BBC 1 WDYTYA: Series 11, Episode 4, Brendan O'Carroll

[bibliotaphist]

I'd rather pluck out my eyeballs than watch Mrs Brown's Boys, but I thought this was gripping. However according to my wife I have an unhealthy interest in "miserable Irish history".

[jaywit]

Just one thing Wiki knew who killed him some time ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Lee_Hardy

[Finley 1]

Nope -- bored after 10 minutes - so havent watched it through.  I am getting more difficult to please these days.

Dont watch Mrs Browns boys either.... So didnt relate to Brendan O'Carroll. 

sorry, will try and watch it ... soon maybe



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[Petros]

That wasn't a family history programme. He knew what had happened to his grandfather, the whole programme focused on trying to ascertain why he was shot and by whom.

The single person focus was reminiscent of the Patrick Stewart programme in  the previous series.

[fizzix]

I'm the same, I think 'MRs Brown' is terrible and I must admit I thought 'Ireland, here we go again', but this was fascinating.
I particularly liked that he refused to jump to conclusions and questioned each piece of information as it was presented.

[bibliotaphist]

That wasn't a family history programme. He knew what had happened to his grandfather, the whole programme focused on trying to ascertain why he was shot and by whom.

The single person focus was reminiscent of the Patrick Stewart programme in  the previous series.

Why is that not family history? Just because it didn't have a genealogical focus? I find a detailed history of an individual can be more interesting than one damn ancestor after another ;-)

[StevieSteve]

I have to say that I wasn't exactly keen on rooting for Julie Walters and her brand of Irish rebels and I certainly wasn't going to for the IRA

For a horrible moment at the end, I thought he was actually at Hardy's grave and going to spit on it or something!

[Treetotal]

I very quickly became bored with this episode I'm afraid....but you can't please everyone.
Carol

[Seoras]

I have to say that I wasn't exactly keen on rooting for Julie Walters and her brand of Irish rebels and I certainly wasn't going to for the IRA

For a horrible moment at the end, I thought he was actually at Hardy's grave and going to spit on it or something!

Been my grandfather I would have done more than spit on it, a hammer comes to mind.

Fascinating programme but it was hardly WDYTYA as he already knew the gist of it. I prefer the ones that delve further back.