I thought the Monitor piece on gitars was very entertaining, and very illuminating on the social history, and general style, of the times. But seriously, we are talking here about the BBC, the major British cultural organisation, giving us a one hour selection of what it has in its archives reflecting the nations' vernacular musical culture. In that context, you have to ask, "is that the best they can do?"
    You have to wonder at the quality of thir archives, or the qualities of their archivists. Think what wonderful programmes could be made if someone(Reg Hall?) who knew and loved folk music were allowed to have a poke about and see what they've got. But let's face it, this is the organisation that sacked Charles Parker!