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Post by marion on Sept 21, 2024 8:46:03 GMT
I have found the last two deadly dull. I mean Rose Ayling Ellis, lovely woman, had a pub landlady who put in a planning application for an extension. RAE went into raptures over that. Dear Lord! Jessica Ennis Hill, another lovely woman, was more interesting but it was rather a flat programme I thought. It was most odd that her relative who was institutionalised didn’t die until 1970 yet no one knew of her, so they couldn’t even visit her. Now, I also found it odd that her father went to Jamaica with her, because I have never seen that before on the show. And they have dozens of relatives there, so again it seemed odd that there was such a disconnect. Still I guess that’s families for you!
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 21, 2024 10:41:22 GMT
Well Olly Murs's WDYTYA was probably one of the most tragically sad for a long time. When I heard he was of Latvian descent and had a mystery about his family in WW2, I automatically thought he must be Jewish. But no, it wasn't that at all. It was something completely different and poignant. I won't say more until everyone has had a chance to catch up. This is not what you're expecting at all. I thought it was the most interesting episode of the whole series and yes, it was tragic. I am surprised all those wonderful records survived the Soviet era. I think these dictatorships are big on records and of course when they left they did so rapidly. I was glad that Veronika was buried in a beautiful place and not some dingy corner. It was a stunning location. Poor woman putting ads in papers and never getting a reply. |
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Post by marion on Sept 29, 2024 17:19:45 GMT
I’ve just finished the Olly Murs one and thought it was exceptional for this series. Olly himself came over so well and the story pre-war was very interesting. The fact that his grandfather thought his mother had just abandoned him because she didn’t want him and he then ignored her attempts to contact him was heartbreaking. Her life after the war was just awful and I imagine the last place Olly expected to go was KGB HQ! But at least he got to visit her burial site and, always a plus point for me, he laid flowers. Excellent, sad but not at all mawkish. As Olly said, by the time the poor woman died she had grandchildren and great-grandchildren whom she could have known. Such a pity.
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 29, 2024 19:11:25 GMT
He did say that his grandfather regretted not replying.
However we have to wonder how tough his life was. He survived a war living with his mother, then was whipped off to Germany into a Red Cross Resettlement Camp where his name was changed to his father's, Murs. Then England and all of this was with a stepmother who was having to cope with a child fathered by her husband having none of her own.
Who knows what waa said about his mother, poor boy.
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Post by vicky on Oct 1, 2024 6:47:38 GMT
I enjoyed the Gemma Collins episode too as some of my family lived in Whitechapel in similar kinds of streets. I was very surprised to find myself really taking to Gemma, having only ever seen her in her diva image before. I did admire her for choosing to appear "as herself" without all the makeup
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Post by Miranda on Oct 1, 2024 11:37:02 GMT
I was surprised she did that, TBH. Respect to her though as I expect she got trashed on social media for it.
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Post by vicky on Oct 1, 2024 11:47:31 GMT
I was surprised she did that, TBH. Respect to her though as I expect she got trashed on social media for it. To me she came across as a really nice person and very articulate. She seemed the sort I could happily get chatting to on a plane or a train journey. |
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Post by marion on Oct 1, 2024 13:51:53 GMT
A second good one in a row for me, and they’re both from Essex, 😂😂😂. She came over very well I thought and I think the experts really responded to her as well. It was great when she met her unknown family members, and as she said it was as though they had known each other for years. I would imagine time would fly if you started chatting with her.
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Anymore to come?
