BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 7 William Roache

[KGarrad]

So, you've seen ALL the documentation that the researchers found?
And not just what they had time to show?

These shows are like icebergs - you only get to see a fraction of what was found out!

[cati]

Be fair!
The programme has to be slow enough so that people not into genealogy can follow (people like William?!).
OTOH there was obviously enough going on to fill 2 or 3 hours of programming.

What information they have found MUST be condensed and edited into a 1 hour programme.

Not an easy choice in choosing what to leave in, and what to leave out.

It was still a huge improvement on the WW1 episodes!

I went to a talk by Nick Barrett last week: he told us  that WDYTYA ususally ends up with ten hours of film out of the 100 hours shot for each show, which has then to be further edited down to one hour.

[Spidermonkey]

I do realise that there is more footage and research that we don't see, but I felt that Bill Roache had a preconceived idea in his head about Albert and nothing was going to change that.  Therefore all the info was interpreted with that slant in mind.

Have checked lancs bmd, and Zillah's maiden name is given on Lavinia's birth cert.  So unless Albert' s  dad had an affair with ZIllah and Lavinia is their child, I guess that 'dau' on the census is either a mistake or they informally adopted Lavinia.

[Spidermonkey]

I went to a talk by Nick Barrett last week: he told us  that WDYTYA ususally ends up with ten hours of film out of the 100 hours shot for each show, which has then to be further edited down to one hour.

I wonder if there is any scope then of the producers changing the format slightly and rather than 10 episodes of 10 celebs, we have 10 episodes following say 3 celebs and going into a wee bit more detail.  Plenty of scope for cliff hangers I would have thought, and by following 3 stories at the same time then it breaks it up slightly (although we would have to have the annoying recap dialogue everytime we changed celebs because producers seem to be convinced that the public have the memory of a goldfish)

[KGarrad]

[quote author=Spidermonkey link=topic=617042.msg4659041#msg4659041
I wonder if there is any scope then of the producers changing the format slightly and rather than 10 episodes of 10 celebs, we have 10 episodes following say 3 celebs and going into a wee bit more detail.  Plenty of scope for cliff hangers I would have thought, and by following 3 stories at the same time then it breaks it up slightly (although we would have to have the annoying recap dialogue everytime we changed celebs because producers seem to be convinced that the public have the memory of a goldfish)

Very interesting for those of us with an interest in genealogy.
Zero interest for Joe Public! There wouldn't be another series!!

And, yes, the general public seem to have a very small attention span!
Ask anyone in marketing!

[Mike in Cumbria]

Niggles and moans aside, we're lucky to have a TV series that deals with our hobby.

[Spidermonkey]

True    

oh well, maybe one day they'll do a WDYTYA marathon night, with unseen footage from some of the most interesting stories

[jc26red]

[quote author=Spidermonkey link=topic=617042.msg4659041#msg4659041
I wonder if there is any scope then of the producers changing the format slightly and rather than 10 episodes of 10 celebs, we have 10 episodes following say 3 celebs and going into a wee bit more detail.  Plenty of scope for cliff hangers I would have thought, and by following 3 stories at the same time then it breaks it up slightly (although we would have to have the annoying recap dialogue everytime we changed celebs because producers seem to be convinced that the public have the memory of a goldfish)

Very interesting for those of us with an interest in genealogy.
Zero interest for Joe Public! There wouldn't be another series!!

And, yes, the general public seem to have a very small attention span!
Ask anyone in marketing!

The this last series has been created to "sell on" rather than our enjoyment.   See how the sections are broken up to make adding adverts easier and the next section an overview of the last and repeatative all the way through.  The dumbing down production is awful.

William Roache's story had all the makings of being great viewing, he is a likeable and watchable actor which I though would add to the enjoyment of episode but there were errors and lots of padding where they could have added some good facts.  Slightly better than the last few but so far I have fallen asleep through 3 episodes of the this series which I've never done before 

And to think they thought Parkinson too boring, I can almost hear him and June Whitfield grumbling from here 

[larkspur]

Alberts employment on the 1901 , looks like cycle dealer then O.D. 10/10 ??Any idea's?