BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 8 Celia Imrie

[Petros]

The most boring episode I can recollect

History of two aristocratic ancestors and no family research at all!

[Welsh Jules]

As I've spent the last week researching ancestors from the 1600s and 1500s I quite enjoyed it, especially as it appears that my G Grandfather x 9 was a political figure (of the religious kind) working for Charles II

It's not often on WDYTYA we get history this far back - I liked it

 

[kerryb]

Quite enjoyed the stories but it was more a BBC history magazine article than a family history programme!

Would have liked to see her prove that she was actually descended from that line on the family tree she saw at the beginning by doing some family history instead of just taking it as read. 

Kerry 

[Finley 1]

It was not a RESEARCH programme, but a darned interesting HISTORY programme.

Still I enjoyed that side of it.   Interesting to get a close up(!) of people that were in School History lessons.

However that is NOT why I watch wdytya  ... that i watch .... for the actual research and discovery.  Seeing how to trace things that are seemingly nowhere to be found.  

xin

[LizzieW]

I have ancestors who were knights and lords way back in the 13th-17th centuries and I kept wondering how I could meet those researchers and see if there was anything interesting to find out about them. 

Lizzie

[Nick29]

I had to slap myself to avoid falling asleep about half an hour in, but it did get quite exciting towards the end.  It won't rate in my top-10 WDYTYA programmes.

[genjan1953]

The most boring episode I can recollect

History of two aristocratic ancestors and no family research at all!

Well done Petros, you summed it up in a nutshell!

And ...

Quite enjoyed the stories but it was more a BBC history magazine article than a family history programme!

Would have liked to see her prove that she was actually descended from that line on the family tree she saw at the beginning by doing some family history instead of just taking it as read.  

Kerry  

I agree, Kerry.  Whilst the stories were "quite interesting" I kept wondering how authentic the family connection was which kind of spoilt it for me.  Also, why would you be proud to be a descendant of a woman who conspired to kill someone?  Beyond me I'm afraid!

[silvery]

I turned it off.

By the time anyone gets back that far there's very little genetic connection;  a tiny bit from each of about 1034 ancestors.   It's a bit too remote for me to get interested in. 

[suey]

Quite enjoyed the stories but it was more a BBC history magazine article than a family history programme!

Would have liked to see her prove that she was actually descended from that line on the family tree she saw at the beginning by doing some family history instead of just taking it as read.

Kerry

I agree.  As a history programme great but otherwise 
 

I have ancestors who were knights and lords way back in the 13th-17th centuries and I kept wondering how I could meet those researchers and see if there was anything interesting to find out about them.

Lizzie

She did get around didn't she, the places you can get into with a TV crew are astounding    And that desk! we would not be allowed to breathe near it let alone sit at it, oh, and yes, you may touch the seal but not the manuscript