BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 6 Alex Kingston

[danuslave]

Me too!

[danuslave]

If not already posted - more footage at

http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/footage/13826

[bevbee]

I loved this episode - seeing it dawn on her what her ancestor actually did in this lodging house was really funny - she was so innocent in her thoughts at first then her face changed and you could see the penny drop! 

A much better episode!

[nestagj]

Oh, I thought she meant he was a bit of a man about town, maybe even bringing "ladies" to his mother's lodging house.

I hope he paid for the room   

I loved this episode - seeing it dawn on her what her ancestor actually did in this lodging house was really funny - she was so innocent in her thoughts at first then her face changed and you could see the penny drop!

As her face changed on screen I was saying to my husband "OH no it can't be" .....and it was 

Brilliant episode like a previous poster - I wondered how the daughter managed to marry into a respectable jewish family ...........might do a bit more looking later.
N

[mulvenna]

Possibly the most enjoyable episode of the series so far. What a wonderful variety of sources presented. The little-known science of sound-ranging during WWI made that bit very interesting.

WH Keevil was called a photographer in the war diary bit - did you not wonder if he took any of the photographs that they were looking at?

Did I hear right that they went from the 1891 census straight to 1911. What was William Keevil's occupation/circumstances on the 1901 census?

The language in all those newspapers and court hearings about the bawdy goings-on was fabulous, not to mention "had connection".

What a star Alex is and so candid about her vulnerability.

Gerry

[mulvenna]

I looked up the 1901 census, where William H Keevil's occupation is a Camera Finisher. I wonder why they skipped that then?

Gerry

[stonechat]

One of more irritating aspects of the format is that they never do the sensible think and having found someone look at them in all censuses.

Their priroty is to tell a narrative story

Watching the programme - we often see things for not quite long enough to read - like thewill last week

[danuslave]

I looked up the 1901 census, where William H Keevil's occupation is a Camera Finisher. I wonder why they skipped that then?

Gerry

Probably because it didn't add anything to the story!  Time constraints mean that they don't show lots of things, although I'm sure they look them all up!

Watching the programme - we often see things for not quite long enough to read - like thewill last week

Record the programs or watch on iPlayer.  Then you can pause whenever you like   

Linda

[Jean McGurn]

I'm afraid I found this episode a bit long-drawn-out, with Alex reading everything out v-e-r-y slowly when she quite obviously was reading from the typed transcript which could be seen next to the original.

After reading this thread I watched my recording of the show and I believe that Alex was reading slowly because she was actually reading the written words and not the typed transcript.

I did notice she used a book in which she wrote down notes and dates presumably so she could show her daughter when she got back to the US.