No, you're by no means the first. In fact, at the time of writing, Mr Hepworth has a thread on the front page with no replies. It happens to the best of us, don't take it personally.

To answer your second question, I've no idea, but hopefully getting a reply under your belt will bring some sunshine into your life!

I got a nada once. Think of it as a badge of honour: we came up with something so dull that even the geeky Massive could find no interest in it. That takes some doing.

I think it's because you framed your posting simply as a question, "does anybody know if... exists on the interweb?". Basically, everybody for whom the answer was "no, I don't know of any" decided, sanely, that an answer in the negative wouldn't help you in your quest, so no point in saying so. If they had, you'd be wading through reams of "Nope!" responses, which would be pointless and of no use to you.

Sadly, then, I guess the reason you've had no responses is simply that nobody here knows of any such repository of Fluff Saturday Shows. Nobody was snubbing you. Try asking a more open-ended question, and you'll see.

And, indeed, neither do I. I'm afraid you're just out of luck!

As one of the more obsessively completist and anal bloggers on site (well, it saves you all saying it), your sad story prompted me to investigate my own excreta. In my just over 12/12 of activity, I have put up 37 new posts, which surprises and embarrasses me in equal proportion, being nearly once a week, if allowing for holidays. I too have had a zilch return, when on 11/3/08 I put up a cry for the Levellers. My maximum return, 28/1/08, was to ask for a peoples worst singers choices, catching 72 replies. I have stuck to music as football and the Wire do little for me, but, discounting randomisers and the live coverage of the brits and eurovision, why is it bloody squirrels that pack in the biggest punch?

.......but -

a bit of digging and I've found some. Actually I found 4. One from 1973, one from 1975, the penultimate show and the final show on 26 Aug 1978.

Do you torrent?

Yes - www.thebox.bz
No - You need to learn how, but if you don't want to, I'll get 'em for you.

I got a big fat nowt to two of my footling thoughts.

One mentioned Dick Gaughan, the other Eliza Carthy. Though all they happened to be were notices that they were on the telly that night.

I cried not. Much, anyway.

Was actually rather taken aback that I only 2 received replies to a blog entry of mine which mentioned the words 'The' and 'Wire' in conjunction. I thought the world had ended that day.

replying

So I will post here instead. Somewhere, in a shoebox, in a shed, in the garden, is a cassette tape where I know I have one of the Peel/Walters trailers from a Fluff show. Not the show though. In the trailer he mentions the group Emerson, Lake & Parker. That's all I kept it for. Silly.

If it helps it is with my BBC In Concert recording of Todd Rungren. Can't find that either.

It gets easier, had a few nil replies myself, keep taking the medicine. One day you'll be able to forget and move on.

he was brilliant, shame you listen to those again!

I have a few nil points, then again too few to mention. I think in one case it may have been me rambling on too long making too may points at once. There are certain humiliations and misunderstandings to be had but I keep coming back for more and now my nom de plume has appeared in magazine for saying nothing of any great consequence. Fame at last. Persistence pays off. You too may one day reach those giddy heights if you really apply yourself.