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For those who are bored with WWII coming up again and again, apparently Derek Jacobi goes back a few hundred years..
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For those who are bored with WWII coming up again and again, apparently Derek Jacobi goes back a few hundred years..
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To a monk in the Shrewsbury area during The Anarchy?
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It depends, I had just as many mysteries in the last two generations as earlier ones - some of which we only discovered in recent years.
There are probably plenty in earlier generations but we never hear of them. A few weeks I found some letters from a family member in some mid 19th Century newspapers and learnt a lot of new things. The series has developed from the early days when an attempt was made to show people how to research their family in parish records, BMD, censuses etc but it has developed into just telling some interesting stories about famous people's background. The purists might not like that but it can make some fascinating viewing. |
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I found it incredibly moving and parts had me in tears, especially when the photograph of her great aunt's beautiful daughter was shown and Jane was told she'd died in Auschwitz.
Perhaps you need to be thankful that you didn't lead her 'boring' life. |
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Ive just managed to watch this. I agree with you. It was very moving and Jane was excellent. She showed genuine emotion and interest. I learnt a lot more than I knew already. I don't think we realise how lucky we are that we didn't live through this period of history.
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Didn't realise he was from East London.
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Derek Jacobi: It's like a stage set.... Er, Derek, it is
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Times haven't changed much.... ISIS doing the same today ...
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What a nice man. Very interesting story.
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What a nice man. Very interesting story.
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Well I really enjoyed that. I would have liked it to have gone on for longer because it was so interesting.
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Well I really enjoyed that. I would have liked it to have gone on for longer because it was so interesting.
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Absolutely wonderful programme about Sir Derek Jacobi...Just wished we had more of his story. Wonder if any of his ancestors are still living today?
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Absolutely wonderful programme about Sir Derek Jacobi...Just wished we had more of his story. Wonder if any of his ancestors are still living today?
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Absolutely wonderful programme about Sir Derek Jacobi...Just wished we had more of his story. Wonder if any of his ancestors are still living today?
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This has to be one of the best ever episodes.
This has to be one of the best ever episodes.
I would love to see him play his ancestor in a movie. The story has everything, royalty, war, political intrigue, court room drama, romantic betrayal, prison break. stunning locations. I'd love to see an extended version as it seemed to run out of time at the end. Maybe on the Who Do You Think They Are DVD. |
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Absolutely wonderful programme about Sir Derek Jacobi...Just wished we had more of his story. Wonder if any of his ancestors are still living today?
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Last night's was very interesting. Sad that his family went from wealth and prestige to the poorhouse in just a couple of generations.
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Derek Jacobi: It's like a stage set.... Er, Derek, it is
![]() ![]() I remember that room from a different program. It gave us a tour of the Dennis Severs' House. The room Derek saw was on the top floor. |
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I did a double-take when I saw that Huguenot weaver's house. I am sure someone in the last series had Huguenot ancestors - was it Eddie Izzard? -and visited that place.
I found myself thinking "Oh no, not the Huguenot weaver story again", so it was nice to have the lowdown on a very different posh Huguenot from the Court of Louis XIV. The generations between the ancestor who was Chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire and the ones living in East End slums were left out, perhaps because the riches-to-rags Huguenot saga had been done before. |
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The generations between the ancestor who was Chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire and the ones living in East End slums were left out, perhaps because the riches-to-rags Huguenot saga had been done before.
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For anyone who wants some extra episodes to watch i recently found some of the Australian version episodes on YouTube.
There was: Geoffrey Rush, Toni Collette, Melissa George and Jacki Weaver. |
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I haven't seen all the series of WDYTYA so I've not heard any of the other stories of people with Huguenot ancestors. None of the people I've watched have had them so it would have been interesting for them to touch on it as it seemed quite a rapid fall for them.
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I haven't seen all the series of WDYTYA so I've not heard any of the other stories of people with Huguenot ancestors. None of the people I've watched have had them so it would have been interesting for them to touch on it as it seemed quite a rapid fall for them.
I once did a few lookups for a friend with a Huguenot background. It can be useful to have Huguenots in the family tree as there a number of charities still running for them. |
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