Interesting weekend...spent two days rehearsing and filming for the BBC Christmas live session.  The TV gig was comprised of Bellowhead, Jim Moray, The Unthanks, Thea Gilmour and Lisa Knapp.  

The concert was held in Shoreditch Town Hall to an invite only TV audience and dress code was strictly Dickensian.  I found out about the dress code 10 minutes prior to going on stage when someone asked me where was my costume. With some well aimed creativity (and a rummage through an unattended costume bag) and help from LIsa, the transformation was complete and I became .......(drum roll) ...a little bit more Dickensian:).  So complete was the makeover that someone asked me at the aftershow party if I was The Artful Dodger.  At this point...the angels all sang in chorus and I felt like I had succeeded.  Mission completed I headed off into the cobbled London streets to find a safe carriage home.

The show will be aired on BBC 4, 17th December @ 9.00pm