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Old 28-10-2014, 23:07
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Yes they would have done. There was a White Paper drawn up in 1944 suggesting some sort of reform of health provision. In the party manifestos of 1945 the Conservative policy for an NHS was close to what we ended up with, the Liberal one not far off it. The Labour one was vague and washy washy with no detail. To suggest that Labour was the only party prepared to bring in such a reform is misleading and erroneous.
And the NHS was based on HIMS which was founded under the Liberals I think.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:01
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I can't think of anyone less interesting to find out about than Paul Hollywood. A poor choice to pick for the return of the new series.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:10
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His Granddad was very handsome.

Mine fought in Africa too so it's quite interesting to me.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:17
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I can never make up my mind whether i like Paul or not - there seems to be something very arrogant about him.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:19
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Disappointing, the BBC's obsession with WW2 continues.

Can we delve back further than 70 years ?
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:19
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Disappointed so far. I really thought they would have traced the Hollywood line back in time
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:20
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I prefer it if they back alot further. Most of us have relatives who served in both World wars so it not that surprising these celebs do as well or is it just me feeling the series is getting too samey.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:24
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Disappointing, the BBC's obsession with WW2 continues.

Can we delve back further than 70 years ?
The one with the arrogant man from The Apprentice and Countdown was quite interesting. They went back to the Civil War with him.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:25
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25m and still stuck on grandad
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:26
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I'm World War'ed out. What with my own ancestral connection to Wallasey and other nearby villages on the Wirral, I was hoping they'd have delved more into that. I'm also spoiled by the greater sense of adventure and story telling of the American WDYTYA.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:29
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I can't say I'm a big fan of this changed format from the last few series - where they just pick a couple of people from the family tree and tell their stories. I preferred it when they just went back through the generations as far as they could.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:29
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Yeah, I thought he wanted to find out about his geneology. This is just him finding out about his grandfather's war experience. I am interested in ww2 but I'm a bit bored with this.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:31
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Used to be great, but recent series seem to concentrate more on one relative and their story, even recent and known relatives to the subject. Paul Hollywood knew his grandfather ,so the whole object of the programme about finding out where you come from and who your ancestors were is lost with this format. Very bored so far and missing the old format from the Jeremy Paxman days.
Oh,good the second half is more interesting.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:36
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He could have researched that himself like alot of us do.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:36
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Used to be great, but recent series seem to concentrate more on one relative and their story, even recent and known relatives to the subject. Paul Hollywood knew his grandfather ,so the whole object of the programme about finding out where you come from and who your ancestors were is lost with this format. Very bored so far and missing the old format from the Jeremy Paxman days.
I think the other featured line up will be a lot more interesting including Jane Seymour, Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Frances de la Tour and Mark Gatiss. And maybe even Jerry Hall.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:37
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this side of his family might be more interesting
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:39
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I think the other featured line up will be a lot more interesting including Jane Seymour, Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Frances de la Tour and Mark Gatiss. And maybe even Jerry Hall.
Yes I thought that. Perhaps they are off to a bad start
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:58
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2nd half was better
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:59
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Used to be great, but recent series seem to concentrate more on one relative and their story, even recent and known relatives to the subject. Paul Hollywood knew his grandfather ,so the whole object of the programme about finding out where you come from and who your ancestors were is lost with this format. Very bored so far and missing the old format from the Jeremy Paxman days.
Oh,good the second half is more interesting.
Yes... I started to think oh no when they were still talking about his grandfather after half an hour. At least they crammed a couple more into the last few minutes.
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:59
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2nd half was better
They should have spent more time on that. They could have cut down the first half
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Old 13-08-2015, 21:59
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this side of his family might be more interesting
Yes they should have done a lot more on the Scottish ancestry, that was really fascinating , especially the post runner part.
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Old 13-08-2015, 22:00
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2nd hal f wa s much better, how fascinating that someone could run the post like that? I cant imagine it
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Old 13-08-2015, 22:12
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didnt jodie kidd trace her family to the states and then back to some church in 16th century back in england one of the best i remember
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Old 13-08-2015, 22:19
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didnt jodie kidd trace her family to the states and then back to some church in 16th century back in england one of the best i remember
It still doesn't beat Matthew Pinsent who traced his ancestry back to God!
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Old 13-08-2015, 22:38
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And no mention of where the Hollywood name came from!
Next week I'll watch Very British Problems on Ch4
I just saw on +1 and although low budget made me laugh
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