Rupert Everett: WDYTYA

[dothawkes31]

Whilst i have a quiet moment (ahem) I wondered what others who watched the show thought? Personally the content of the progtamme and the details of the research were acted into the wings by Everett's persistent misinformed comments. I must admit I have a disliking for the man which goes back to a daft chat show appearance of his way back in the 1990s. He has a sleeze about him that has not gone away with age. He seems to sexualise almost anything and make inappropriate comments. His reaction to each new bit of research consisted of attempts at emotion or humour that left me thinking he needed a good script writer.
To focus on the lives of the Everett line seemed a worthwhile idea and they certainly led interesting and confusing lives, but it took an age to get the certificates and poor Jemima was dismissed as some silly servant girl!!!

Don;t know why but there seemed to be a huge gap in the thoroughness and value of the research.

[TheOtherHalf]

Hi Dot

I know what you mean. I had never heard of him but after about 15 mins I was bored out of my mind and switched over. I didnt like him at all and didnt find him interesting

[Barmaid]

I didn't see it. Is it repeated or just not worth it?

The more I think about this programme, its got naff all to do with historical research and more of a personal insight into the celebs and how they think.

[jno]

that's right, Barmaid, they ditched the one on Parky halfway through because they couldn't find anyone who'd bring a tear to his eye thinking of the hardships they lived through (as he's already told them they wouldn't).

[jake-the-peg]

I saw it and thought it relatively interesting.

The thing is that there are so many of us that have familly histories that are pretty much the same.

When you've seen a few families with 20 deaths under 5 in the Victorian generation followed by deaths at the Somme from the next generation - well it all gets a bit the same.

I do wonder how long they can keep the series up - they must be researching and rejecting loads now as too dull

I thought the Everett story was interesting because of his famillies wild swings of fortune from wealth to poverty and back again.

But people do tend to make the most sweeping generalisations as they follow one thread of their familly history back ignoring all the other branches that have equal claim to their history

[craft1948]

Dot I thought he was a complete prat. I was annoyed about the lack of research on his great-grandmother but must admit all I could find was her on the 1881 census and her marriage. I couldn't find her on any other censuses or her death. I assume she must have died or the great-grandfather would have been a bigamist.

[craft1948]

helen I found his comments about the Nigerian quite offensive. Everett seemed to think a relationship between the two would have been delightful, yet pooh poohed his grandfather's beautiful love letter to his wife.

[Ric.ror]

Did not see the programme but I too have disliked this man for quite some time. But at least the botox stare seems to be wearing off

[craft1948]

Dot unless I misunderstood it he made out that Frederick and Georgina had a shotgun wedding and then he legged it. This was not true as they married in 1883 and Cyril wasn't born until 1886.

[cc1]

According to Ancestry, his great grandfather had another marriage in 1902 that was totally ignored!
I loved the great Aunt, "You don't bat for the other side do you?", I want to be old enough to be outrageous withou fear of being sued!

[TomPritchard]

I prefered it to the one on Bruce Forsyth the week before - that one was fairly boring and his great grandad or whoever it was must have been a bit of a bad character for leaving two families alone. It is a really great show in general though and makes you think about life-stories a lot. Some of the US ones are good, too.

[Segilla]

By chance I saw, for the first time ever, the BBC TV discussion board about this programme. It revealed that several determined researchers worked on the Everett line and concluded that a false trail had been followed.