I recently heard for the first time the radio series "The Song Carriers". Is it actually MacColl narrating the programmes? The voice is very educated, with hardly a trace of either Scotland or Salford. Or was this perhaps an actor's take on a BBC accent?

Regardless of accent, the programmes are bloody terrific! I realise this may overlap with other current threads, but what happened to the source recordings used? Tanner, Tunney, etc. are familiar, but some of the source recordings of wassailers, for instance, I've never heard before. Fantastic. And very interesting to hear MacColl's analysis of the singing styles.