Who Do You Think You Are? (Wed, 9pm, BBC1)After 51 years and counting as Ken Barlow in ‘Coronation Street’, William Roache is now recognised as the world’s longest-serving actor in a drama serial. Having recently discussed the future in a loopy magazine interview in which he claimed that the world will change radically on 12 December because we are “moving onto a higher vibration”, William now turns his attention to the past. The latest subject ...
more Who Do You Think You Are? (Wed, 9pm, BBC1)After 51 years and counting as Ken Barlow in ‘Coronation Street’, William Roache is now recognised as the world’s longest-serving actor in a drama serial. Having recently discussed the future in a loopy magazine interview in which he claimed that the world will change radically on 12 December because we are “moving onto a higher vibration”, William now turns his attention to the past. The latest subject of the BBC’s successful and expertly produced ancestry show, he discovers how his maternal grandfather Albert was a violent alcoholic, so much so that his mum had to be taken away from the family. But there’s more cheer for William as he learns that his grandmother, Zillah, was a remarkable woman who ran a café at Alton Towers (pre-theme park days) and that the woman he remembers as a kindly old lady was in fact a passionate and ambitious entrepreneur.
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