I also sat glued to the TV last night - feeling various emotions (some good some bad). There were a few new insights and some good (if depressing) footage of the interior of Silbury - nice to see so many people referring to Silbury now as just Silbury (without the Hill bit). Dunno why the producers of these programmes always feel the need to have well-known faces presenting them though rather than people who actually know the subject. Julian Richards would have been my preferred choice for last night's prog. And how did Mike Pitts manage to get in on the act - surely there are more deserving if less well-known members of staff at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum who could have introduced the public to the work of Aubrey and Stukeley. Atkinson did his usual waffling and at one point said that the builders of Silbury 'stank' and 'couldn't read' - jeeze, they sure as hell could build though. Was impressed with the guy from Skanska who seemed genuinely concerned for Silbury and its future.

There were some interesting bits, like the possible bringing of turfs from afar and the (possible) importance the transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age might have meant for Silbury. Suppose it was inevitable that the structural problems (and the recent reasons for them) were glossed over, though no doubt that story will one day be told elsewhere ;-)

Hopefully the overall effect of the programme will be to raise awareness of Silbury and its long-deserved place in the history of these islands.