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Topic: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 6 Episode #3: Rick Stein (Read 2517 times)
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stoney
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Mum, bless her!
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If I'd known the first half hour would be exploring his father's mental illness I could have gone off and done something else!
His G-Grandparents' (have I calculated that right? Sorry, red wine is kicking in!) adventures in China was quite interesting - pity he didn't find any memorial stone to the the two weans left there.
All in all - I find this series quite a dissappointment! They seem to major just on one particular family member!
I'm hopeful Zoe Wanamaker will be more interesting next week! 
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Beattie, Beveridge, Carson, Davidson, Hounam, Johnston, Purdon, Rae, Stevenson, - Scotland. Brown, Bulman, Cooke, Harding, Meyers, Osborne, Routledge - England
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Fue
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Great Aunt Jane
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Sorry, but it was just soooo borin ! 
I think the episode on Boris was fantastic but since then they have been totally, uninspiring and boring. I eagerly await these programmes, but this week and last week, I actually fell asleep during the programme  . Are they running out of stars with interesting family histories? if so why not look to the ordinary man, I am sure there must be a few(!) with more interesting trees out there.
PF Hi Jenb 
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Williams (S. Wales/Worcester) Eagles (Gloucester/Liverpool), S. Wales/Devon/Somerset: Havard, Hortop, Jenkins, Martin, Marshall, Lethbridge, Hearn/Hern Northampton/Leicestershire Ainge, Barker,Stevenson, Allan, Dickens Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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stoney
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Mum, bless her!
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Although I said it wasn't very interesting - I could empathise a little with the sense of public ostracism regarding the German ancestry.
My G-grandmother had to confront the same thing in WW1 when policemen came knocking at her door in Carlisle seeking to have her husband interned because their name was Meyers - apparently a "neighbour" had told the police the family were of German extraction (actually, Heligoland!).
She gave them short shrift and directed them to the cemetery where her husband had been buried 5 years earlier!
Mind you, it didn't stop someone flinging a brick through her shop window!
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Beattie, Beveridge, Carson, Davidson, Hounam, Johnston, Purdon, Rae, Stevenson, - Scotland. Brown, Bulman, Cooke, Harding, Meyers, Osborne, Routledge - England
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Gillg
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Apart from the Fiona Bruce episode, which I found both interesting and entertaining (and I'm not even a fan of hers!), this series had been most disappointing. There were times when I felt that any one of us Rootschatters could have done better research. I wonder if the producers are trying to find a "new" angle on the concept - just concentrating on a few family members and not trying to get so far back in time. When you think of how exciting some of the earlier series were and how thorough some of the research was, you do wonder if they are running out of ideas.
A big yaaaaawn tonight, I'm afraid. 
Gillg
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukFAIREY/FAIRY/FAREY/FEARY, CHURCH, BENSON from Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Gt Catworth, Huntingdon, Spaldwick, Hunts; Burnley, Lancs; New Zealand, Australia & US. HURST, BOLTON, BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs. |
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Marmaduke 123
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I think the whole genealogy aspect of these programmes has been lost. In this series there has been much more focus on personal issues. Maybe this makes it more appealing to the general public, but the whole idea has been diluted. Not sure I shall watch for much longer.
Anne
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Bintcliffe, Simpson, Taylor, Tempest, Gee, Singleton, Helm,
Summerscales, Baldwin,,Bolton, Kitson, Gledhill, Lockwood,
Chadwick, Brearley, Gaukrodger
All from Halifax/Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire
Hopton Gloucestershire
Millinchip Worcestershire
Francis Monmouthshire
Walker Wiltshire
Springall Bucks
Mickle Berkshire
Day, Ven Somerset
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Gillg
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Maybe if we were to take another look at the actual programme title "Who do you think you are?" it could also be intepreted as "Why are you like you are?". In that case obviously parental influence is the strongest, so deserves more airtime. But then it's not really a genealogy programme, is it?
Gillg
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukFAIREY/FAIRY/FAREY/FEARY, CHURCH, BENSON from Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Gt Catworth, Huntingdon, Spaldwick, Hunts; Burnley, Lancs; New Zealand, Australia & US. HURST, BOLTON, BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs. |
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Roobarb
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Looking for that elusive branch!
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I think the whole genealogy aspect of these programmes has been lost. In this series there has been much more focus on personal issues. Maybe this makes it more appealing to the general public, but the whole idea has been diluted.
Anne
I agree that the genealogy aspect has been lost, not sure that it makes it more appealing to the general public though. Family history is continuing to take off in a big way and I think a lot of people will be watching the programme because of that. I nearly fell asleep during the first 45 minutes of the programme! I find it hard to believe that he didn't already know a lot of the information about his parents and grandparents. Nil points from me!
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Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough. Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough. Etherington - North Yorks and Durham. Barker- North Yorks, Crooks- Durham, Forster- North Yorks/Durham, Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks
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truebritmega
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I agree, ive found this series the most boring, my favourite episode, was in the last series, that model(forget her name now) who was on the dancing show too hmmm no still dont remember her name LOL... but traced her fam back thru canada and america etc, oh and ainsley harriots one was interesting.. hmm and stephen frys... yep last series was 100 times better LOL
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Smith, Tolley, Griffiths,
Monaghan, Richards, Clark, Clarke,
Brazier, Filben, Fibben,Filbin
Sherdon, Churden,Sheldon
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Bilston, Kent, London, Middlesex
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Brie
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Gaille & Truebritmega
Jodie Kidd?
Brie
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