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The shortened series ends with the actor Ralf Little looking into his past. If his name isn't familiar you may know him as Anthony in the Royle Family or DI Neville Parker in Death in Paradise. Ralf heads to the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland to investigate his grandfather Arthur's e...

Actress Anna Maxwell Martin travels to the small town in Northern Ireland where her father grew up and where her understanding of her grandparents - who suffered a heart-breaking family tragedy - is turned on its head. On her mother's side, Anna starts with her grandfather Maxwell, whose name she ad...

Have you tried to see if there is a marriage certificate for the couple listed on the birth certificate? That may give you some idea whether the mother's name is her 'real' name or, if for some reason, she chose to falsify the registration. You should be able to ascertain her maiden/any former names...

Mick

Point noted. However, it's only what is in the programme listing - I'm not privilege to any info that isn't in the public domain.

Star of Little Britain with David Walliams and more recently as a host of The Great British Bake Off, Matt Lucas had an exceptionally close bond with his late grandmother, Margot, who came to the UK in 1939 as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. Matt has never fully understood what Margot experience...

Richard Osman is an author, producer and television presenter, well known for TV shows including Pointless and Richard Osman’s House of Games, He's also worked as an executive producer on numerous shows including Deal Or No Deal and 8 Out of 10 Cats and is a regular on panel and game shows such as H...

I enjoyed the episode. I thought it showed aspects of WW1 which aren't normally highlighted. We may know about the internment of individuals on the Isle of Man but I, for one, had never given much thought as to what they did whilst there or what happened to their families during this time (maybe bec...

Known to some as one of the original presenters (along with Mel Giedroyc) of The Great British Bake Off, Sue Perkins is an actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer. When she delves into the German branch of her family who were living in Eastern Europe through the Second World War, Sue un...

So, the new series of WDYTYA has been announced. Starting on 26 May and with only 5 subjects this time, we have Sue Perkins Richard Osman Anna Maxwell Martin Ralf Little Matt Lucas From the little I've heard about this series I get the impression it may have a military theme running through it. Not ...

Hi HJM

WoolieHE hasn't logged into the forum for a while so I have sent them a PM letting them know of your posting.

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