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"Funny, shy, ever so clever, great musician ... and a total twat," says Paul McCartney, affectionately. Well, he can't be talking about himself, can he? Although I'm not sure how clever Macca is, I'm pretty sure he's neither funny nor shy. Anyway, he's not the centre of attention here, for once; he's just being a pundit. This is Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO  (BBC4).

The title is a little misleading – the Electric Light Orchestra is glossed over. Which is a shame for me. Not just because I've always had a soft spot for the band that only recently seems to have gained the respect and credibility I always thought they deserved. But because a member of ELO – Hugh, he was called, Hugh McDowell – used to be my cello teacher.

I liked Hugh. He wasn't like most music teachers. He had long hair, flared jeans – he smoked. He was always late, quite often he didn't show up at all, probably because he hadn't got up in time, or was touring America or something. I thought this film might reunite me with him.

Sadly not (though I think he is there, briefly, once). It's less about ELO, more about Lynne as producer, arranger, collaborator, genius, wizard. Somebody thought that his work with the great and the good – Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and George Harrison (as the Traveling Wilburys ), and with the other remaining Beatles (on the Anthology album) – was more interesting than focusing on my old cello teacher. Somebody is probably right, to be honest.

It's a lovely rockumentary: serious, without taking itself too seriously, probably because that's how its subject is. I could listen to Tom Petty for ever: he's got such a wonderful, laconic lugubrious southern way of talking. Lynne's brummie brogue, too. And actually Macca's little summary of him seems to be spot on. But twat in the nicest possible way.


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