BBC Series about modern folk music ?

[Kilkenny Cat]

Spider / Mr C,

Read on the Men They Couldn't Hang site ( http://www.tmtch.net )that the BBC are filming a major new 3 part documentary series on the history of modern folk music in the UK. One part focuses on the connections between the punk and folk scenes and looks at the birth of the London cow-punk/folk movement that gave rise to The Men They Couldn't Hang, Pogue Mahone, and other assorted rousers

I see that Swill and Paul Simmons have been interviewed for it. Has anyone from the Pogues camp been involved ?

[philipchevron]

Myself and Mr Woods have both given interviews. I don't know about anyone else.

[MacRua]

You meant this three-part documentary ?
<blockquote>FOLK BRITANNIA
Coming to BBC Four in February


This February, we shine the spotlight on Britain's rich musical heritage with a season of programming devoted to folk. Through documentary, archive and two new live performances recorded at the Barbican, the channel will celebrate the traditional music of the British Isles.

Folk Britannia - a three-part documentary series beginning in early February - will trace the evolution of British folk music from the end of the Second World War right up to its latter-day revival.

It follows on from, and is made by the same team behind, last year's critically-acclaimed Jazz Britannia series.

Divided into three one-hour episodes, Folk Britannia's story is told by the musicians who lived and shaped it - a stellar cast from every era including Bert Jansch, Peggy Seeger, Martin Carthy, Donovan, Davy Graham, Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior, Billy Bragg, Shane MacGowan, Beth Orton and Seth Lakeman.

Folk Britannia engages with the disparate and sometimes argumentative elements of the contemporary folk scene to consider tradition, nationality and folk music's direction in the 21st Century.

Further details of the season, music information and more competitions will be available on this website later in the month. Sign up to the BBC Four newsletter for updates. </blockquote>
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