12 months since I last saw it, I watched it all again last night; but this time objectively stone cold sober.

So overall, I enjoyed every performance, considering at least one to be exceptionally good.
Even Jim Moray was presentable enough despite his own reservations regarding his lack of adequate preparation.

I didn't dislike any of the performers.

To my complete surprise, even the smarmy posh prats in the audience
[and certain ingratiating members of Bellowhead] were'nt as antagonising as on last viewing
when I was merrily off my face on xmas spirit !!!?????

.. and I'm not the kind of person who's usually spoiling for a punch-up after an over indulgent drinking session...

[Btw.. our band, i.e. the few members who braved it out in the snow, did a last-minute arranged gig Fri night
without any preparation, practice, or knowing half the songs,
or able to read the chords clearly off the hastily shoddy printed cheat sheets..
but we still bluffed it out and went down well
with a local audience of happy xmas social club pissheads up for a good night out...

.. so that indicates my personal standards for performance quality control judgement]

My wife, watching this TV concert for the first time and completely unaware of any bitter discontent & dischord here at mudcat,
insisted the entire show was brilliant,
and wished she could have gone to it herself all dressed up like that !!!!???
..and she wants to watch it all over again with a good drink on xmas evening.

Her only casual criticism was that some of the female performers were a bit 'all warbly' or tying too hard to be Kate Rusby.

We agreed it could even have been half hour longer, and would definitely be worth £2.99 if it was available as a DVD
in a Tesco's new year bargain clear out.

Shame though, it's a BBC4 repeat
and not a brand new show produced for this holiday.

That says something not particularly positive about the BBC's estimation of audience reaction.

We are a diverse 'market' and do deserve something to be learnt and improved from this seemingly unpopular 'one off' show;
allowing for the possibilities to learn from mistakes to do it better,
and ideally some version recomisioned as an ongoing annual TV 'folk' music xmas special event.
More balanced & evenly reflecting the seasonal 'folk' experience as enjoyed by 'real' communities
and not only just the smug narcissistic London elite 'culture-intelligentsia'.