General Chat

Agree that too much focus was on one ancestor of Paul Hollywood's but it was obvious that PH adored his grandfather and that's rather nice.

However, I think the programme makers need to make sure that the programme is more rounded and they failed to do so in PH's case. Were they in awe of PH?

Looking forward to Jane Seymour next.

It's lovely Joan for a change :-)

I agree about the programme Joan but, like you
I still keep watching :-)

Jane Seymour tonight, hope it's worth watching. :-)

I agree with the above, I just watched on 'Catch Up' and found it overly long at the beginning but enjoyed hearing about the post runner in Scotland even though I'm not a fan of the big kid featured.

I'm not into so-called celebrities.

The first 40 mins could have been cut in half at least

They could have worked on another couple of ancestors in that time

They just kept repeating themselves too much

Enjoyed the last 20 mins & I had a few questions too

It was a lot better than some of those on last time - and notably The Ice Cream one & Rick Stein's one - now that lone episode could have driven me to quit watching the show altogether

Hope next week has a bit more interest & less repeating

I enjoyed it overall. The 2 military historians bought home to us all what was happening in the areas they covered.

The post runner was intriguing but I would liked to have known what the percentage of the population covered could read and write in the late 1700s. The runner was in his 80s in 1841 so his 40s were around the turn of the century. I know most of my ancestors were making their mark at their weddings not signing their names well into the 1800s.

Was a great story though and showed how tough he was to do that week after week though out the year. Walking 120 miles every week in the Highlands takes some doing.

Thought it might get boring as they paid so much attention to his grandfather but it worked well. Hope next week's as good. :-)

Wasn't as 'bad' as I'd expected.

Beautiful photography; they were lucky it was sunny while they were in Italy.

The scenery <3 it been there .Paul Hollywood :-) maybe having to cut back on other parts of the tree .still enjoyed it though :-)

Thanks Emms, I would not have remembered had it not been for your thread! <3

Like most have you have already said, it was interesting, but I was pleasantly surprised when they left Paul's Grandfather's War Experiences and covered further back.

I think I would have preferred 50/50 of each rather than 40minutes of the first part.

It was interesting to see the different places involved in his family's history, and as Ann said... The Scottish scenery was amazing :-)

The Scottish scenery :-D :-D

I thought it was interesting but agree too much coverage time at the begining.

I found it very boring and almost turned off after 30 mins

I agree with Amokavid. Too long spent on his grandfather, though it got more interesting towards the end :-)

Enjoyed it tonight Thanks Emma for reminder :-)

Not bad at least we got another side of his family
looked at :-)

Well I quite enjoyed that one :-)

I agree Kitty, it's frustrating, let's hope we get a better
programme this series. :-)

Don't forget!

WDYTYA at 9pm on BBC1 ;-) :-)

Thank goodness I saw this thread.......I had forgotten it was on tonight

I like the in depth on an interesting ancestor, but would also like to see them go further back as well. :-)

I quite agree, Detective. I find it much more interesting when they delve further into the past, and don't concentrate on just one ancestor :-)

Today’s episode is supposed to have Paul Hollywood’s grt grandfather in WW2. He was an Anti-Aircraft Gunner. As has been pointed out on another thread, “It is 75th anniversary of a major offensive in the Battle of Britain.” which is probably why this episode is being shown now.

We might watch a bit, but its too ‘recent’ for my tastes.