BBC "Who Do You Think You Are?" Gareth Malone (WDYTYA Series 12 Episode 5)

[ankerdine]

I've commented before on this thread on my thoughts about this particular programme.

However, Gareth Malone personally has inspired so many people to sing he couldn't possibly be a "snobbish bore". I wish he'd been around when I was 10 years old. Our headmaster was selecting children to sing in a Birmingham concert. He walked along the line of children and stopped in front of me and said "definitely not"! Since that day I have never sung anywhere; at church weddings and funerals; just mouthing the words. I'd love to sing now (70 years) but never been encouraged to do it.

Judy

[Finley 1]

Maybe Gareths next choir, should be for the likes of us then Ankerdine, cos even though I was in the Choir for a while at School.... I am sure I could have been a good singer - given the chance.

I love to blast the house away when I am in on my own - I keep the windows closed though   

xin

[Clarkey500]

I really liked this episode because he did most of the research, unlike most of the others so far from this series!

I hope there's more like this!

[fraser1]

A slight aside to comments about the programme.   I would like to know which site he was looking at.  We saw views of the actual documents but when I have been searching for Information in England I have to send for a copy.  I am doing something wrong?

Any tips appreciated.

Sandra

[Finley 1]

YES  I held my mouth open, when I saw the actual marriage cert on the page... ARRRGGHH  I thought that doesn't happen..

But then I thought again and realised it does on Scots people OR if you are browsing a public Tree on Ancestry...

So it must have been the latter, cos he wasn't on Scots people...

IF HOWEVER  There is a NEW site that shows docs in full detail, I will join tomorrow... tell me where

xin

[Mowsehowse]

[quote author=jillruss link=topic=730480.msg5754857#msg5754857 date=1442164787
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the US one is now much better than 'ours', even when I have no idea who the subject is!!    [/quote]

So can you identify what the formula differences are currently between the 2 versions?   

[Ruskie]

[quote author=jillruss link=topic=730480.msg5754857#msg5754857 date=1442164787
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the US one is now much better than 'ours', even when I have no idea who the subject is!!   

So can you identify what the formula differences are currently between the 2 versions?
[/quote]

I'll make a start: 

Recaps in case you can't remember what you saw before the long ad break.
What's coming up next in case you miss it after the long ad break.
Long ad breaks in case you can't manage to watch an hour long TV programme without popping to the loo every few minutes during said ad break.
Long ad breaks in order to have a shorter TV programme because half of the hour is taken up with ads.
Annoying music - for some reason they did not find the original WDYTYA music suitable although Australian WDYTYA did.
 

[Mowsehowse]

 
Gee thanks Ruskie!!
 
Perhaps I will stick with the UK version for now.
 

[Galium]

YES  I held my mouth open, when I saw the actual marriage cert on the page... ARRRGGHH  I thought that doesn't happen..

The marriage we saw was from the Ancestry West Yorkshire parish register collection (it was at St Peter, Leeds), so there is an image of the register page to view. 
The same applies to many marriages in London, Surrey, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester - so long as they were CofE church weddings.