My one gripe about the programme (and it is a small gripe as he was, thankfully, only on for a short time) is that they found it necessary to include a "celebrity" (i.e. Sting) on the programme.

In general, I have to say that I found the programme uplifting. One very important point that Kathryn made was that the children needed a context in which to play; and as we saw in some of those sessions, young people were being enthused about traditional music by playing it with their contemporaries at week/weekend sessions as well as playing it with their school mates. I thought those group sessions were marvellous. Full marks to Kathryn Tickell and Alistair Anderson.