Interestingly enough, Lisa Knapp and my solo song were only added in on the day to cover a gap left by the withdrawal of Mike and Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy. I can't imagine they'd have dressed up, but Mike was due to sing Jack Frost with the Unthanks string section which would have undoubtedly been my highlight of the whole show.

I do regret my song, but only because I picked the wrong key and didn't nail it as well as I could have done. Seeing as my preparation consisted of printing the words out from the Internet, having one run through and then recording it in one take it's not my best performance but I'm not losing sleep over it. As for the rest, I enjoyed playing with Bellowhead (which is what I'd been booked to do). I wouldn't have chosen the dressing up and slapstick if it was my band, but that's what they do... And why they are very popular and I am not.

Finally, this show was put on by the same team who do Later with Jools Holland. They
are the most experienced music tv crew that you can get, and the producers have
enough weight to get anything they want green-lit. It was a bit of fun. It's over now. If the opportunity comes up again we'll do it differently, but it's no big deal.