We just watched the second part of the Beeb’s biopic of George Harrison, and I must say I was very impressed. I was largely ignorant of Harrison: I knew about john Lennon because of ‘Imagine’; I was aware Ringo was the drummer; I knew Paul because of this; but I knew next to nothing of the fourth Beatle. I was only aware of him as close friend of the Monty Python team, indeed tonight’s programme included interviews with Eric idle and Terry Gilliam. What struck me as odd, however, was the fact that Michael Palin did not appear. Palin was, I’ve heard, the closest python to Harrison: he was with the Beatle shortly before his death, so that Martin Scorsese, who directed this otherwise intriguing programme, didn’t include an interview with Palin strikes me as very strange indeed. That aside, though, is still a fascinating study of a very important and gifted musician.