I had the opportunity, this week, to briefly appear on BBC’s Points of View to discuss this episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
You can see that on iPlayer here, with the WDYTYA? section starting around 8-10 minutes into the programme.
Amy Dowden’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? aired at 9pm last Tuesday for most of the country, with Wales having to wait until Thursday (or to watch it on iPlayer,) because of the football.
Ironically, given that we had to wait for it here in Wales, this was one of the most Welsh episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? that I’ve seen.
Amy Dowden’s episode was fully focussed on Wales, with only the briefest mention of some English ancestry. And it was a good reminder that while Welsh history is entangled with wider British history, we have our own, separate history, and it’s worth sharing.
It was very much the history of everyday people having to struggle on despite the hardships that life can bring — whether that struggle involves ill health, industrial disputes, or even a possible murder.
The murder (…or was it an accident?) was a fascinating feature of the episode, and showed that intriguing stories can hide in the history of our families, no matter how ‘normal’ they are.
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