Alan Cox & Ann Clancy (War of the Roses) |
| OCR433 | Jul 13th | Saddleworth Folk Weekend preview |
| OCR434 | Jul 20th | Saddleworth 2015 review - Stanley Accrington and Paul Middlehurst |
| OCR435 | Jul 27th | [No Guest] |
| OCR436 | Aug 3rd | Telephone Guests: Foxglove Trio + Jamie Smith (Barrule) |
| OCR437 | Aug 10th | Claire Mooney |
| OCR438 | Aug 17th | Dylan Owen |
| OCR439 | Aug 24th | Jamie Knowles and Mike Billington |
| OCR440 | Aug 31st | Paul McGladdery and Gaynor Wilson |
| OCR441 | Sep 7th | Llanywddan Festival review |
| OCR442 | Sep 14th | Jamie Knowles |
| OCR443 | Sep 21st | The Beech Band |
| OCR444 | Sep 28th | 'Whilst The Cat's Away' - Ali on holiday |
| OCR445 | Oct 5th | Chris Nash - Edgworth Weekend |
| OCR446 | Oct 12th | Pete Castle (Ali indisposed) |
| OCR447 | Oct 19th | [No Guest] |
| OCR448 | Oct 26th | [No Guest] |
| OCR449 | Nov 2nd | Seat of the Pants and Jennie Webster (Ali indisposed) |
| OCR450 | Nov 9th | Brian Peters |
| OCR451 | Nov 16th | [No Guest] (Remembrance Theme) |
| OCR452 | Nov 23rd | [No Guest] |
| OCR453 | Nov 30th | Pete Abbott |
| OCR454 | Dec 7th | [No Guest] - Christmas + Scotland |
| OCR455 | Dec 14th | [No Guest] - Christmas |
| OCR456 | Dec 21st | The Daily Beggars - Christmas Two Hour Special |
| OCR457 | Dec 28th | New Year Two Hour Special |
2016 | ||
| OCR458 | Jan 4th | [No Guest] - New Year |
| OCR459 | Jan 11th | [No Guest] - The Letter 'A' |
| OCR460 | Jan 18th | Martin Stimson - The Letter 'B' |
| OCR461 | Jan 25th | [No Guest] - The Letter 'C' |
| OCR462 | Feb 1st | [No Guest] - The Letter 'D' |
| OCR463 | Feb 8th | [No Guest] - The Letter 'E' |
| OCR464 | Feb 15th | [No Guest] - The Letter 'F' |
| OCR465 | Feb 22nd | The Letter 'G' |
| OCR466 | Feb 29th | The Letter 'H' |
| OCR467 | Mar 7th | The Letter 'I' |
| OCR468 | Mar 14th | The Letter 'J' |
| OCR469 | Mar 21st | The Letter 'K' |
| OCR470 | Mar 28th | Grassroots (Janice Bell & Mick Hare) |
| OCR471 | Apr 4th | The Letter 'L' |
| OCR472 | Apr 11th | The Letter 'M' |
| OCR473 | Apr 18th | [no Ali] More Letter 'M' + Ladies Night In |
| OCR474 | Apr 25th | Mcs and Macs |
| OCR475 | May 2nd | The Letter 'N' |
| OCR476 | May 9th | The Letter 'O' |
| OCR477 | May16th | The Letter 'P' |
| OCR478 | May 23rd | The Letters 'P' (cont'd) & 'Q' |
| OCR479 | May 30th | The Letter 'R' |
| OCR480 | Jun 6th | Dom Collins + the Letter 'R' (cont'd) |
| OCR481 | Jun 13th | The Letter 'S' |
| OCR482 | Jun 20th | Studio Guest: Jim Saville (Cleckheaton) |
| OCR483 | Jun 27th | The Hayes Sisters |
| OCR484 | Jul 4th | Eddie Worrall - Saddleworth |
| OCR485 | Jul 11th | Saddleworth preview - Tony Cutler, Vivienne Ross and Paul Middlehurst with Kimberley Ross on the telephone |
| OCR486 | Jul 18th | Saddleworth post-mortem with Viv & Kim Ross and Paul Middlehurst |
| OCR487 | Jul 25th | CDs from Cleckheaton - Blake & Fletcher presenting |
| OCR488 | Aug 1st | The Letter 'T' |
| OCR489 | Aug 8th | The Letter 'T' (cont'd) |
| OCR490 | Aug 15th | Chris Rogan plus the letters 'U' and 'V' |
| OCR491 | Aug 22nd | Dan Fawcett plus Trevor Keates, Maggie Gallagher and Paul Middlehurst |
| OCR492 | Aug 29th | Ali in Bulgaria - week one |
| OCR493 | Sep 5th | Ali in Bulgaria - week two |
