Who Do You Think You Are with Alan Cumming

Really good - the most interesting "WDYTYA?" I've seen for a long time... Mr Cumming was, as always, fab, though a lot more serious than I think I've ever seen him... His grandfather turned out to be a fascinating character... I think maybe concentrating on a single ancestor is a better idea... The programmes that investigate more of someone's family tree can be interesting, or they can end up not being much more than someone compiling a list of names, which doesn't make for thrilling viewing... Of the ones I saw this series, Mr Cumming's was the best by a long way... Alexander Armstrong's was really interesting... The dull as dishwater Jason Donovan's was surprisingly interesting... Rupert Everett's was nothing special... And, the Sarah Jessica Parker one they put on a couple of bank holidays bank was just plain boring.

I've only seen one other of the series as I know someone who was on it but I did find this one really fascinating. It was really sad that Alan had to deal with the circumstances of his grandfather's death but in a way it was also good for him to see the park and street and I agree that it seemed like Tom lived his life on the edge.

I think it was good that they focused on one person in the family though, definitely.


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It was certainly a very moving episode, I've seen nearly all of WDYTYA and have been looking forward to Alan's story for weeks.
It was really sad that his grandfather was so terribly trumatised by his war experiences, which in all probability led to his death. It was clear how much he was loved and respected in that village, where he ended his days, and he might have been happy there, if not for that self-detructive drive (which may have existed before, but certainly wouldn't have been helped by the horrors he'd been through).
It must have been really hard for Alan having to break the news to his mother, about the truth of her father's death.