Playford gets claimed by both the Early Music/Classical and folk worlds, who have very different ideas about interpretation. This seems to be an attempt to bring elements of both, although I suspect the musicians' roots are mainly in the former. It appears to have been a TV version of a touring show and is perhaps aimed more at a classical or general audience. I can think of a number of UK performers of Playford who I would rather have watched.

What I found most disappointing was that much of the material they performed wasn't from the Playford era, when there are so many superb tunes in Playford that a programme could easily have been built around.

It's still on iPlayer but I'm not rushing to watch it again.