The tuning issue so frequently referred to in this thread was not even worth commenting on. Bella performed beautifully and plaintively, with a lovely touch of fragility to boot. Little Musgrave and Martin's song about his dad were wonderful. And try to cut Mr CH a bit of slack. He was not addressing a bunch of Mudcat folkies but a Beeb audience not entirely au fait with what we're all about. OK, it wasn't his finest hour, but he wasn't not on our side either.

If you have DVD-RAM recorder, and it's connected to your hi-fi,use a RAM disc and start to record the programme, then hit time-slip. You'll hear the programme in perfect sync, and you'll only be a few seconds behind the rest of the nation if you're quick. OK, it will be the telly pic and the telly sound, not the R3 sound, but still a lot better than relying just on the rotten sound of a mono telly. Where I am in Cornwall the R3 sound was in perfect sync with the picture.