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Thread #129342   Message #2973817
Posted By: Old Vermin
27-Aug-10 - 05:17 AM
Thread Name: BBC 4 Sea songs and Shanties
Subject: RE: BBC 4 Sea songs and Shanties
Not too much point in venting spleen for whatever the errors might be.

I just assume that any broadcast or newspaper report is almost always put together by people who of necessity know less than the specialist and are producing something for the entertainment and information of a general audience. Just has to be selective and simplified.

Just be thankful that there was a programme on shanties rather than, say, dog agility trials or steam traction engines or wood-turning.