As previously said the first programme was ok but dwelled a little too long on American influences. It also fostered the BBC misconception that the folk revival in Britain can be traced back to Ewan McColl & Bert Lloyd in London with the creation of the Ballads & Blues club. They neglected to mention that at the same time there were other people in other regions doing exactly the same for example Blue Bell club in Hull and the famous Folksong and Ballad club in Newcastle upon tyne.

I found the follow up programme puzzling! With the vast archive at the BBC's disposal why did they feature exactly the same songs as they had shownin the previous programme, in some cases only minutes earlier? In addition the inclusion of a lengthy study of the emergence of the guitar as a popular musical instrument in post war Britain was plain daft! If that had been cut then we could have included Irish, Welsh and Scottish contributions and still had room for one or two more source singers. My verdict Ok but could try harder!