Cheers, Guest. TFOTP is a much more satisfying programme than one The Unthanks did & I remember it with great affection. All the way through their Allendale Tar Barrel segment I had my fingers crossed - please don't sing the song, please don't sing the song, please don't sing the song... - but they did! An appealing rough & ready rendering in someone's kitchen, but even so...

Even with TFOTP I could do with the commentary. All you need is the footage without the folky speculations as to what they might 'mean' or 'signify'. The Medium is the Message! And this stuff was going on long before some joker invented the ghastly notion of Folklore.

PS - Love The Unthanks very dearly, their version of A Tree Song (Oak Ash & Thorn) is definitive & their cover of Starless ain't bad either (hardly definitive but would we expect it to be? HERE'S the original for folkies who've never ventured down that particular path). Just don't like that song - it's a personal thing. I like my rituals wild and feral and without the Folk Gloss...