I'm afraid that the programme fell into the vast chasm between two stools. Apart from the fact that it was extremely western-centric, as has been stated above, it catered very well for the guy with a bit of knowledge who could predict exactly what was coming next but not at all for the music enthusiast who has never delved deeply but who wanted to learn more. It skipped gaily through the centuries (sparing not a single mention, for example, of Hildegarde of Bingen or Martin Codax) at such a pace that it was impossible to interpret anything of a sequence of events in one's mind, and it alternated between fairly decent explanations of some musical concepts and rushed and superficial treatment of others which needed far greater explanation. Little or nothing of any clarity on the old church modes, for example, which I thought was unforgivable. The programme was Howard Goodall's message and little more, and it was clear that the chap enjoys a pretty healthy ego.