| OCR494 | Sep 12th | Wilson McGladdery and Jane Lomas - Community Radio Awards 2016 (Bronze) |
| OCR495 | Sep 19th | The Letter 'W' part one |
| OCR496 | Sep 26th | The Letter 'W' part two |
| OCR497 | Oct 3rd | 6th Edgworth Festival preview - Chris Nash |
| OCR498 | Oct 10th | The Letter 'W' final part |
| OCR499 | Oct 17th | The Letters 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' |
| OCR500 | Oct 24th | PROGRAMME 500 |
| OCR501 | Oct 31st | Halloween and Bonfires |
| OCR502 | Nov 7th | [no Ali] Remembrance |
| OCR503 | Nov 14th | Caffrey, McGurk, Madge |
| OCR504 | Nov 21st | Telephone Guest: Ewan Macpherson |
| OCR505 | Nov 28th | Winter |
| OCR506 | Dec 5th | [no Ali] The Dodgers |
| OCR507 | Dec 12th | Telephone Guest: Emily Smith |
| OCR508 | Dec 19th | Two Hour Christmas Special One (live) |
| OCR509 | Dec 26th | Two Hour Christmas Special Two (pre-rec) |
2017 | ||
| OCR510 | Jan 2nd | New Year Two Hour Special - review of 2016 |
| OCR511 | Jan 9th | Theme: Winter |
| OCR512 | Jan 16th | Close Quarters (Sandra & Steve Harrison) |
| OCR513 | Jan 23rd | Burns Night part 1 |
| OCR514 | Jan 30th | Burns Night part 2 |
| OCR515 | Feb 6th | Mike Billington - Imbolc CD launch |
| OCR516 | Feb 13th | Theme: Valentine + guests Tony Easom and Dan Fawcett |
| OCR517 | Feb 20th | Theme: Valentine week 2 |
| OCR518 | Feb 27th | Grassroots |
| OCR519 | Mar 6th | [no Ali] Theme: Alan Bell |
| OCR520 | Mar 13th | RIP Les Jones & Derek Brimstone |
| OCR521 | Mar 20th | Theme: St. Patrick |
| OCR522 | Mar 27th | Miscellany |
| OCR523 | Apr 3rd | Richard Grainger |
| OCR524 | Apr 10th | Lorelei Loveridge |
| OCR525 | Apr 17th | Nick Gibbs (FolkLaw) |
| OCR526 | Apr 24th | [no Ali] Tony Easom |
| OCR527 | May 1st | Theme: May Day |
| OCR528 | May 8th | Tony Nyland & Mike Billington |
| OCR529 | May 15th | Nick Dow |
| OCR530 | May 22nd | Martin Gittins & Bob Ashworth |
| OCR531 | May 29th | New Albums |
| OCR532 | Jun 5th | Welcome Kim Ross |
| OCR533 | Jun 12th | Pete Coe + Vin Garbutt RIP |
| OCR534 | Jun 19th | Mark Dowding (new album) |
| OCR535 | Jun 26th | Sid Calderbank + Julie Proctor |
| OCR536 | Jul 3rd | Cleckheaton, Saddleworth + Lymm Song Comp winner John Condy |
| OCR537 | Jul 10th | Izzie Walsh + Saddleworth |
| OCR538 | Jul 17th | Post Saddleworth |
| OCR539 | Jul 24th | New Albums |
| OCR540 | Jul 31st | Tippin'It Up |
| OCR541 | Aug 7th | Corrie Shelley + Les Hilton & Tim Cooke (Chonkinfeckle) TWO HOUR |
| OCR542 | Aug 14th | Eddie Worrall (Rushcart) RIP Joan Blackburn (Lawrence Hoy) TWO HOUR |
| OCR543 | Aug 21st | Telephone Guest: Ryan Young TWO HOUR |
| OCR544 | Aug 28th | Wigan Diggers with Lawrence Hoy + Steve Higgins (Ali's car fire) TWO HOUR |
| OCR545 | Sep 4th | [no Ali] Martin Williams + Myriad crash |
| OCR546 | Sep 11th | Telephone Guest: Ali O'Brien |
| OCR547 | Sep 18th | [no Ali] Daniel Cromarty 1st programme |
| OCR548 | Sep 25th | [no Ali] Miscellanea |
| OCR549 | Oct 2nd | Ali's return |
| OCR550 | Oct 9th | Edgworth Festival - Chris Nash |
| OCR551 | Oct 16th | Telephone Guest: David Eagle (Young'Uns) |
| OCR552 | Oct 23rd | [no Ali] Miscellanea |
| OCR553 | Oct 30th | [no Ali] Cavell Studio - RIP Brian Preston |
| OCR554 | Nov 6th | [no Ali] |
| OCR555 | Nov 13th | Tom Kitching |
| OCR556 | Nov 20th | Richard Grainger |
2018 | ||