John, I did catch a few of the programmes in the series but unfortunately missed A Cottage on Dartmoor however I did see Hindle Wakes which I've promised to write more on and Piccadilly. Hopefully a larger scale season of silent cinema will air sometime, as you mentioned "many viewers will have remained unaware of the true brilliance of the silent era" and I would certainly include myself in that number.

Cheers Trev.