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I can't see a thread for this programme! Or is it me?
I thought it one of the best of the series. Truly inspiring with its ups and downs and to see the records way, way back in Yorkshire.
Abiam
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Hi again Abiam !
Well I loved it too, and I have to profess that I did not know who Jody Kidd was when the program started ! too much research, in last years who knows when clothes ::)
But I echo her ending words, that knowing about her past gave her strength/confidence and it was kinda nice to see a "model" filmed who was commonsensical, articulate and interested.
Wendi :)
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Yes, I agree - by far and away the best of this series. And it actually covered different ground for once.
I was really excited right at the end (I know, a pathetic case! ;)) when they ended up at the Rowley church in East Yorkshire - a few miles from me, and I have a greatx3 grandmother who was baptised there! Not as early as Jodie's ancestors but I recognised the registers that she looked through. Didn't recognise the archivist though - and I go there often enough!
Jill
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Hi Wendi,
I did know who she , she is also in Strictly Come Dancing BBC1 Saturdays, racing driver and horse woman. I thought she took the "food hoarding" part very well! I'm ashamed to say I didn't know there was a law against hoarding food in WW1.
But it was the Canadian and American parts that had my interest - not that I have anyone that brave. To actually see the documents for her GGGG.....Mother Hannah was quite amazing in Rowley, Yorkshire,
Abiam
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This was another of those episodes where I wished there could be a follow-up. Everything they showed was interesting, but I wanted to know about the Scottish and Irish branches that were never explored.
Just wish they could have a follow up series - WDYTYA Revisited - to explore all the loose ends.
This has been a great series - I'm sure it appeals to people with no interest at all in genealogy. Like Wendi, I'd no idea who Jodie Kidd was, but that wasn't a problem.
I think they said next week's episode was on Monday. I do hope I remember!
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No paternal side researched :(
But the question is:- Do you say Rowley as in no or now in Yorkshire ???
Rewcastle.
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Not exactly the girl-next-door unless you have a castle but quite an interesting programme.
My word but she is tall! Everybody she met looked like a Hobbit in comparison.
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Hi
The archivist was Lizz from "THE TREASURE HOUSE" in Beverley..
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I agree too, a programme full of interest and a person who showed real interest (lots of note taking in her little book). Very much in the same league as Ainsley Harriott's programme, it did not come across as 'staged'. She was a game lass to have aired in public the remarkably derogatory remarks about her ancestor made by the King's equerry!
Dave
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My word but she is tall! Everybody she met looked like a Hobbit in comparison.
I think they must have deliberately put her with shorter than average researchers! She's only 6ft 1in tall but she towered over all of them. Not one of them could have been above 5ft 6!
It seemed to me that the programme makers were hoping for a blub-fest, but she was so laid back about it all, and seemed to be genuinely interested in the stories but had no real emotional connection to the people. I liked that attitude.
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I think they said next week's episode was on Monday. I do hope I remember!
You’re absolutely right! Next week’s “WDYTYA?” is transmitted on Monday 29 Sept. – and checked it with the BBC site. Also looked at the ‘Programme Schedule’ on my PVR and it’s already set there to record next Monday.
John
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I too knew nothing about the hoarding during the War,
I think my Paternal Grand Mother suffered a little from shortages,
but My Maternal Grandparents were Farmers so I think they just became more self sufficient, and hand-me-downs were in force.
Glad I read the posting to find out about
next weeks episode - otherwise I would have wished it
Jinks
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This was another of those episodes where I wished there could be a follow-up. Everything they showed was interesting, but I wanted to know about the Scottish and Irish branches that were never explored.
Couldn't agree more Lesley. I'm loathe to put in this point as I feel comments should be about the programme rather than the person. BUT I couldn't help but feel she showed no interest about her Aitken's scottish and Drury's Irish ancestry. Especially when she was told the birthplace of Beaverbrook's father, it was more of a case of "yes, but never mind that, let's explore Canada". Perhaps I am wrong, but that is the feeling I got. Apart from that though, I enjoyed the programme.
