"Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #1 Charles Dance

[Finley 1]

Great start - so interesting on both / all sides... lovely twists and turns.. without too much 'drama' on his part. 
He (seemingly) coped very well with the emotional side of learning so much -   I was desperate to pop on the net to discover more myself.

Thank YOU CHARLES DANCE

lovely man   -- always thought so.

(I wonder can anyone find  a newspaper report of his little sisters death?? )


xin

[Annette7]

They referred to the quick remarriage after death of Walter's first wife, Louie.   However, she died the same year they returned from South Africa - 1932 - and Walter didn't remarry until 1938, some 6 years later!

Annette

[sleepybarb]

I found it really interesting especially seeing his fathers medal. My grandfather was awarded the same one, sadly my Mum had to sell it due to needing money . He came across as a truly interested man , I wonder if he's been bitten by the bug now.
Barb

[kooky]

This was a really interesting programme. Hope this augurs well for the rest of the series!
Kooky

[rosie17]

Really enjoyed watching this  Charles Dance came across as a very genuine person ...Hope the next one is as good

Rosie

[Caw1]

Like everyone else I really enjoyed this first episode and hope others measure up too.

I've always liked Charles Dance in everything he's done and I did feel quite sorry for him that he had no recollection of his father at all. Very pleased for him that he had all that wonderful memory that his half sister wrote to fill in all those details for him.

There didn't seem to be much emotion going on with his 10 year older half brother which was a pity - their Mother certainly was a secretive person and such a shame not to tell Charles in later life all about it. Perhaps embarrassment with Walter being so much older.

I hope he has more contact with his gt. neice in SA as she and her family seemed a jolly lot.

Well done to the team doing the research it was a fascinating tale.

Caroline

[dowdstree]

I really enjoyed this episode too. What a great start to the new series.

His South African family seem to be really nice and I think there is a lot more he can learn from his Gt. Niece and that treasure trove box.

Am I right that it was mentioned that his father had siblings ? Maybe he will look into this part of his family for himself.

Dorrie

[Ayashi]

As soon as they first said his father had been divorced I wondered if there was another family.

One thing that was so different was that for a lot of us I think (I know many here are of an older generation though) we look back on resources like the 1911 census with interest and somewhat more detachment from closer family, looking for grandparents, great grandparents, even great great grandparents... but to look on there and see your own father, your sister you never knew and to see another sibling who died and to get emotional over that was sad to see.

I also wonder if they were able to find any information about his brother's father, like bastardy records or something. Somebody might have looked into it.

[Blue70]

Good first episode. I would have liked more family tree graphics to better show the mother's family line and to know more about the half brother's attempts to find his roots.


Blue