Truly, Madly, Deeply Vale while the British musical landscape was changing from progressive rock to punk. It was narrated by Bob Harris, former presenter of "The Old Grey Whistle Test", and has since been released on DVD in a much extended form as the 3 hours plus the Deeply Vale Festivals DVD. Truly, Madly, Deeply Vale Truly, Madly, Deeply Vale is a 2004 television documentary produced by David Nolan for Granada Television, about the history of the Deeply Vale Festivals which ran from 1976 to 1979 in the North West of England. The programme makers tracked down many of the musicians who played there,
Rick Wakeman on the BBC television show, "The Old Grey Whistle Test". Much of the television audience that night planned to watch "Blue Movie", a controversial film by Andy Warhol, but it was temporarily banned from being broadcast. Wakeman explained: "It seems most of them, rather than watch repeats, switched over to "Whistle Test" and saw my preview of "Henry" ... and suddenly it seemed as if the whole country had discovered my music ... it was a tremendous break." Following its release in January 1973, the album reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 30 in the US. "Time" named