Grothenwell
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I agree that was one of the best episodes this series. Very refreshing - her attitude, no blubbing and very laid back about it all.
I thought it was interesting seeing the story of some very early settlers that have led back to a family in Britain again. Normally settlers storys have descendents that are in America but I imagine quite a few must lead to descendents back in this country, so I found that an interesting aspect of the settler story. The garrison house was great and I learnt something about the early settlers and the sort of life they led.
I liked Jodie Kidd very much, she seemed genuinely interested with her notebook and I really didn't know much about her before
Kerry
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I agree that was one of the best episodes this series. Very refreshing - her attitude, no blubbing and very laid back about it all.
I got the distinct impression that a lot of it just whooshed over her head. Oh dear, so grandpappy was a food hoarder ? Ahh, but he did do so much for the country building all those ships, didn't he ?
So he wasn't doing it to make shedloads of money, then ? ::)
Sorry if I sound negative, but she didn't come across as one of the sharpest chisels in the toolbox. Still a very interesting programme, and the New England scenery looked stunning. I've been to Massachusetts a couple of times - and I'd love to go back. I think the BBC could be in a little trouble letting Jodie's reference to "Indians" slip through :)
I also have ancestors that were born in Masachusetts and buried here, so that part was pretty interesting.
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i thought it was great
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if a little rushed they sort of skimmed over the people quick to get back another generation but they do only have an hour
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She also appeared to have a heavy cold during her trans-Atlantic visit !
Interesting that she/they used the white gloves for the 19th century records, but not for those in Yorkshire which were 200 years older ! Tut, tut !!
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I have been to a course on conservation where they did not recommend gloves for paper handling - too clumsy and the natural oils in the fingers help the paper. Assuming you have clean hands! It is obviously up to the individual archivist to decide. Interesting programme.
Andrea
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I found it very entertaining & found myself laughting out a loud when Jodie laughed in her Oh what ever manner lets move on ! it was very interesting to see from her Canada roots how her family came full circle back to Yorkshire & amazing how they were trace once more back in Yorkshire,that what I call tracing your family history back to it's roots.Good program BBC & well done Jodie for been very natural,regards Nipy
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I think the BBC could be in a little trouble letting Jodie's reference to "Indians" slip through
wouldn't have sounded the same if she had said Native Americans :D anyway, I think she was following the lead of the local historian, I believe he referred to them as Indians too.
Yes Lydart, I was shocked at the "no gloves" I believe it was the archivist that was doing all the touching though.
I know a bit about Jodie but I did like her attitude, even if it did take quite a few attempts to take it all in. I see her sister out shopping often ;D
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I really enjoyed this one.What a refreshing lady.I have often seen photos of Jodie and obviously read about her in the papers ,but she certainly was completely different to what I had anticipated.
I thought her humour about her hoarders was more a little embarrassment than anything.
When we found out that my so called 'repectable ' Gt Gt Grandfather was not as 'nice' as we thought ,it was a shock and my initial reaction was to excuse him as times were hard.After reading his Grandaughters account of him I had to accept that he was a rather awful man.It is a difficult one to get your head round.
I did enjoy this episode as I did David Suchets ,they both came across as thoroughly nice people .
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I enjoyed the early settlers part particularly - such brave people. Also I think I would have been so upset to read those derogatory remarks - she just seemed to tak it in her stride.
I watched the Irish version this week- both programmes to date- available online and they too were good from the research angle rather than personalities. Joe Duffy's ancestor was in the Connaught Rangers and it was stated that (just as here) the Army was a means of earning a wage- the regiments used to spend up to 10 years in India. I know rootschatters often are intrigued by how an 'Irish' ancestor could be in the 'British Army' and this answered those questions. The other subject- Charlie Bird also had history which would be of interest to many rootschatters. I recommend the programmes.
best wishes to all
heywood
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the irish ones are no longer available online if you live outside Ireland :'(
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I too thought it was great!!
Did i hear them say her Gt Gran was a Officer in the army? i missed that bit as my daughter phoned me ,
that would of been interesting!!
