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

[heywood]

As has been said elsewhere, her connection to Michael Collins is already known, so it'll be interesting to see what else they dig up.  Hopefully they'll stay in Ireland and give those of us with Irish connections some tips!

Kirwan is an old Irish surname by all accounts, so they could potentially go back a long way.

I just looked her up and it said it came as a surprise that she was connected to Collins 

[Trees]

So a second mate is a Navvy??
He was so daft with his ideas of what was being revealed I got so annoyed with him I am not a Brucie fan but he  was a far better subject he actually took the search seriously but this twerp was inventing a work of fiction why didn't the researchers put him right?
Trees

[Phil Goater]

So.....what about Jacob?!!!

[JenB]

So a second mate is a Navvy??

Hi Trees 

In post #87 I pointed out that there are actually several threads on rootschat where people have thought that navvies were seamen.

Jennifer

[purplekat]

This was a disappointing episode, (I thoroughly enjoyed Brucie's episode)  I agree with what Nick said earlier that it could have been done in 20 mins.  I'm sure it's not my imagination that they used to pack in so much more in an hour when researching both parents lines.    

[Siamese Girl]

I guess if I was making the programme I wouldn't have said "Oh, by the way Rupert navvies have nothing to do with the sea - would you like to re-film that?" They could have also cut the bit where he miss-heard the researchers name as Consuelo and worried the chap he met on street with the opening remark "you owe us £1,000"

I think sometimes we forget that the programme is supposed to be entertainment not simply instruction on how to trace your ancestors.

Carole

[kathb]

Just to add my thoughts.  I thoroughly enjoyed the Bruce Forsyth episode and was surprised (after the show with him and his wife) that he was quiet, thoughtful and obviously interested, impressed and thankful with the findings of the researchers.
Rupert Everett did not display any of the above. He was too intent on creating a script of his own to listen to the findings.
Regards
Kathb

[JenB]

He was too intent on creating a script of his own to listen to the findings.

I don't think he was the first person in this long-running series to do that 

[RJ_Paton]

To be fair to Rupert Everett the unseen footage, part of which is now available on their magazine website, does show a more thoughtful side as he ponders the impications for a female ancestor divorced in the 18th century.