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BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« on: Tuesday 16 October 12 15:10 BST (UK) »
"John Barnes learns of the role his grandfather played in Jamaica's struggle for self-rule."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zlcst

Can this episode improve on the previous one's this series? Not sure, I'm holding out for next weeks "John Bishop"

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 21:47 BST (UK) »
first time I've failed to get engrossed in an episode of WDYTYA - Even my laptop froze/went to sleep several times while it was on.  :-X

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:00 BST (UK) »
BBC have just announced John Bishop episode will be shown later in the year. Found this one slow going at times.
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:03 BST (UK) »
Beginning to think this prog has played itself OUT   as far as I am concerned anyway !!!

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and forgive me.....   but who is John bishop?!!m  no idea...

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:07 BST (UK) »
Skipped through it, boring boring boring, dvd sales are going to be terrible this series, I wouldn't watch any of them again
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:07 BST (UK) »
John Bishop is a comedienne from Liverpool
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:10 BST (UK) »
I agree that this was boring.  In fact the whole series has been poor.  Too much social history and not much genealogy.  I'm sure most of the content could have been Googled.
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:13 BST (UK) »
Sadly I found this episode very boring - and the so-called background demented pianist really bugged me - Mark Strong the narrator has such a wonderful voice and at times his voice was almost drowned out.
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 9 John Barnes
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 22:15 BST (UK) »
I turned it off.  :-\
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