I found the end very moving going back to the original church was lovely, i too like many of you have experienced going back to a family church and its a wonderful feeling.
I thought Jodie was great, with her STIFF UPPER LIP very British!!
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Excellent! and didnt she seem a lovely lady.
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I had thought the programme would be a bit boring being mainly about Beaverbrook and Aitken etc., but no, I was getting excited as to how far back Jodie would get.
What a trip back in time she had. Canada, America then back to England. To find a street named after an ancestor, a house they had lived in and then back in Yorkshire to find the church they had worshipped in.
A thoroughly enjoyable programme.
Jean
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I too thought it one of the most interesting, mainly as she had such interesting ancestors. Also the first WDYTYA to feature ancestors with the same name as some of mine! When I heard them say Drury I jumped out of my seat, but I was soon relieved to learn they were not one of "mine"!
Btw it was the first WDYTYA that my husband stayed awake for (well mostly!). He says the voice-over man puts him to sleep.
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Best one so far, could have done with another half hour, I would have liked to see the Scots connection explored a little further, maybe they did and couldn't find anything :-\
There's a no-nonsense girl if you like...throughly grounded, been brought up around ponies and horses all her life....great levelers ;D
..and what about old Rowland! food hoarding, dare I say 'war profiteering' with his shipyard, cash for honours! and his family motto 'Glory, the reward of virtue', what a hoot :D
Loved the early settlers part, very interesting and great that it came full circle back to Yorkshire, I think I'd have been a bit disappointed if Jodie had had other than English British roots.
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Granny being an officer in the army may have been Salvation Army ?
Just a thought ...
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It was a lovely programme and very nice to see a tall girl who stands up straight and does not hunch trying to be a smaller girl. I was also pleased to see that I am about the average height for a genealogical researcher.
It would have been good to know why the Massachusetts ancestor moved to Canada. I did not write down the date or record the programme but am guessing that perhaps he took the British side in the War of Independence.
All the best
Gobbo
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Best episode by far in my opinion. I loved her attitude, interested but not over the top when the food hoarding was revealed, imagine if that had been Esther Rantzen. My husband thought she went a bit red when she was reading the remarks from Winston Churchill.
I would like to have seen more lines explored but they obviously followed the most interesting one and it was fascinating.
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Btw it was the first WDYTYA that my husband stayed awake for (well mostly!). He says the voice-over man puts him to sleep.
.......thinking about it I think mine was still awake at the end as well !
Nothing to do with tall blonds then ;D
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the irish ones are no longer available online if you live outside Ireland :'(
Well I am disappointed - I watched the two programmes yesterday and have just recommended them to my son! They had such relevance with their research.
I am going to email RTE!
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I know, I watched the first one and downloaded the second.. but it doesn't want to play so they must have done something to the file :( I was so looking forward to watching all of them.
I thoughly enjoyed the Charlied Bird episode... Macroom is quite close to where my husbands ancestors came from and I believe some distant rellies went to live there.
I still enjoyed our own episode regarding Jodie though. My mums family come from up north, if I ever get that far, it will be looking for 2up-2down terrace houses that I know are no longer there. Goodness knows what my great grannie must have said about Rowland the shipbuilder hoarding food. :o
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It seems to be to do with copyright. I have emailed anyway. I am so disappointed!
This series has generally been very good - I enjoyed Jodie too.
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I only saw the first half of Jodie Kidd last night, but I thought never mind I'll see the repeat tonight, but it looks as though someone at the beeb has made a mistake as they are showing David Suchet again. :(
anyone know if and when they are repeating Jodie.
Bee
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It appears that you can watch, for a limited period, if you are in England (don't know about the whole of the UK) online http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t575/comingup
Wendi :)
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anyone know if and when they are repeating Jodie.
Bee
If you have Sky telly, you can tune into BBC Scotland who are showing it at 9pm...there was footy on here last night instead of WDYTYA.
Elaine :)
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Jodie's programme should be repeated next week. Timings got awry due to the paralympics I think and there is now a delay of a week.
