BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 9 Episode #10 TRACEY EMIN

[stonechat]

 My preference in this series

1 Larry Lamb
2 Len Goodman
3 June Brown

[Mark Stevenson]

As for the irritation factor the only thing that got me was the way they pulled this mystery photo out right at the end with no explanation of where it came from (probably some relation somewhere - but would it have killed them to say where?)

The photo of Joseph Hodgkins towards the end of the programme came from me, as did a few a few of the photos at the beginning of the programme. 

Henry was my great-grandfather and his son Allan started the family history research in the 1980s.  Allan had his own gypsy connections.  He played guitar professionally with Django Reinhardt.  I don't think he ever realised the Hodgkins family were gypsies or that his father went to reform school. 

There is a little bit about Allan on the web too at http://www.paulvernonchester.com/AllanHodgkiss.htm. 

The real mystery on Tracey's side of the family is why her grandfather Percy changed the family surname from Davis to Dodge in 1927-1928!

Mark
www.stevensonfamily.co.uk

[jc26red]

The real mystery on Tracey's side of the family is why her grandfather Percy changed the family surname from Davis to Dodge in 1927-1928!
Mark
www.stevensonfamily.co.uk

Probably explains why the program researchers didn't go down that route!

Thanks for the links Mark, its always good to know where the research material came from.

[Guyana]

Only just found this one. To go back to Zowster on p1, T.E.s relatives were from Tanworth in Arden, Warks, not Tamworth, Staffs. I live 5m from Tamuth too!

[stonechat]

Been looking for my ancestors on the Tanworth PRS on Ancestry

Due to a mistake they are labelled Tamworth, but are actually Tanworth.
(There is one page of BTs which are on under the correct name

[LizzieW]

Pity they skimmed over her fathers roots right at the start of the programme ... with something like ... 'he cant be traced' ... the Turkish Cypriot/Sudanese slave angle would have been interesting. 

There has already been something about her father on TV, perhaps they did a programme about Tracey and her art, but I definitely already knew about the Turkish Cypriot/Sudanese slave angle and I wouldn't have read anything about her in the press.

Lizzie

[rebekahm28]

Sorry but I don't like this woman.  I am Romany gypsy and very proud of my heritage. It wasn't my imagination that Ms Emin wasn't at all pleased to be told she was Gypsy, she was laughing and screwing her face up saying 'What, real gypsies? Oh great'. Its obvious then that something was edited and she then appears to change her tune slightly. I think she was advised about her manner. It was also disrespectful to the gentleman (cant remember his name, grey beard) who was so knowledgable and trying to help her. This woman does not have a talent and Im unsure why shes famous.  Im related to the Hoskins distantly.