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Thread #98198   Message #2000043
Posted By: Declan
18-Mar-07 - 06:49 AM
Thread Name: BBC4 tonight Folk Hibernia [19 Jan 07]
Subject: RE: BBC4 tonight Folk Hibernia
Anybody see the companion program on BBC4 last Friday?

I had no problem with anything that was included, but was a bit dissapointed with the absence of any footage of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, and the Bothy Band, who formed such an important part of the story told in the documentary.

The footage shown all seems to have been from the Central BBC Archives. There is (or at least there used to be) some very good archive footage from the 70s in the BBC Northern Irelad archives. They compiled it into a series called sessions of the 70s a few years ago.

Also, as I said above I'd have liked to see some of the people they filmed for the documentary included (e.g. Paddy Glackin, Téada, Johnny Moynihan).

Apart from that it was overall a good program for which the BBC should be given huge credit.