Mmm... just watched it on the iPlayer. Not quite as black and white as you paint it, Steve - to my mind and with respect. I think there are two aspects to these programmes, the technical and the interpretative.

As far as the technical went, I found it interesting - wished that I'd had a music teacher at school who was as interesting as Goodall. The interpretative can only be subjective, and I would disagree with you somewhat about his take on Mozart, for example. Your descriptions above of what you feel about Beethoven's music and believe about Beethoven's inner motivations are what they are: yours. But they may not be anyone else's. As it happens, my take on Beethoven would be different from yours, and also from Goodall's! :-)