Reminder! You Don't Know You're Born

[downside]

Do we know who they are?

Ken Stott and Alan Davies.

[Hackstaple]

After I had been watching for 22 minutes I think I had watched 10 minutes of advertising and seen no form of research at all as everything came by magic out of a satchel. I try to avoid watching commercial TV as the advertising breaks become longer and longer. I will not bother with another but don't be guided by me, everyone to their own taste.... 

[jakky]

My concern was the way she kept flipping  the pages of the Atlas with her gt Grandfathers drawings in it, I kept thinking she was going to hold onto a page and the rest of the book was going to land on the ground,


Jakky

[patrish]

I know Alan Davies from Jonathan Creek, but who is Kent Stott.

[downside]

who is Kent Stott

He is a Scottish actor who usually plays edgy detectives.

http://www.kenstott.info/

After I had been watching for 22 minutes I think I had watched 10 minutes of advertising

I think they are regulated to show 12 minutes advertising per hour.  Probably sponsership is extra.

downside

[Lainys]

1911 census of Ireland is available I believe

Casalguidi

Yes it is 

[CatOne]

I thought it was quite good, I don't think it wasn't meant to be a programme teaching people how to conduct research into family history, it was meant to show how our ancestors lived and worked, which it did........ As addicted as I am to FH, I dont think it would have been very interesting just sitting watching them trawl through mountains of paperwork and archives to find documents. The results are what makes it all worthwhile in the end, which is obviously what they show on TV. ( I also recorded it and watched it today so I could skip the annoying adverts!)

I have a lot of "ag labs" and thought it gave a real insight into their lives at that time. Looking forward to next episodes.

Catherine 

[kerryb]

I don't know how many times I have read and been told that a ploughman would walk 12 miles a day or whatever it was but seeing Anne plough that furrow yesterday brought that fact home to me.  YOu really would have had to be fit!

Kerry

[jillruss]

I enjoyed the programme too.

I agree about the opening credits - a bit more originality needed there, I think!

However, the content was really involving. I have lots of ag labs in my tree (don't we all?) and I'm sure I'd be like Ann - knackered after a few metres! Makes you realise just how easy most of us have it these days! (hence the title!!)

I didn't miss the research that we usually get in WDYTYA as I agree with Catherine - it was more of a social history programme.

One thing, though - I DO wish Ann Kirkbride would lay off the ciggies. Her voice is getting more and more gravelly. She'll soon sound like that elderly lady who used to be in Corrie - was her name Phillis? She was in a wheelchair and used to torment Percy Sugden!! (Going back a few years)

I'm really looking forward to the other 2 programmes.

Jill