Good to see the God of Hell Fire receiving a bit of coverage. Wakeman was his usual amusing self and I enjoyed Bill Bruford and Mont Campbell's contributions as well. Of the bands themselves I thought King Crimson probably came across as the most interesting and ELP as the most loathesome buch of twats ever (much as I remember them, really).
Of course there is a limit to what can be covered in one programme but it was a shame that Gentle Giant, VDGG, Hatfields, Henry Cow and the more left-field (and in some cases more humorous) examples of the genre weren't featured.
The programme did dfall into the trap of assuming that prog was a uniquely British (or should that be English) phenomenon. Rush, anyone?
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