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BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode #5: Gary Lineker
« on: Monday 19 August 13 12:13 BST (UK) »
Busy being promoted on the chat shows before Wednesday. Gary was saying, unusually, his ancestry is all English, no Irish, Scots or Welsh

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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 21 August 13 22:01 BST (UK) »
Wow - Gary Linekar is a star!  :)
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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 21 August 13 22:07 BST (UK) »
Have to say I enjoyed it, he was laughing at his ancestor one minute and then BANG! infant mortality....... welcome to family research Gary.
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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 21 August 13 22:15 BST (UK) »
I enjoyed it, his reactions seemed genuine. Interesting to see the old prison cells. I was cringing when he was looking at  the documents near the beginning though! Crunching one a bit and licking his finger!
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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 August 13 23:18 BST (UK) »
Another winner.  I am certainly enjoying the formats of these latest episodes.  Found Gary Lineker most likeable.  Yes I too cringed when he licked his finger.
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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 21 August 13 23:34 BST (UK) »
Another good programme, and thankfully this time rather less leaping to conclusions!  It was an interesting approach, with the tree researched 'off-camera' and Gary's choice of who to research further.  I wonder if he found all the other times James Pratt was charged with poaching etc - there are a lot of times he was tried at Petty Sessions and just fined! Also found an article from 1842 where the framework knitters sent a deputation to their employers about wages, and one of the deputation was James Pratt of Hinckley.

I also flinched with his treatment of the documents!!
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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 21 August 13 23:49 BST (UK) »
James Pratt is  in the Leicester workhouse in 1891,  a widower,

 I   did  wonder  for a second  or 2  when I  heard the  surname Pratt,  as  my    paternal Great grandmother   maiden  name  was Pratt,  but  all her  family  were  based  in Lancashire, so    I'm  pretty  sure there's no  sharing  of ancestors  with  Gary ! 

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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 22 August 13 00:07 BST (UK) »
Another vote for the finger lickin'.  I did like this episode.  As has been mentioned we did not have the leap of faith style researcher.  I found the information on the legal writing fascinating .  It does seem like in this new series each episode is being put together by a different team as they have been quite different.  I did not like the visit to Gary's day job.  It just seemed like a waste of air time.

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Re: BBC WDYTYA Gary Lineker Series 10 episode 5
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 22 August 13 00:43 BST (UK) »
Yes, It was a good programme. But agree there was a fair bit of waffle at MOTD Studio and playing football with school kids that felt like filling in air time.
Obviously the Lineker branch wasn't interesting enough for TV.
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