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JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 28 Jul 2017 12:41

Well I'm ashamed to say that I fell asleep! :-0
Mind you, I was very tired! :-D

I have it on record, so I will watch it again, because we enjoy Citizen Khan :-)
I did wake up just before the end when he discovered his African Chief connections lol! :-D :-D :-D

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 28 Jul 2017 11:27

I found it interesting but thought they were
never going to get started in the search for
his ancestors.

I then realised that his search would be more
in finding living members of his family ie cousins
to help him as genealogists were not in abundance
to help him.

Rambling

Rambling Report 28 Jul 2017 11:24


I'd seen him before on a couple of programmes as himself, rather than as Citizen Khan, and he seemed like a very nice young man :-D

I found it interesting :-)

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 28 Jul 2017 06:10

I found it fascinating. Imagine tracing your ancestors back to an African chief. Isn't that what WDYTYA does? Traces ancestors, and very interesting they were as well.

Very sad about the children being taken from their mother. But his "cousins" were lovely.

I'm always full of admiration of those forced out of their homes who make good in a new country. His family did it twice.

Lovely man.

Tabitha

Tabitha Report 27 Jul 2017 13:27

Dont forget its on tonight

Adil Ray

Never heard of him before this - his show is not the kind of comedy I would watch

Looking forward to tonight's show to find out what sort of person he is.

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 23 Jul 2017 04:21

I thought that Clare's father was rather non-committal about his mother.. In fact I don't recall him saying anything about her, except that he didn't know anything about that side of the family.

I wonder what happened there then?!? Perhaps she had no part in his upbringing, another bag of mysteries. I want to know more.......

Will have to Google Royal Baking Powder, just because I want to know more.

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 22 Jul 2017 13:00

I think if your hobby is genealogy, then you are usually interested in other peoples' family history too. I certainly am.

I've seen the preview for Adil Ray's story in the TV guide, it looks really interesting and surprising.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 21 Jul 2017 17:59

Advil Ray an actor who plays Citizen Kahn.

Tabitha

Tabitha Report 21 Jul 2017 17:52

I think you are all mirroring my husband - he got bored by it too.

I was fascinated as didn't really know anything about her. I enjoyed both sides of her family line and loved the American story.

Never heard of the one next week -

Von

Von Report 21 Jul 2017 17:46

I didn't enjoy this one so much really either. Rather disappointing :-(

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 21 Jul 2017 15:57

Not the best I've seen over all series, was bored and did she say
she had never heard of Royal Baking Powder!!!!

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 21 Jul 2017 12:31

Really enjoyed Claire's story.

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 20 Jul 2017 16:19

Have enjoyed the new series so far. But still often find that we are left with many unanswered questions.
Probably partly due to time constraints, but also possibly info. that they don't want to share. Or other people connected to the story don't want their persinal history to be public knowledge. Or perhaps the "missing" info. is just plain boring.

Will be watching Claire B. tonight. For some reason, when I see her on t.v. I am reminded of the Durrell family.

T.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 20 Jul 2017 14:01

Thank you Tabitha.

Not a favourite of mine but the interest for me is finding out
about their ancestors.

Tabitha

Tabitha Report 20 Jul 2017 13:22

Claire Balding on tonight

Reminder for everyone

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 16 Jul 2017 07:01

I too found this episode very interesting. My Gt Gt Grandfather went out to Ballarat, Australia for the Gold Rush so I found it especially interesting; sadly my GGG never made his fortune but I know he did find gold as he had a tie pin made up of some of the natural gold nuggets that he found :-)

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 16 Jul 2017 00:26

I decided to watch this before I went to bed and I much enjoyed it.

Clog dancer eh! I thought the researchers would find a hoofer somewhere in his family if only to see CRH's face light up. :-D

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 15 Jul 2017 19:26


I loved Craig's journey and loved too his closeness to his family, especially his Grandmother, altho it's a shame he has seen so little of her recently. She looks remarkable for 100 but he should spend more time with her while he can.

Lizx

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 15 Jul 2017 14:04

Knew I had something to do yesterday,
better late than never :-D

I also enjoyed this episode and found it very interesting,
his grandma was lovely.

He did appear to be more relaxed at home and seemed to
enjoy the experience finding out about his relatives.

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 15 Jul 2017 13:30

I enjoyed this episode.. I have missed one or two and wondered if he would be interesting and was surprised.
I agree ,his grandma was lovely and it was so good to hear those old recordings and the silent film.
I know that Craig isn't always as portrayed on .Strictly.I saw him a while ago in Annie on stage and he was excellent.