Pete, I think this programme was focusing more on Eliza's main influences and creative strengths. I think this is the idea for the series. It is understandable therefore if they did not talk much about her development stages and collaborations. Sure, they also played a role, but then everything does. This was the broadbrush painting of the musician today, as she is now, identifying the major characteristics.

Also, as you said, other programmes have focused on her development. Why repeat the exercise? Much better to give a new perspective.

On second viewing, on YouTube, I minded the Talking Heads less. I guess my first reaction had been "let me hear the whole song", as if that was a televised concert. But it wasn't. And to get views of Eliza from a critic, a comedian, a peer or two from the music world, served decently in painting her picture today. And quite rightly, most of the talking heads were not from the folk world but rather from the wider world of music and entertainment. Not only for wider audience appeal and credibility, but also for a wider perspective on "our" Eliza.

Because she is not "ours" to mothball and keep in a glass cabinet. She is a complete artist, who shares our love for traditional English folk and its most powerful exponent today in the world at large. We should count our blessings, just as her Mum and Dad do ( I was impressed by the way Martin talked about her, with a little awe mixed in with the parental pride).