WDYTYA - new series 2014 - AUSTRALIA - SBS

[gazania]

SBS Australia has announced the new 2014 series showing on 7.30pm Tuesdays.  Details:

http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/whodoyouthinkyouare/episodes/page/i/1/h/Episodes/

[BevL]

I watched Andrew Denton last night on WDYTYA and was most impressed with him.   He took in everything that was told to him and you could see he was very moved regarding it all, but he didn't go over the top and was very respectful to each of the people he met when learning about the dreadful things done to his family and others during the war.  A most touchable episode.
Bev

[Ruskie]

Bev, I agree completely with everything you said! He came across very well.

Anyone in Australia who missed the programme can watch it:
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
(scroll down the page a bit and click on the WDYTYA box)

Highly recommended. 

[Blue70]

Bev, I agree completely with everything you said! He came across very well.

Anyone in Australia who missed the programme can watch it:
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
(scroll down the page a bit and click on the WDYTYA box)

Highly recommended. 

Not available outside Australia unfortunately.

Blue

[Ruskie]

Bev, I agree completely with everything you said! He came across very well.

Anyone in Australia who missed the programme can watch it:
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
(scroll down the page a bit and click on the WDYTYA box)

Highly recommended. 

Not available outside Australia unfortunately.

Blue

Yes, that's a shame. It works the other way too - we can't watch your TV programmes on 'catch up'. 

We use bit torrents to download UK TV programmes, but I'm not sure what is available to you from our part of the world. I'm not sure how popular WDYTYA Australia even is. Not many comments on this thread so unsure if that is a reflection. It is shown on SBS which I think is a less popular TV station.

[BevL]

Hi again,
I was thrilled to see it starting again and was amazed that there wasn't much comment on this as well.   It would be a pity if it was lost to us because of lack of committment on Australian audiences.
Perhaps they may enjoy Rebecca Gibney's WDYTYA next Tuesday.
Bev

[Malcolm33]

   I watched it and recorded it, as I have done for just about all previous Who Do U Tk U R programmes whether Australian, British or American.

   It was very moving when Andrew met up with the sole survivor from Treblinka even though I have seen so many such stories about the other camps.

    My only comment was that it is very doubtful that he could be a descendant of King David for in that case he would have to belong to the Ydna Haplogroup R1b1a2.     King David was King Dayhwt III of the 18th Dynasty in Egypt.  This is beyond any doubt and we can prove that his grandson who was the renowned King Solomon was Salim Amen III  aka Ymn Htp III of Egypt.    According to IGenea of Switzerland King David V of Egypt (commonly referred to as 'Tut') was R1b1a2 and he was the great grandson of the legendary King David for whom we also have much evidence identifying who he was.

      I maintain that it is doubtful that Andrew could be a descendant since his father was Jewish and their dna though very much varied belongs mostly to other groups.    On the other hand most people in Britain do have a common ancestor with King David.

     The evidence has been published in several books and if anyone is interested I can direct them to internet pages which list it all.

[Ruskie]

Agree with you Bev.

There were some lively discussions about previous Australian series, but this seemed to tail off a bit with the last series, possibly due to rootschat member Stoodly (Diana) leaving Artemis Films.

I think she welcomed our feedback and I'm sure if another member of the team who produces Australian WDYTYA were to join in our discussions there would be renewed interest on this forum.

I suppose it must be popular enough for them to produce this new series but we know how fickle people are and how previously popular TV programmes can just lose audience for some unknown reason.

I've been watching A Place Called Home on Channel 7. I found the series quite compelling, the first series did well, but this second series has flopped and although a third series has been written, the show has been cancelled due to falling audiences. Such a shame. It was a really good yarn and something a little different for Australian audiences.

I blame the broadcasting times - I would think a similar audience for that and Masterchef and to have the two programmes clashing especially when Masterchef had been running for so long and people were committed to watching it, to have them opposing was stupidity. Similar with WDYTYA, which also starts at 7.30, the same time as Masterchef. I actually watched WDYTYA on catchup ...

[BevL]

Hi Malcolm and Ruskie
They gave him the bad news that there was no evidence of him being a descendent of King David's and he made a joke about it in good fun.
Ruskie, I was naive enough to think that we would have some good programs once 2,3,7,9 and 10 got their extra stations, but all they do now is just show the rubbish they have accumulated over the years on them and any new shows are just run for 2 series then cancelled.  I would presume it is cheaper to show the rubbish than produce good programs for the audiences and all they are after is profits.   Which really shouldn't surprise me.
The same goes for the newspapers and magazines.  They are only interested in letting viewers know what is happening before the particular episode and some of the things they say are very nasty.   I used to read a lot of them, but when you see the headlines you can work out what they are going to put in the magazine on any particular week.
Bev