BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 8 Episode #2: Rupert Everett

[CatOne]

Thats that one out then  where on earth is she?? she can't have just vanished! has anyone checked immigration records? 

[Tsu]

I reckon the BBC gave up.

T'would be good if we could find her.

[CatOne]

I cant find any John Teagues, Gardeners, and certainly none with daughter Esther  Can anyone else??  (theres an Esther in Cornwall, born 1847, but Johns an Ag lab)

[CatOne]

But in 1861, her mum is a widow and a "market gardener", wonder if thats where the gardening connection comes from then, barking up the wrong tree probably with this Esther 

[christopherneil]

Personal opinion only

From an avid viewer of the series I thought he was a complete and utter idiot with his repeated references to the lower classes, navvies, I'm sure he doesn't even know what a Navvie is!!).

Some of the remarks he made about people  were awful and he came across as totally lacking in empathy and dispalyed no social skills whatsoever.

Needless to say it was not my favourite episode

b einterested to hear others thoughts  

[Windsor87]

The only snobbery which this episode has highlighted is contained within this forum. The chip-on-their-shoulder "Ag Lab elitists" of this forum should perhaps spend next week digging in a field and tending to sheep so as not to be offended by the wealth of other people's ancestors.

Just a personal opinion mind...

[katherinem]

I cant find any John Teagues, Gardeners, and certainly none with daughter Esther   Can anyone else??   (theres an Esther in Cornwall, born 1847, but Johns an Ag lab)

Are you looking for father of Georgina Esther?  As her mother Esther maiden name was Walker!

If it is Georgina, her father was George W Teague.  Have found them in 1861 but am unable to view the record.  They had a son George Thomas Teague (b 1860 - d 1863).

Thank you avm228, for find Leversich, should have checked on Freebmd myself

[Lynntony]

Personal opinion only

From an avid viewer of the series I thought he was a complete and utter idiot with his repeated references to the lower classes, navvies, I'm sure he doesn't even know what a Navvie is!!).
Some of the remarks he made about people  were awful and he came across as totally lacking in empathy and dispalyed no social skills whatsoever.
Needless to say it was not my favourite episode
b einterested to hear others thoughts  

Totally agree! The way he dismissed his stockbroker forebear as "ripping people off" was ridiculous - the case against him had been dismissed, as he well knew! Everett came across as a fantasist. Obvious that he didn't have a scriptwriter in tow to write his lines for him!!  

Tony

[ankerdine]

I had an idea about the school/home for little boys.

It didn't seem to me to be the typical poor-house type of home. The children appeared well dressed, well fed and, obviously, well-educated. Did someone pay for Cyril to be present in this home? What do you all think?

Did his father send money for his care. More likely, his wealthy grandparents may have had a hand in it, after all he was a legitimate male descendant.

There must be a clue somewhere in the records of the school or do you think I am just being fanciful?

Judy