Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA

[Ruskie]

I'm here!

I'm afraid I only caught a couple of bits of this programme so cannot offer any opinions yet. I do like Shaun Micallef and was surprised to learn the origins of his surname. Later this evening I will be watching this on my PC and will return to contribute more constructively to this discussion.

I agree Dee, there appears to be virtually no interest in the new series - I thought there would be threads discussing the participants long before the start of the new series.  Maybe it has gone unnoticed? I don't watch much TV these days, and just by chance heard on the radio that the new series was about to start, otherwise I could easily have missed it too.

I'm afraid that last night I watched the final episode of My Kitchen Rules ....  Mabye I wasn't the only rootschatter who did. 

PS. I think this needs to be on the Australian boards where it should get more attention. 

 

[deeiluka]

Hi Ruskie!   

Cooking shows!         

I guess it's the same reason....if one of us had started an earlier thread on here, it would have been missed by most of the Aussie RC-ers.
I must admit, I haven't done my usual pre-research.......again because of family committments. But I'm gradually getting more time for FH again.

I'll look forward to your comments once you've watched all of it.


Dee   

[Deb D]

Watched, and found it very interesting.  How lucky was he, to find the house his father had grown up in, still standing despite the bombing, ... and with neighbours who remembered the family!

Also found it interesting that someone had posted, here on RC, regarding his Irish gt-grandfather ... I'll be keeping an eye on the thread to see if the original poster returns!

[Ruskie]

Hi Ruskie!   

Cooking shows!         

Dee   

Yeah, I know Dee - sorry about that. Just a bit of lighthearted nonsense. Please forgive me. 


I have just finished watching the Shaun Micallef episode and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I really can't think of a major criticism, and that's unusual for me. 

Just a few comments:

I noticed a couple of other Micallefs on the memorial at Plymouth - I wonder if they are related?

I would have liked to have seen his parent's reactions to his findings, especially as he commented that he was going to give the plaque to his father .... but they seem to have cut that bit out of all WDYTYAs including the UK ones.

I thought it unusual that Shaun's father still had an accent despite coming to Australia when he was 15 (if I remember correctly) - wouldn't he have lost it?

As usual I just wish the programme was longer and covered more generations.

Am really looking forward to Kerry O'Brien next week.

I really think this thread should be moved to the Australia board - I will request that it be moved. I wonder if Diana will be joining us again? She would probably not notice this hidden away on The Lighter Side.

Excellent episode.

[deeiluka]

I sent Diana the link, Ruskie.   

I'd like to have known if there was a family link to the Micallefs that lived in the same street and were killed in the bombings.

There's always questions, aren't there?


Deb, I noticed that thread about Patrick Sullivan the other day too.
Curious coincidence!   

[BevL]

Hi,
I enjoyed it, though at times I thought he was trying too hard to be funny.  The people in Malta particularly didn't understand his sense of humour.
The only other thing is that as you say, they don't show people going back to their family and sharing what they have learned about their ancestors.
This is the reason why my husband stopped looking at these programs.
Bev

[deeiluka]

I have a feeling they may have had to work hard to get Shaun's father to be in the story at all. He didn't appear to be really comfortable in the snippet that you saw.


Dee   

[Wiggy]

I really enjoyed the Shaun Micallef episode -

we had Micallefs at the school I worked at and they pronounced it the Maltese  - with the emphasis on the first sylable.

 Looking forward to Kerry O'Brien!

Wiggy 

Only just found this thread!

[majm]

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,587074.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,508508.0.html

And yes, I too would hope that this thread or a pointer to it would be on the Aussie Board 

And, I agree ....  by concentrating on one main person on each side of Shaun's parents forebears, we all benefited from learning how he (and the research team) put the "meat on the bones" for his tree....

Also, I loved the opening and closing scenes,  firstly his dog was leading him along the waterfront (the loop for his wrist was in the dog's mouth, with the collar end in Shaun's hand) and then in the closing scenes, his dog was off running freely ahead of him....   

So I too am looking forward to Episode 2 of Series 4 of the Aussie Series. 

Cheers,  JM