Who Do You Think You Are? - Seventh Series

[mother25]

 i think maybe the BBC underestimate the true interest of family history,  the average person would not cost the same,  and i'll bet many on here have done a lot of the work for the programme, but would never be able to afford the places they get taken to, i'll bet there are many people who don't watch certain episodes maybe because they don't like the celebrity,
lol maybe in the economic times they should cut costs and feature the IMPORTANT people

i for one would find, for example a programme about how a lottery winners life had been changed more interesting, than a programme on how the beckhams live

Not sure I'd want a lottery winner to be featured, simply because they'd only want to show how much they bought with the money!! 
However, I'd volunteer my ancestors for the programme as none of them moved away from Liverpool, and even stayed within the same area all their lives, so that would be cheap and easy  However, I'd love to make them work really hard and sort out my John Smith and his family...now that would be a challenge 

[jillruss]

I've just been dipping into next week's Radio Times - and the new WDYTYA series starts next Wed 15 July at 9 pm with Davina MCCall.

It sound as though it might be very interesting:

"On the English side she tests the veracity of rumours that she is descended illegitimately from royal blood, a trail that leads to Windsor - but not in the way she expected. Across the Channel she finds a great grandfather who protected the English king and was at the centre of a political bombshell that rocked France."

Sounds like she'll probably find her ancestors "working in the King's kitchen" at Windsor Castle - as one of mine did in the early 1800s!!

I just hope she doesn't go too ott - as she's liable to do!!

I find it strange that the new series is starting in the middle of July. I thought these things were usually saved up for the start of the 'new season' in September. Perhaps it's got something to do with the BBC's plans to show the US series later this year?

Jill

[Lesanne]

 Thanks Jill, postit note attached....    Windsor as well........ 

[toni*]

typical new it would run weds nights clashes with my pole dancing classes

is it repeated on thurs at 7 on bbc2 like last time?


royal servants and the like records are held in the archive at windsor castle you must submit all queires in writing to them

heard chris moyles on radio 1 last week - or the week before - talking about filiming the opening titles he said he had to walk 4 steps and then look left
you think its simple but its not!

[nanny jan]

Thanks for the info Jill........off to write myself a reminder.


Nanny Jan

[jillruss]

typical new it would run weds nights clashes with my pole dancing classes

is it repeated on thurs at 7 on bbc2 like last time?


royal servants and the like records are held in the archive at windsor castle you must submit all queires in writing to them

heard chris moyles on radio 1 last week - or the week before - talking about filiming the opening titles he said he had to walk 4 steps and then look left
you think its simple but its not!

I had a quick look in the Radio Times, toni*, but couldn't find any repeat for Thurs or Fri. It's usually repeated, so perhaps Mon or Tues of the following week. 

I wrote to the archivist at Windsor Castle a while ago about my ancestor who worked in the King's kitchen there c. 1816. Unfortunatley, they couldn't find any record of him and suggested that he was probably a casual worker so wouldn't have been in the records. I was really impressed with the speed and friendliness of the reply - and that it didn't cost me any more than an sae.

Jill

[CU]

Sorry if someone has already said, but there is a new series of

Who do you think you are on Wednesday 15th July on BBC1 at 9.00pm

[acorngen]

Thanks for the heads up I hadn't noticed

[CU]

First on Davina McCall