BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode #1: Samantha Womack

[nanny jan]

Hi,

Some unseen footage about Jessie Ryder:


http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/footage/13742



Nanny Jan

[Nicola_E]

In the 1911 census Alexander Cunningham Ryan's wife Beatrice (born Pickford) is living with her widowed mother in Plymouth, I wonder what happened to her?

Reference: RG14PN13001 RG78PN749 RD276 SD3 ED25 SN190

[Michelle79]

I was really looking forward to the new series and gave my hubby strict instructions not to call me between 9-10 so I wouldn't miss anything 

I have to say that Sam's reaactions could have been OTT but then I remembered my reaction last Month when I found my 3rd cousins had moved to the US and married each other..... it was pretty much the same sort of shock and Blimey reaction lol.

The first episode was really great and mirrored a part of my own family history that I've only recently found out about, like I said my 3rd cousins moved to the US via NYC in around 1900 and settled in Union City, New Jersey so it was really interesting to see the research they did on that side of things although it would have been nice to see more.

I'm now really looking forward to the next episodes

Michelle

[IgorStrav]

I think it's horses for courses - if you find this sort of thing irritating, then don't watch. 

However, I think dealing with history, taking us back to different times and showing how people (whether famous or not) are affected by finding out how their ancestors lived (which is something which has happened to all of us, here, am I right?) is very interesting.

It's not a programme about how to do genealogical research, in my view, it's a programme about discovering things and then seeing the effects of family history on a particular person.

And having been first of all intrigued, then hooked, then fascinated and then, honestly, totally affected in my day to day life by my own genealogical researches, I find it very interesting to watch.

Thanks to Archivos for explaining how it's set up.  If you've been involved in previous Who Do You Think You Are programmes, Archivos, (it sounds as if you may have been) then thank you.  They're always on my "must watch" list.

[Parmesan]

It's always on my 'must watch' list as well.   

That said, I still have an opinion on the subject, that's human nature, yes?  Some have been genuinely interested, some have looked bored, some are irritating.  The subject is part of the programme too so therefore liable to comment. 

From me at least 

[mc8]

It's always on my 'must watch' list as well.   

That said, I still have an opinion on the subject, that's human nature, yes?  Some have been genuinely interested, some have looked bored, some are irritating.  The subject is part of the programme too so therefore liable to comment. 

From me at least 

exactly so Parmesan-not only entiled to an opinion, but able to express it in this forum

[IgorStrav]

Sorry, Parmesan and Mc8, not quite sure what in my message said you weren't entitled to an opinion?

[Parmesan]

You said 'if you find this sort of thing irritating, then don't watch'.

I don't find the programme irritating, I found Samantha Womack irritating and I didn't know she was going to be irritating until I watched the programme. 

I then posted my opinion about SW saying I was irritated by her and you said, well, you know what you said.

Full circle 

[Finley 1]

Considering she is an ACTRESS -- I didnt expect her not to over re-ACT 

I also wonder if the way she is pointing to each word, when reading ---- could be that she is Dyslexic, and this is how she reads.  I have seen this way of reading, with people whose brain is ahead of what their eyes are seeing, it helps to slow down the process.  So that the sentences come out in order rather than jumbled.

I enjoyed the show, although I do get frustrated when it shows that it is seemingly SO EASY to find a rellie, when we all know how darned difficult and expensive it can be.



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