WDYTYA - which celebrities would you like to see.

[henners1974]

well for a long time Ive noticed a lot of Henman people in the Kent area and have tried to see if there is a link between them. SO far I haven't found one. Some of my Henman family went to work and live in London. This that was around the early 1900s off the top of my head.

[Llwyd]

Why the obsession with celebrity?. I am sure there are non-famous people on RC whose story is just as interesting, if not more so, than some of the stories on WDYTYA.
I don't go with the whole celebrity thing.
 

[suek2075]

I'm sure I've seen a program on Craig Revel Horwood - can't remember all the details but there was something to do with the Gold Rush and I think his grandfather/great grandfather turned out to be a tap dancing champion or something like that. He used to have competitions with other tap dancers in places like Sydney and they found a poster or something advertising one. And a medal or cup that he won. Craig was over the moon to find out where his 'dancing' genes came from as no one else in the family was on the stage. Must have been filmed some time ago I think. I haven't seen many episodes and quite enjoyed that one.

[nanny jan]

Yes, Craig's episode was repeated just a few weeks ago.

[Rena]

(Little voice) I haven't got ANY well-known relatives.... at all.

me neither - but if I had had one, I would have chosen Dirk Bogarde for his excellent acting skills.

[pharmaT]

Any celebrity who has ancestors from one of the places connected to my ancestors that I cannot afford to go to right now so I can see the places and get an idea for now what they were like beyond what I can get from google maps.

[Rosinish]

I think it's pretty obvious, much research is done on any chosen celebs prior to narrowing down the ones who appear on the list of the next prog. i.e. it's unlikely we will see any 'super star' whether Actor/Musician/Writer etc. if they hailed from ordinary people i.e. never expect to watch an episode where the subject hailed from a farming/fishing/crofting background e.g. Highlands of Scotland etc.

It's actually quite disgusting the £ spent on research for those from ordinary folks prior to whittling down to the people who have £, come from £ &/or huge businesses/royalty e.g. Claire Balding to name a few.

Do not expect to see anyone who's roots involved hard lives, doing ordinary fishing/farming (ag. labs)/crofting jobs who were eventually kicked off their land (to be used for sheep grazing), sent to areas which were impossible to establish anything or worse still, forced into migration.

The above have been well documented but much has actually been taken off the internet over the years for whatever reason although still available in books (if your lucky).

I've recently been reading a book "On The Crofters' Trail" by David Craig & it's harrowing, all/most info. collated from speaking to those peoples' descendants!
I know most to be very true as I've actually been researching the info. via certs. & info. from SP (scotlandspeople) & NAS (National Archives Scotland).

Many of the descendants of some of those people are in great jobs  e.g. TV but I'm pretty sure would never be used on WDYTYA.

Annie

[nanny jan]

Didn't David Tennant have crofting ancestors?

[Rosinish]

Didn't David Tennant have crofting ancestors?

I didn't see his episode but his father was a Minister, not aware what Scottish Island he descends from?

Annie