"Who Do You Think You Are", Series 14: #7 Fearne Cotton

[Finley 1]

I totally do understand.. just sometimes think ......  then remember it is just a TV prog.

onwards and upwards.


xin

[coombs]

Well I met Ross Kemp once and his family come from Norfolk and he often spoke of his grandfather so I did some research and found that one of his great grandmothers was born in London to a single mother who was a servant. The baby grew up in Norwich. Alfred Hoskins. His mother was born in Oxford and in 1911 she said she never had any children yet she had a base child she gave up for adoption. All of Ross' other rellies seemed to be from Norfolk. A head start for anyone who would ask him to appear on WDYTYA.

[Mowsehowse]

Well I met Ross Kemp once and his family come from Norfolk and he often spoke of his grandfather so I did some research and found that one of his great grandmothers was born in London to a single mother who was a servant. The baby grew up in Norwich. Alfred Hoskins. His mother was born in Oxford and in 1911 she said she never had any children yet she had a base child she gave up for adoption. All of Ross' other rellies seemed to be from Norfolk. A head start for anyone who would ask him to appear on WDYTYA.

Well done Coombs. 

[andrewalston]

in 1911 she said she never had any children

But the question is "Children born alive to present marriage" (bold bit on original form), So not a lie at all.

[jillruss]

Xinia
I think it might be more about linking an interesting (to some,) ancestor to a mildly famous celebrity, rather than finding a hugely successful celeb who also has fascinating ancestors.... though of course, many do. 

I seem to remember a series that did something similar to this a few years back, except I don't think the link was to a celebrity but just to an 'ordinary person'. It was mildly entertaining but I prefer the WDYTYA set up as it occasionally hits the jackpot. However, I do think they've now abandoned their 'Michael Parkinson: not sufficiently interesting' approach and have adopted the 'lets get someone from popular culture and try to make it sound interesting' angle.

I wasn't feeling too well the other day and happened to catch Heir Hunters which I haven't watched for donkeys years because I've always found that 'going after the money' just a bit unsavoury. However, they seem to be showing a lot more of the method of investigation and detective work nowadays and I actually found it very interesting. Perhaps they could somehow combine that approach with the WDYTYA machine?

Jill

[Lensmeister]

Just watched this one ...

REALLY enjoyed it.

Her 4x Gfather was a bit of a chance on the boat LOL ... but did well.

[KGarrad]

Just watched this one ...

REALLY enjoyed it.

Her 4x Gfather was a bit of a chance on the boat LOL ... but did well.

I'm glad it wasn't just me!

[ThrelfallYorky]

As i said earlier, overall this series has been far better then the previous one ... or two.

[Keith Sherwood]

As we're on The Lighter Side here, I have to admit that the thing that distracted me most was Fearne Cotton's choice of finger nail varnish.  Sometimes is was white, sometimes it was green, and sometimes it was bright orange (though I suppose it could be interpreted as red). Made we wonder whether she already knew that her 4-times gt-grandpa was Irish, these being the three colours of the Irish flag.
But, contrary to some of the comments on here, I did find it an interesting programme, solely concentrating on two of her male ancestors around whom some good historical stuff was woven...
Keith