I had been looking forward to seeing this, but because of other commitments, I missed it. I don't know if the beeb have repeated it yet, but I have seen no mention of it.

However the review above confirms fears I had that the makers would miss the point and concentrate on the romance between Dick Dewey and Fancy Day rather than the demise of the west gallery quire and its replacement by an organ which is the real heart of the story. In a way Fancy's marrying Dick rather than the Vicar is a bit of "nose thumbing". The vicar might of got his way over the organ - after all he had the authority of the church behind him - but not over the girl :-)

There is no excuse, IMO for getting the music wrong in this case as the book makes specific mention of both music and instrumentation throughout the book. The Hardy manuscripts are available to expand on what is mentioned in the book.

Music is central to the book, but it seems to me typical of film and programme makers who are so conditioned to music being incidental to a drama to miss the point.