The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72796   Message #1260125
Posted By: The Shambles
30-Aug-04 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: Sidmouth on BBC Four
Subject: RE: Sidmouth on BBC Four
That is an opinion to which you are welcome to express but others are still entitled to express a different one.

The problem is one of expectations. Given the rare nature of things like this on the BBC (up until fairly recently) the latest showings are much, much better than we have come to expect. You appear to be lucky and the programmes you describe do sound good - so your expectation of this one is different to ours. Our reaction must be a puzzle to you. Just this summer I had experience of RTE and there is a different approach in Ireland to the presentation of all types of music.

It is nice for us, to even to have things like this appearing at all, if only to just enable us all to pick holes in them. At the same time I think that we should make a point of writing and thanking those at the BBC for making the effort. Constructive criticism made to them, will also enable these programmes to improve and be more generally satisfying to the (main) intended audience.