This certainly ticked all the boxes for me. OH usually falls asleep at the beginning and claims 'it was boring' as his excuse. He stayed awake all the way through (I confess I missed a couple of minutes) and keeps talking about it even now.
I was particularly impressed with Frank Gardner and his attitude to his disability. He didn't seem to have any problems at all and barely even mentioned it. A wonderful man.
I assume because there was so much found during their research that there was no need for the 'padding out' of the programme. The singing/baking/driving/horse-riding becomes very tedious but what else can they do? At least this one was full-on research and interest.
The fact that he was doing this for him Mum was something that probably touched many of us. How many times have we all said 'I wish I could tell Mum/Dad/Nan/Grandad that.'
A very enjoyable episode and I wish we could have more the same but, alas, I tend to think this is a one-off and we will be back to the endless singing/baking/driving/horse-riding scenes very soon.
Rishile
I agree with everything you say Rishile. What a wonderful man he is and very humble I thought.
As you say how often have we said I wish......... He at least had some insight into where he wanted to look for his mothers sake and I'm really pleased that he was able to prove what she'd always thought as correct.
Like everyone else I fear this may be one of a very few episodes that have real meaning into WDYTYA!
It's a shame that all the comments couldn't be forwarded to th BBC so they can get an idea what is thought about each one they do.
I've just received my WDYTYA magazine and the top heading on the outside is ' Exclusive Anne Reid interview' can't wait to see what it says!!!
Not sure who it is this week?
Has the series finished?
Caroline
