Leeneia,

Although the programme was broadcast in the UK by the BBC on Friday 18 May, it was a joint production and I'm sure it will be available worldwide.

The programme looked at the origins of tap dancing and related the belief that American Tap Dancing was influenced by Irish Clog Dancing.

The programme was only 80 minutes long, it could never be a comprehensive history of Tap Dancing. In fact, the title itself is a little misleading in that the programme was essentially about Afro-American tap dancing; Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were dismissed as copyists and there was no mention at all of Eleanor Powell. Shirley Temple was covered because of her collaborations Bill Robinson.

The programme had an agenda and I have no complaints about that.

My (very) minor disappointment that English Clog Dancing was ommitted does not amount to a complaint either.   

It was a very interesting programme; watch it if you can then come back and tell us what you thought of it.

Harry