FRANCIS HANLY

http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/television/8839611/old-school-joy/   Review of The Story of Music describing the approach as ‘old school’ – in a positive way even though the approach we took was deliberately against the grain and could be described as ‘new school’.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9836598/Nigel-Farndale-on-TV-Jonathan-Meades-the-Joy-of-Essex-and-Derek.html I love this line from the review. Re-commissioning editors, Jonathan doesn’t just bite the hand that feeds him, he slow roasts it. ‘There were some quirky camera angles and croppings, as well as some seemingly random visual images and clips of music, and all of these reminded you of what it is that is […]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/04/howard-goodalls-story-of-music?CMP=twt_fd   Sam Woolaston of part 2 of Howard’s Story of Music.  

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-02-02/that-week-on-tv-the-joy-of-essex-bbc4-the-story-of-music-bbc2 A first for me, two programmes reviewed in the same piece and both excellent. Waiting for the backlash.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/02/wonders-life-brian-cox-tv-review The excellent Phil Hogan slightly befuddled by Jonathan. A quite natural reaction and one we intend.

http://thedabbler.co.uk/2013/01/review-jonathan-meades-the-joy-of-essex-bbc-four/

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/the-gramophone-blog/howard-goodalls-the-story-of-music A review of the first episode of Howard Goodall’s Story of Music. Classical Music on TV will never be the same.  

http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/jonathan-meades-joy-essex-bbc-four   Excellent review by the excellent Adam Sweeting  

http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/television/8834901/ordinary-people-2/ A review of The Joy Of Essex in the Spectator. Not a publication I usually read but for a brief while it has become a dear favourite of mine.  

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-viewing–jonathan-meades-the-joy-of-essex-bbc4-locomotion-dan-snows-history-of-railways-bbc2-8471752.html   The excellent Tom Sutcliffe on The Joy Of Essex.