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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #81 on: Sunday 04 September 11 01:30 BST (UK) »
Didn't think of YouTube - great idea stonechat. youngtug  :)
(Watch them in chronological order  ;))
The clip of Series 1 Episode 3, where the family is discussing where Gavin and Stacey's wedding will take place and 'Fairground' is mentioned is very close to home for Larry, even though he wouldn't have known it at the time.  ;D Fabuolous characters!  ;D

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #82 on: Sunday 04 September 11 11:15 BST (UK) »
The weekend TV previews for next week (Emilia Fox) in the Times rate that as one of the best ever - perhaps they're building up as the series goes on. The "talk to older relatives" bit comes into play.......

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #83 on: Sunday 04 September 11 11:39 BST (UK) »
Didn't think of YouTube - great idea stonechat.  :)
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #84 on: Sunday 04 September 11 11:56 BST (UK) »
There's an old Daily Telegraph article by Nick Barrett giving some details of Emilia Fox's background.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632703/Family-detective.html
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #85 on: Sunday 04 September 11 11:58 BST (UK) »
Didn't think of YouTube - great idea stonechat.  :)
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ooops, sorry about that Youngtug.  :-[ I wasn't concentrating ...  :-[

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #86 on: Wednesday 07 September 11 20:54 BST (UK) »
Just watched this episode on iPlayer and agree with what has been said - a VERY good programme from all sorts of angles  :)

One thing that interested me particularly was that Catherine had married, in all cases, people outside the cultural 'norm'. To marry a fairground person who, from my own experience, has a strong and separate culture from the mainstream..... and then marry a Jewish person (ok 2 Jewish people) who again have a strong independent culture outside the 'norm' for the country.....

It really does make me wonder about Catherine's own background and why she is drawn to outsiders  ???
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #87 on: Friday 09 September 11 00:50 BST (UK) »
A thoroughly entertaining programme and definitely one of the best ever WDYTYAs. You couldn't help but warm to Larry Lamb as he made all these amazing discoveries.

On the side issue of Wallace the Man Eating Lion, he is preserved (stuffed!) in Sunderland Museum. When I lived in Sunderland as a lad I used to love to pop in and look at him. I seem to remember that he is also mentioned in "Sons and Lovers" by DH Lawrence. Quite a celebrity!
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #88 on: Friday 09 September 11 11:10 BST (UK) »
Just watched this episode on iPlayer and agree with what has been said - a VERY good programme from all sorts of angles  :)

It really does make me wonder about Catherine's own background and why she is drawn to outsiders  ???

Yes a very enjoyable episode. I had hoped it might investigate Catherine Rose's Scottish lineage, probably not enough time/interest. I wonder if Larry looked into it further himself.
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #4: LARRY LAMB (Actor)
« Reply #89 on: Friday 09 September 11 22:54 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I suspect Larry Lamb's sister may have already done quite a bit research as soon as her mother received the adoption papers. But it was a good programme - a far more genealogical programme than a lot of the others with the twists and turns which reflect the experience of genealogy. It looks as if Catherine could possibly have been half Jewish from what other posters have said.