General Chat

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I didnt bother watching it tonight just dont fancy it this week

I enjoyed tonight's programme and found it very
interesting. To enter the names of his children
into the book where he found his ancestors must
have been a wonderful experience for him.

Emma :-)

Loved it tonight. First one l've seen in ages too. Niton(sp) is such a lovely man. Hopefully his children will enter their names when they are older:)

jude

Did it show much of India ?

Thought it was one of the best in this latest series.
Teaches you a lot about what happened in Kenya.
I worked with a Kenyan Indian in the 70's and did know that most of them were business men with the work ethic to start all over again.
Seem to remember another Indian one a year or two back that got back on the records a long way.They did keep them well ,sometimes better than ours.

It was my favourite in this series, even though it was yet another "celebrity" I had never heard of.

I knew a little about the African connection. I worked for an Indian in Tesco who came over from Uganda as a young man in about 1966 and got a job on deli counter in Swiss Cottage and eventually (by 1980ish) became a Regional Managing Director. He was a businessman to fingertips.

Nitan's mother seems to never have mentioned these children dying. Only 2 survivors out of ten children!! It crossed my mind that, at the time of the death in 1945, the little girl was 6 and Nitan's mother would have been 8. So she was probably playing with this sister every day and it must have been a terrible tragedy when the little girl succombed to fever (probably malaria).

How wonderful to find the village of your roots. He looked so happy and emotional - and at peace. Brilliant programme, I thought. :-) :-)

Call me a celebrity & get me out of here, I have to agree with you John it was a brilliant programe, the best one so far this year.

I too enjoyed it ,until the record of him already visiting the sacred place with his father at the age of 8 when he signed the book.
So they must have had some knowledge of it prior to the TV show.

Maryb.

Thank you for encouraging me to watch it and not to dismiss it as I had already done. You are all correct it was very interesting and I didnt want the mans journey to end. The best in the series so far for me :-D

See that the time is now changed for this programme,
now 10.35.
As I've said its Sarah Millican tomorrow.

Next week its Marianne Faithfull, not a fan of her but reading
the following it looks as though it should be good.....

Quote:

The singer and actress tries to learn more about her mother Eva,
with whom she had a difficult relationship, investigating her early
life as a dancer in 1920's Berlin. She also finds out about her half-
Jewish mother's experiences in Vienna during World War 2, and
explores the family story that her relatives were involved in the
Austrian resistance.

Emma

My ambition as a young man was to die in my 90's riding pillion on Marianne Faithful's motorbike. Doubt I was the only one to have such ambitious ambitions. Nowadays, I could not even get my leg over - any motorbike. And I found an even nicer girl that Marianne 37 years ago :-) <3

I love Sarah Millican but have no idea whether it will be good this week. Her surname sounds Irish, so perhaps we will have a bit of Catherine Cookson pathos in her story

Morning John,
Sarah Millican 3x grt grandfather was a deep sea diving pioneer.
Her 4xgrt grandfather worked for the Hudson Bay company. A
shocking discovery comes to light.

Emma :-)

I'm really looking forward to WDYTYA with Sarah Millican tomorrow night. I hope for her sake that the shocking discovery is not that she's related to me! :-D :-D :-D

GiN.. :-) :-)

Nudge.. :-)

Sarah Millican was brilliant tonight in W.D.Y.T.Y.A

She showed great compassoin for the suffering of her ancestors
and was pleased her G.G.G.father, a diver was a kind and caring man.

I loved seeing a bit of my home town as she drove around, although I missed the first minute.

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Yes, tonights was brilliant. Two very brave men on both sides. And she really lived their lives, putting the diving suit on and the snow shoes.

Canada was so remote and just blew my mind.

She was very proud of them. But how proud they would be of her. What guts she must have to do stand up comedy in front of thousands. I should imagine she has put herself further outside her "comfort zone" than either John Malcolm of Orkney or John? Hoult of Whitstable.

Missed the 1st half I intend to catch up with that tonight. But found the second really interesting. Poor John Malcom must of set off on the adventure of a life time, it must of been a nightmare. Thank god the Native American tracked him and basically saved his life.

I also enjoyed it.
Found the last 2 more interesting than the previous ones of this series