Having watched the awards live using the 'red button' facility, thought I'd give my tuppenyworth.

First, full credit to the producers and broadcasters for what looked like an extremely well organised event. Speaking as someone who's never had the opportunity to attend I'm grateful we could sit at home and watch in this way. Despite not being on a proper channel the production didn't seem to be cheap either. The sound was good and Mike harding did a decent job as anchorman. Barbara Dickson was a more surprising choice...she wasn't quite as confident but I suppose she was picked because she was more Radio 2 friendly. I suppose an eyebrow or two may have been raised by virtue of the fact she had somehow obtained a performance slot!

All the other performances were excellent with the possible exception of Donovan who seemed a little rusty....not all the music was to my taste but no complaints. Chris Wood deserves a special mention for a mesmerising rendition of Hollow Point.

Some of the winners wouldn't have been my choice either but I don't have any problemes with ANY of those chosen.

My major gripe was the choice of some of the presenters. I assume for funding and audience-boosting reasons they felt they had to choose a couple of celebrity luvvies. Might have been better to have gone for people with a few more folk credentials. Tamsin Greig and Joanna Trollope were tedious, patronising, self-serving and generally embarrassing. Frank Skinner seemed to think he was doing a slot down at the Comedy Store but at least he had a couple of funny lines. Mark Radcliffe was much better....at least he knows his stuff, knows the scene etc. As for Daltrey and Armatrading....I've got a lot of time for both but why choose them at a folk awards? Joan freely admitted she hadn't heard of some of the nominees....

If these folks help with the funding and/or profile though, I can live with it.

Overall, thanks BBC for a job well done!