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Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
Friday, 19 September 2025

British Newspaper Archive adds TV Times (1956-1980) - but will the Scottish and Ulster editions be made available?

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The British Newspaper Archive ( www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk ) has added the TV Times to its holdings, as follows:     1955–56 TV time...
Thursday, 12 June 2025

Emma Maxwell on WDYTYA

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Fans of Emma and Graham Maxwell, the dynamic duo behind Scottish Indexes ( www.scottishindexes.com ), will be interested to know that Emma a...
Monday, 5 August 2024

Who Do You Think You Are? returns Thursday August 15th

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The new series of Who Do You Think You Are? kicks off on Thursday August 15th 2024, with an episode focussed on actor Vicky McClure (from L...
Sunday, 7 January 2024

Remembering the 1923 migrations to Canada on the Metagama and the Marloch

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In 1923, following the casualty count and loss of life in the the First World War, as well as the tragic loss of life on board H.M Yacht Iol...
Tuesday, 25 July 2023

The BBC Time Flyers programme that was never broadcast

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I once had a previous 12 year career in television documentary production, and I thought that the following story from that period might be ...
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Sunday, 21 May 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber kicks off season 20 of WDYTYA on June 1st

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The new series of Who Do You Think You Are? will commence its run on BBC1 at 9pm on Thursday, June 1st 2023, with the first episode featurin...
Saturday, 6 May 2023

Who Do You Think You Are? Series 20 starts in June

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From the BBC:  Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One this June with a nine-part star-studded line-up   The newest season of two-time...
Tuesday, 10 May 2022

The Family Histories Podcast - Trapped

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The second episode of the third series of The Family Histories Podcast has just been released, with yours truly as the subject. Here's ...
Friday, 6 May 2022

Who Do You Think You Are? returns on May 26th

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The nineteenth series of Who Do You Think You Are? commences as a limited run on BBC1 from May 26th.  The series will include the following ...
Thursday, 2 December 2021

Big thanks to Wall to Wall for series 17 of WDYTYA?

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This is just a quick post to express my thanks to the TV production company Wall to Wall for the now finished broadcast run of series 17 of ...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Who Owns Scotland?

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A new BBC series has just started entitled Who Owns Scotland? , with the first episode currently available to view on the BBC iPlayer at htt...
Saturday, 2 October 2021

Who Do You Think You Are? returns on October 12th

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The next series of Who Do You Think You Are? will return to BBC1 at 9pm on Tuesday, October 12th. For further details visit https://www.who...
Monday, 13 September 2021

Who Do You Think You Are? Series 18 to air in October

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Series 18 of Who Do You Think You Are? has been announced as commencing transmission on BBC1 at some stage next month, October 2021. The fo...
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

BBC Alba documentary on genealogist Bill Lawson

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I've just watched a wonderful BBC Alba documentary which was first broadcast in 2019, concerning genealogist Bill Lawson, who is based o...
Friday, 29 January 2021

Who Do You Think You Are? episodes on BBC iPlayer

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Some 50 episodes from Seasons 12-17 of the BBC1 series Who Do You Think You Are? can be viewed freely on the BBC's iPlayer service ( ww...
Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Who Do You Think You Are? Series 17 trailer

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The trailer for the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? , this coming Monday 12th October on BBC1. Chris My next 5 week Scotland 1750-...
Thursday, 1 October 2020

Who Do You Think You Are? returns October 12th

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The next short series of Who Do You Think You Are? , with just four episodes, commences its run on Monday October 12th.  Here's the blur...
Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Antiques Roadshow to visit Culzean Castle

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Slightly off track, but if your ancestor left something valuable, and not just in the emotional sense, this might be worth a visit! From the...
Friday, 21 February 2020

Some currently available genealogy TV box sets and shows

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There have been a few TV shows engaging with genealogy, and increasingly you can access them in the UK via catch up services as box sets. A ...