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Folk Song Cellar was a British Folk music radio series, produced by BBC Radio from 1966 to 1967, showcasing a wide variety of (mainly British) folk music, running over 39 episodes, each comprising around 40-45 minutes of specially recorded music. The series was not broadcast in Britain but made available on transcription discs for broadcast on radio services outside the United Kingdom, in particular Australia, New Zealand and the British Forces Broadcasting Service, which broadcast into Germany, Canada, and other countries. Artists featured included numerous established, plus up-and-coming British (and Irish) folk music performers of the day such as The Ian Campbell Group, Cyril Tawney, The Spinners, Shirley Collins, The Dubliners, The Strawberry Hill Boys (later to become "The Strawbs"), Martin Carthy, and many more. Episodes were introduced and hosted by the popular Scottish folk duo Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor who would typically also perform 1-2 songs per show in between the featured guest performers.

The series was produced by Peter Kennedy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, and recorded at the Society's headquarters Cecil Sharp House. Individual episodes were set up to mimic a live folk club environment for the benefit of radio listeners, but in fact were recorded in a small studio with applause dubbed in after the fact; an individual or group's individual recorded items were not always used together, but might be split across more than one episode according to production choices.

The discs, which were produced by BBC Transcription Services, typically ran for less than 30 minutes, so two sides were required to complete a full episode. Typically these would be produced as a pair of discs per 2 episodes, with show "1" parts 1 and 2 spread across the "A" sides of the 2 discs, and show "2" parts 1 and 2 spread across the "B" sides; in this way, a studio with 2 turntables could have the second half of any show cued up for immediate start as soon as playback of the first half had finished, for replay without a noticeable gap.

As part of the agreement for their supply by the BBC, the recipient radio stations were supposed to destroy their copies after a certain time period had elapsed, however a small number of discs were not destroyed and have found their way into the possession of collectors, as well as occasionally being offered for sale (example partial set here). A (presumably complete) set of reference copies is held in the Sound and Moving Image collection of the British Library,

