I enjoyed it hugely, but wish quite so much airtime hadn't been spent showing the same archive clips of the early American blues/folk scene that crop up over and over and over again on these history-of-the-people's-music programmes. I know it was a strong influence in the UK, but it wasn't the only one. I'd rather have watched less of it (NOT none) and more about what was happening in Britain, which has not been given the same media exposure. Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger & Co, while groundbreakers, have been seen and seen and seen.

And Tootler's right: Why were there so few instrumentalists? I wish they'd devote some time to William Kimber (among others) but am not betting huge amounts on it.

Apart from that, there were a lot of treats. I loved hearing Harry Cox and seeing Shirley Collins again (doesn't she look great, and didn't she speak the truth); and the high point of the second hour – something of a curate's egg – was a very young Davey Graham playing Cry Me A River to an enraptured but very diverse audience. There are too many good artists from that era to ever do justice to them, so all the more reason to give recognition to some of the lesser-known names who don't appear in the usual archive clips which always get trotted out.