BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson

[Aulus]

I'm in the 'loved it' camp. He was MP in the neighbouring constituency to us and everyone I know who has turned to him for help has been very impressed.

He may look and act the buffoon - but I think he is far from ot

As from where he got his looks - take a look at the picture of Granny Johnson - I thought there was a resemblence....

On one of the "unseen footage" clips on the BBCWDYTYA website, he's with his sister, who tells him that if he grew his hair and fashioned it into ringlets, he'd look like the photograph of Caroline v. Rothenburg.   

[Hackstaple]

The child of Caroline was not illegitimate as it was born in wedlock. It was Caroline herself who was the illegitimate child of Prince Paul.

Boris, assuming his descent could be proven and he was the only surviving descendant, would be a claimant to the now extinct Barony.

Now it probably means as much as the Manor of Wimbledon which another Boris bought - Becker.

[meles]

Now it probably means as much as the Manor of Wimbledon which another Boris bought - Becker.

What?    Who am I meant to be doffing my cap to?! 

meles of Wimbledon

[meles]

I am watching a fascinating, but very sad, programme on C4 - "Watch me Disappear". It's about people who die alone and unnoticed. Some had been dead for a year before they were found.

The programme producer has researched their lives to remember them. Little is known of them. It's a very moving version of WDYTYA, but not about ancestors, but of people of this generation. It's touched me far more. 

meles

[tempsford]

According to the latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine, the essential statistics for the Boris programme were
10 days spent filming
4 months spent on preliminary research
40 hours of footage recorded
350 hours spent editing
3 genealogists used
23 historians consulted
4 countries visited
5 sub-plots left out of final cut
cups of tea consumed 1,000s!

Great episode

Tempsford.

[toni*]

Dear old Boris, he didn't let us down did he?  British twittery is alive and well 

i liked this programme and have to agree with Suey

[meles]

That's interesting, Tempsford. So they do tell us how much work it all takes.

meles

[Siamese Girl]

I'm in the 'loved it' camp. He was MP in the neighbouring constituency to us and everyone I know who has turned to him for help has been very impressed.

He may look and act the buffoon - but I think he is far from ot

As from where he got his looks - take a look at the picture of Granny Johnson - I thought there was a resemblence....

On one of the "unseen footage" clips on the BBCWDYTYA website, he's with his sister, who tells him that if he grew his hair and fashioned it into ringlets, he'd look like the photograph of Caroline v. Rothenburg.   

I said he looked just like Caroline somewhere earlier on this thread - I really think there is a quite a resemblance that seems to have skipped a few generations.

Carole

[Musicman]

One unanswered question, though: who bought the family silver? 

hume24

Think we'll just have to keep watching "Antiques Roadshow" - you never know! 

John