BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #7: Jodie KIDD

[suey]

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

..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  

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.

[Lydart]

Granny being an officer in the army may have been Salvation Army ?

Just a thought ...

[O1dgobbo]

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

[mazwad]

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.  

[Wendi]

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 

[heywood]

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!

[jc26red]

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. 

[heywood]

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.

[Bee]

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