BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #8: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

[Willow 4873]

Hiya all

Blog in the TV mag says LLB discovers how far back his seafaring roots go and investigates claims that his family descended from wealthy squires whos lands were stolen

MMMM LLB as a squire.... 

Willow x

[Tuscany]

that WDYTYA is on TONIGHT not Wednesday, for some reason best known to the BBC.

Moderator comment - topics merged

[stonechat]

Got to set the video for Mastermidn, University Challenge and then WDYTYA

Bob

[stonechat]

Got to set the video for Mastermind, University Challenge and then WDYTYA

Bob

[GeoffE]

Ada TWIST

Births Dec 1866 
TWIST    Ada E M         Newport, M.    11a   154

Marriages Mar 1884
TWIST    Ada         Newport M    11a   285

Married "aged 21" 

[Sylviaann]

That was quick Geoff.

My Granny said she was 21 when she married and she was only 18

Bit disappointed with this programme.  I love the sea and would love to have a house near it but my only connection was a grandfather who was a dockside labourer. 

Sylviaann

[Springbok]

Just about one of the most boring WDYTYA programmes  OH and I  have sat through (Though granted, OH was a Master Mariner!)

Much of the ground regarding Merchant Navy research has been covered before. David Suchet's ancestor for one, which was fascinating .

No I didn't know who Jodi Kidd was  either, but the history and the the Beaverbrook connection indicated somewhere other than Europe
The scandal ,court case and "cash for honours" ,murder, suicide and Native American attacks.
So much was covered in the hour and so far ranging..Brilliant

Spring

[jillruss]

I suppose it depends what you want from the programme.

Personally, as one who's always advocating that WDYTYA actually tries to do more British genealogy, instead of every programme trotting around Europe and the rest of the world ad infinitum, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Yes, I know we had a short trip to UBoat HQ in Germany, but I'll let that go!! 

Just wish they'd covered the Llewellyn side - purely for the selfish reason that I have Llewellyns in my tree. But I suppose the likelihood of there actually being a connection was pretty minimal!! 

Jill

[Lydart]

I thought this was pretty dull too.

I just wanted him to get his white cuffs dirty when he was crawling on the floor in the church ... or in the record office, but no !   They stayed shining white the whole time !