In the absence of an accessible "official" BBC listing of the shows' contents, a summary of the episodes as produced can be derived from the holdings of the British Library (BL) catalogue, as follows (additional documentation, not seen, is stated to be in the "BBC Transcription Service Catalogue (Light Music, page 118)":
 * Episode 1: guest performers The Ian Campbell Group, Anne Briggs, Cyril Tawney, Roy and Val Bailey (Transcription discs 115618/115619; BL shelfmark 1LP0151812; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 2: guest performers The Spinners, Felicity Johnson, John Foreman (Transcription discs 115620/1156213; BL shelfmark 1LP0151813; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 3: guest performers Shirley Collins, The Dubliners, Rosemary and Hugh Gentleman, Steve Benbow (Transcription discs 115622/115623; BL shelfmark 1LP0151814; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 4: guest performers The Strawberry Hill Boys, Bob Rundle, Nadia Cattouse, Matt McGinn (Transcription discs 115624/115625; BL shelfmark 1LP0151815; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 5: guest performers The Four Folk, Rory McEwen, Roy and Val Bailey (Transcription discs 115626/115627; BL shelfmark 1LP0151816; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 6: guest performers Nan Fleming-Williams and Dennis Smith, Isabel Sutherland, Cyril Tawney, The Watersons (Transcription discs 115628/115629; BL shelfmark 1LP0151817; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 7: guest performers Frankie Armstrong and Louis Killen, Rosemary and Hugh Gentleman, The Corrie Folk Trio (Transcription discs 115630/115631; BL shelfmark 1LP0151818; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 8: guest performers The Ian Campbell Group, Bob Roberts, Lynn and Graham McCarthy, Packie Manus Byrne (Transcription discs 115632/1156335; BL shelfmark 1LP0151819; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 9: guest performers The Spinners, Alex Campbell, Shirley Hart and Colin Wilkie (Transcription discs 115634/115635; BL shelfmark 1LP0151820; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 10: guest performers Nan Fleming-Williams and Dennis Smith, Nigel Denver, John Foreman, The Gareth Francis Folk Group, Shirley Collins (Transcription discs 115636/115637; BL shelfmark 1LP0151821; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 11: guest performers The Four Folk, Martin Carthy, Felicity Johnson, Bob Rundle (Transcription discs 115638/115639; BL shelfmark 1LP0151822; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 12: guest performers The Dubliners, Roy and Val Bailey, John Sheenan and Group, Steve Benbow (Transcription discs 115640/115641; BL shelfmark 1LP0151823; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 13: guest performers Margaret Barry, Cyril Tawney, The Exiles (Transcription discs 115642/115643; BL shelfmark 1LP0151824; pub. 1966-04)
 * Episode 14: guest performers The Settlers, Isla Cameron, Packie Manus Byrne (Transcription discs 116851/116852; BL shelfmark 1LP0151936; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 15: guest performers Joanne Hindley-Smith (with Cliff Hall), Alex Campbell (with Calum MacArthur), The Young Tradition (Transcription discs 116853/116854; BL shelfmark 1LP0151937; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 16: guest performers Jack Armstrong and Patricia Jennings, Anne Briggs, Johnny Handle, The Ian Campbell Group (Transcription discs 116855/116856; BL shelfmark 1LP0151938; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 17: guest performers The Dubliners, Nadia Cattouse, Steve Benbow, Lewis Johns and John Steel (Transcription discs 116857/116858; BL shelfmark 1LP0151939; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 18: guest performers Cyril Tawney, Louis (as "Louise" (sic)) Killen, Rosemary and Hugh Gentleman, Matt McGinn (Transcription discs 116859/116860; BL shelfmark 1LP0151940; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 19: guest performers The Young Tradition, Bob Rundle, Shirley Bland, Rory McEwen (Transcription discs 116861/116862; BL shelfmark 1LP0151941; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 20: guest performers Jacquie (as "Jackie" (sic)) and Bridie, Alex Campbell, The Three City Four (Transcription discs 116863/116864; BL shelfmark 1LP0151942; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 21: guest performers The Watersons, Raymond Roland, Colin Wilkie and Shirley Hart, Felicity Johnson (Transcription discs 116865/116866; BL shelfmark 1LP0151943; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 22: guest performers Isabel Sutherland, Steve Benbow, The Gareth Francis Folk Group, Bob Roberts (Transcription discs 116867/116868; BL shelfmark 1LP0151944; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 23: guest performers The Corrie Folk Trio, Johnny Handle, Lynne and Graham McCarthy (Transcription discs 116869/116870; BL shelfmark 1LP0151945; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 24: guest performers The Ian Campbell Group, John Foreman, Jack Armstrong and Patricia Jennings, Frankie Armstrong and Louis (as "Louise" (sic)" Killen (Transcription discs 116871/116872; BL shelfmark 1LP0151946; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 25: guest performers The McPeake Family, Shirley Bland, Lewis Johns and John Steel (Transcription discs 116873/116874; BL shelfmark 1LP0151947; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 26: guest performers Roy and Val Bailey, Matt McGinn, Isla Cameron and Martin Carthy, The Young Tradition (Transcription discs 116875/116876; BL shelfmark 1LP0151948; pub. 1966-12)
 * Episode 27: guest performers The Black Country Three, Wag Puddefoot, Shirley and Dolly Collins, Sean O'Shea (Transcription discs 120038/120040; BL shelfmark 1LP0152215 and 1LP0152216; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 28: guest performers The North West Three, Kathie MacDonald, Trevor Lucas, The Chiltern Ramblers (Transcription discs 120039/120041; BL shelfmark 1LP0152215 and 1LP0152216; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 29: guest performers The Spinners, Ted Fury, Noel Murphy, Dave and Toni Arthur, The West Country Three (Transcription discs 120042/120044; BL shelfmark 1LP0152217 and 1LP0152218; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 30: guest performers The Clutha, Charlie Bate, Shirley Austin, Sean and Jim Maguire, Alasdair Clayre (Transcription discs 120043/120045; BL shelfmark 1LP0152217 and 1LP0152218; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 31: guest performers The Taverners, Sandy Denny, Bob Cann, Don Partridge, The Leesiders. Originally broadcast as "Cellar full of folk", November 7th, 1966 (Transcription discs 120048/120049; BL shelfmark 1LP0152219 and 1LP0152220; pub. "1966?")
 * Episode 32: guest performers The Birmingham Fo'c's'les (sic), Bob Rundle, Alec and Belle Stewart, The Wayfarers (Transcription discs 120048/120049; BL shelfmark 1LP0152219 and 1LP0152220; pub. "1966?")
 * Episode 33: guest performers The High-Level Ranters, Ray Fisher, and Derek Sarjeant (Transcription discs 120052/120053; BL shelfmark 1LP0152221 and 1LP0152222; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 34: guest performers The Tinkers, Jack and Margaret King, Terry Gould, Gerry Pugh (Transcription discs 120052/120053; BL shelfmark 1LP0152221 and 1LP0152222; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 35: guest performers The New Heritage, Sue and Barbara, John Wright, Marion Grey and Pete Maynard (Transcription discs 120054/120055; BL shelfmark 1LP0152223 and 1LP0152224; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 36: guest performers The Strawberry Hill Boys, Felix Doran, Sandy Denny, Esme Lewis, Paul McNeill. Originally broadcast as "Cellar full of folk", November 7th, 1966 (Transcription discs 120056/120057; BL shelfmark 1LP0152223 and 1LP0152224; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 37: guest performers The Yetties, Jim Small, Roy Guest, Isla Cameron, Martin Carthy (Transcription discs 120058/120059; BL shelfmark 1LP0152225; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 38: guest performers The High-Level Ranters, Gordeanna McCulloch, The Four Folk, Tony Rose, Rhydderch and Ryan (Rhydderch Jones & Ryan Davies) (Transcription discs 120060/120061; BL shelfmark 1LP0152226; pub. 1967-12)
 * Episode 39: guest performers The Watersons, Sydney Carter, Tessa Clifford, Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy (Transcription discs 120062/1200623; BL shelfmark 1LP0152227; pub. 1967-12)