WDYTYA - which celebrities would you like to see.

[lisalucie]

Unless I've completely missed it, I don't think there's ever been an episode where they were predominantly from mining/iron work stock so that would be great to see as would link in with the majority of my lot!
Someone from the Black Country would be fab (Julie Walters' one focused on Ireland - plus she annoys me lol).

[ThrelfallYorky]

Yes! Let's hear it for the midlands! Ireland did seem to have a lot of coverage in the last few series, there must be some "celebs" hailing from the midlands - don't think anyone could be linked to my very few midlanders, so not making a personal shout here. Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester etc must have well-known people hailing from them, who would make a good programme - and I agree with KGarrad ( not for the first time) it is ENTERTAINMENT.
Beeonthebay: it was mainly her reaction, and response that put me off.
I'll have a look at each, doesn't matter if I know/like the celeb, it's the hunt that's interesting, after all, isn't it?And it's ENTERTAINMENT!

[smudwhisk]

Martin Shaw's episode was all Birmingham based.

There are a lot of areas that haven't really had any coverage, but of course it depends on where the Celeb's ancestors lived.

I enjoyed Barbara Windsor's episode, but them I'm biased as have a lot of ancestors from London's East End and also Suffolk.  Interestingly I have three separate Deeks (Barbara's birth surname) family lines in Suffolk but as far as I can see there is no connection, although one of my lines hailed from not far from Bures.  That said, there are an awful lot of Deeks in Suffolk and north Essex.

[lisalucie]

Yes! Let's hear it for the midlands! Ireland did seem to have a lot of coverage in the last few series, there must be some "celebs" hailing from the midlands - don't think anyone could be linked to my very few midlanders, not making a personal shout here.

I'm sure my nans cousins cousin was someone from slade but don't ask me who and when lol

[Bearnan]

Ian Lavender and anyone else from Birmingham would be nice.

[polly50]

Jenny Agutter Craig Revel Horwood Peter Kay. Think they would be an interesting bunch!

[ThrelfallYorky]

I thought they'd done Jenny Agutter? Is Peter Kay the comedian? No idea who the three central names are, sorry. Main thing is, hope they get another series out soon. Manchester too as a place of origin seems to miss out a bit - loads of families migrated into Manchester from the Agricultural jobs, into really often foul conditions, didn't they, in 19th C.?

[KGarrad]

The "middle 3" is 1 person!

Craig Revel Horwood is a judge on Strictly Come Dancing
The nasty one!!

And he's Australian - so not a great subject for a British series?

[ThrelfallYorky]

Thank you KGarrad - I've never watched it, so that's why I didn't recognise the name(s).