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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #18 on: Friday 21 July 17 14:58 BST (UK) »
Great episode, loved it. No criticisms for a change  ;D


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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #19 on: Friday 21 July 17 15:04 BST (UK) »
I am afraid, ---- this was not a disappointment  --- cos it was as expected...

Never really taken to this lady even before she declared her sexuality - that has nothing to do with it for me..

The first part of the prog - I felt was wrong - because all she wanted was to prove that a previous member of her family was also 'gay'.
WELL why does that matter, and who knows if the truth is / was ever disclosed in most families...
We all know the 'arty'?!?!  set  of those days 'intermingled'  !!!!! its well written --

and really no different to today

I havent read other comments regarding the prog...  Will do now..

I did switch off half way through..
After we were introduced to her Father -- he seemed a lovely chap..


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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #20 on: Friday 21 July 17 15:28 BST (UK) »
Have to agree with most comments re that episode.

Half the programme spent trying to find a "Gay" link in her family!  It is "Gay Season" on BBC after all.

Too little of the rest of the programme spent researching her mother's family.

Very disappointed.

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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #21 on: Friday 21 July 17 15:30 BST (UK) »
boring boring boring  ;D
you can't tell me that they didn't know most of this, and if not, whats wrong with them !! to be able to walk through a hall with all the portraits being your ancestors and not give them a second glance?
and got fed up with the 'gay' thing very quickly, it felt so forced ! never mind anything else the poor bloke did, just prove he's gay   ???
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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #22 on: Friday 21 July 17 15:43 BST (UK) »
Agree will all you say fallingonabruise!

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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #23 on: Friday 21 July 17 15:51 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Rhododendron on Friday 21 July 17 15:28 BST (UK)
Have to agree with most comments re that episode.

Half the programme spent trying to find a "Gay" link in her family!  It is "Gay Season" on BBC after all.

Too little of the rest of the programme spent researching her mother's family.

Very disappointed.

In fairness, Claire did state at the outset of the programme that her mother's family was already extremely well documented. (Which was what prompted my assumption really. See above.)
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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #24 on: Friday 21 July 17 17:04 BST (UK) »
Have to agree the, was he wasn't he story got a bit boring. It's like wanting to find out if your GGGrandfather had blue eyes like me, irrelevant.
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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #25 on: Friday 21 July 17 17:37 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Rhododendron on Friday 21 July 17 15:28 BST (UK)
Have to agree with most comments re that episode.

Half the programme spent trying to find a "Gay" link in her family!  It is "Gay Season" on BBC after all.


I couldn't agree more. It became pretty clear after about five minutes that there was an 'agenda' here. It reminded me strongly of the J.K. Rowling WDYTYA - she was a single mum, so her agenda was to prove that she came from a long line of strong single mums.
I had a laugh when her father said she needed to go to the USA. When there she proceeded to look up the US census on Ancestry.
All in all I found it very disappointing.
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Re: "Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #3 Claire Balding
« Reply #26 on: Friday 21 July 17 17:48 BST (UK) »
For goodness sake  --- lets have some FRAME WORK KNITTERS that fought in the  Napoleanic or even Boar wars   maybe ------- or were luddites  or some such like :)  !!!!!!!!


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