Nanny Jan
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I did enjoy this episode. I liked how she seemed interested enough to take notes about the family. She seemed very honest about what she knew, unlike some celebrities' episodes where I think they know a lot more than they reveal to the cameras.
I would have liked to have seen the Scottish Aitken side explored. The only time I recall (and please forgive me if I'm incorrect) the ScotlandsPeople website being used on the show is during David Tennant's episode in series 3.
hume24 :)
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Well what a programme! Absolutely gripping. It was like watching a movie or reading a gripping yarn. And beautifully shot too. Fascinating to see the full circle from Yorkshire to America, Canada and then back to England again.
And I thought Jodie really added to the stories by they way she read out the letter from the King and the news report about the brothers....
Milly
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I only saw the first half of Jodie Kidd last night, but I thought never mind I'll see the repeat tonight, but it looks as though someone at the beeb has made a mistake as they are showing David Suchet again. :(
This one should be repeated next week. Everything is a bit skewed, as Ainsley episode wasn't repeated the same week due to the paralympics...last night's was the first repeat of David Suchet's episode, which frustrated me since I needed/wanted to record it for my research.
I did find Jodie to be a likeable person, although I must confess to being a little bored by this episode. This was largely because it just lacked the air of discovery for me, as a lot of the facts surrounding her ancestors I already knew...the "big secret" about her grandfather's food hoarding, for example, was already mentioned on something as basic as his Wikipedia article, so it wasn't really that much of a surprise. This is just a problem in researching ancestors with titles more than anything though, in that they would mostly already have biographies written about them and thus interesting little facts such as these would have already been explored. By the time the episode had got onto something I didn't already know, my mind had moved on to doing work on my own tree again. :P :(
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There are all sorts of articles in newspapers and magazines in the weeks and days before particular episodes of WDYTYA are screened. I deliberately avoid them - why spoil the programme?
It's a bit like all those mags which insist on giving away the soaps' storylines. Why?
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Jill
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There are all sorts of articles in newspapers and magazines in the weeks and days before particular episodes of WDYTYA are screened. I deliberately avoid them - why spoil the programme?
It's a bit like all those mags which insist on giving away the soaps' storylines. Why?
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They do irritate me (well, soaps in general irritate me anyway...but that's another story). I generally tend to ignore articles and so forth regarding episodes before they've aired, although this one was a tad unavoidable since I do tend to read a lot of history...and the life and times of titled families are not all that secret.
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I missed the first 15 minutes because I didn't know it was on. >:(
Appart from that, it was good. I did however find it rather annoying at how quick she was to dismiss her Scottish roots to hunt out her State side origins. But then I'm bias.
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I missed the first 15 minutes because I didn't know it was on. >:(
Appart from that, it was good. I did however find it rather annoying at how quick she was to dismiss her Scottish roots to hunt out her State side origins. But then I'm bias.
yes she did sort of skim over some bits but i think that was the way it was edited ratehr then Jodie herself, if you want to watch the first 15 mins its on BBC 2 weds at 6pm and don't forget Laurence is on tonight at 9 not Weds soemthing to do with football :)
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I enjoyed the show - and for those who missed a bit don't forget bbc iplayer.
It certainly did well with the cash for honours issue - didn't know Lloyd George had got involved in anything like that
Bob
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Jodie's show is due to be repeated on Wednesday 22 October, BBC 2 at 7.00pm.
Nanny Jan
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No paternal side researched :(
But the question is:- Do you say Rowley as in no or now in Yorkshire ???
Rewcastle.
We'd say it how the owner of the name wanted it !!
Woody.
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Jodie's show is due to be repeated on Wednesday 22 October, BBC 2 at 7.00pm.
Nanny Jan
there is a new series of trcing your rotos on radio 4 beginning then too - though not at 7pm
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Damn! Missed that (tracing yr roots) when setting the PVR for the week.
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I looked for Tracing Your Roots in the Radio Times for today but couldn't see it. ???
I thought a series had only just finished?
Jill
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/tracingyourroots.shtml
You can listen to at least the newest online