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I though Cheryl came across really well, and the programme was interesting. I'm surprised that Cheryl's mum had no known foreign ancestry, despite being very dark.
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I have watched none of this series. I have no interest in any of the z listers shown so far.
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I agree ^ I saw the Amanda Holden programme the previous week and that was the pits. All the over-emoting , "oh my gods" and try too hard glamour. Cheryl, as dull as she may be, was less grating. Plus she wasn't claiming to be smart- was upfront that she didn't know much about basic history. As for stilted, agree with you - is the bad press getting to her? Will take the thread's tip and check out the Liz Bonin one on catch -up. |
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I have watched none of this series. I have no interest in any of the z listers shown so far.
(I hope get 'rollingeyes' emoticon back in the new forum!) |
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I have watched none of this series. I have no interest in any of the z listers shown so far.
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I have watched none of this series. I have no interest in any of the z listers shown so far.
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Your loss. Personally, I'd watch it even if it was only a non celeb. It's the social history aspect that interests me and I've already learnt so much from this series, which has improved greatly from the last couple of series, imo.
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I though Cheryl came across really well, and the programme was interesting. I'm surprised that Cheryl's mum had no known foreign ancestry, despite being very dark.
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It's a stage name, do you complain about Sting, Prince, Madonna (surely if anything is prententious then that one is!), Rihanna, Lulu, Boneo, Adele and many, many more.
![]() It was interesting that I think they introduced Cheryl as being "an artist" rather than "a singer" - perhaps someone isn't a fan? I usually find a Newcastle accent quite appealing, but agree with other comments that her voice on the programme was monotonous. |
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I am reluctant to point out anyone's spelling mistakes - but I did have to laugh at seeing Boneo (a dog biscuit) rather than Bono.
![]() It was interesting that I think they introduced Cheryl as being "an artist" rather than "a singer" - perhaps someone isn't a fan? I usually find a Newcastle accent quite appealing, but agree with other comments that her voice on the programme was monotonous. |
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It is not uncommon to use a single name in the world of entertainment just in case you have not noticed - Boneo, String, Madonna and many others.
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It's a stage name, do you complain about Sting, Prince, Madonna (surely if anything is prententious then that one is!), Rihanna, Lulu, Boneo, Adele and many, many more.
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I am reluctant to point out anyone's spelling mistakes - but I did have to laugh at seeing Boneo (a dog biscuit) rather than Bono.
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I suspect that Boneo thing is a deliberate joke, sort of thing that tickles some people.
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Not sure about watching Ricky Tomlinson but I'll give it a go.
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He's a professional scouser Labourite, which is a bad start, but we'll see.
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He's a professional scouser Labourite, which is a bad start, but we'll see.
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Loved this week and confirmed something I have always thought about WDYTYA in that it's success is always driven by the celebrity. I watched the first 10 or so minutes of the Cheryl Cole and Amanda Holden eps and stopped because they are so air headed and vacant. Ricky was genuinely engaging.
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He's a professional scouser Labourite, which is a bad start, but we'll see.
I might have dozed off a few times but no mention seem to be made of the first wife of the Richard who married in 1884 (I think) (could have been more than one previous marriages?). |
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I know people might think Im being a bit picky...but hes isnt a scouser. He was born near Blackpool so he wasnt born in Liverpool.
He may have lived all his life from little in Liverpool but hes not a scouser lol. He was upset at the state of the house his relative would have lived in but that was the times . They wouldnt have been the only ones there was 1000s of families living the same way. |
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Loved this week and confirmed something I have always thought about WDYTYA in that it's success is always driven by the celebrity. I watched the first 10 or so minutes of the Cheryl Cole and Amanda Holden eps and stopped because they are so air headed and vacant. Ricky was genuinely engaging.
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I know people might think Im being a bit picky...but hes isnt a scouser. He was born near Blackpool so he wasnt born in Liverpool.
He may have lived all his life from little in Liverpool but hes not a scouser lol. He was upset at the state of the house his relative would have lived in but that was the times . They wouldnt have been the only ones there was 1000s of families living the same way. |
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Tbh I was rather hoping his ancestors would be mill-owners, landed gentry fallen on hard times or beneficiaries of the slave trade. For that matter I'm sure had the researchers tried a little harder they could at least have come up with a member or two of the colonialist oppressors if only via the press-gang.
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Loved this week and confirmed something I have always thought about WDYTYA in that it's success is always driven by the celebrity. I watched the first 10 or so minutes of the Cheryl Cole and Amanda Holden eps and stopped because they are so air headed and vacant. Ricky was genuinely engaging.
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Loved this week and confirmed something I have always thought about WDYTYA in that it's success is always driven by the celebrity. I watched the first 10 or so minutes of the Cheryl Cole and Amanda Holden eps and stopped because they are so air headed and vacant. Ricky was genuinely engaging.
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Loved this week and confirmed something I have always thought about WDYTYA in that it's success is always driven by the celebrity. I watched the first 10 or so minutes of the Cheryl Cole and Amanda Holden eps and stopped because they are so air headed and vacant. Ricky was genuinely engaging.
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One of the worst editions of WDYTYA that I have seen. Apart from the above, it was the assumptions that he was left to make without any evidence.
I might have dozed off a few times but no mention seem to be made of the first wife of the Richard who married in 1884 (I think) (could have been more than one previous marriages?). |
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It did suffer a bit because grinding poverty and early death of the breadwinner in one place is much the same (for the audience) as grinding poverty and early death of the breadwinner in another, and HIGNFY has done this many times before.
But I loved the scene where they showed him a cart like his forefathers drove and he said to the horse words to the effect "I expect your ancestors knew mine". If ever a man needed a haircut and a beard tidy-up... |
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