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Jonathan Wright <\/strong>previews upcoming programmes on history and family history<\/p>\n\n

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DNA Family Secrets<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

BBC Two and BBC iPlayer Tuesday 19 April (TBC)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stacey Dooley returns to present the second series of the fascinating DNA Family Secrets on BBC Two <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can now buy a DNA kit for less than \u00a380. Around the world, millions of us have sent off DNA samples as a way to build family trees, to find out from which parts of the world our ancestors originated, and to look for markers of possible health risks. The idea of accessing techniques that were once at the cutting edge of science has become, if not quite commonplace, then at least a feature of day-to-day life, something to chat about in the pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, we are only just beginning to understand the power of DNA testing, and the way that it can change people\u2019s views of themselves \u2013 and of their family histories too. This is something that\u2019s made clear in DNA <\/em>Family <\/em>Secrets, <\/em>a series that debuted in 2021 and returns to our TV screens this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by Stacey Dooley, the programme features contributions from Prof Turi King of the University of Leicester, who led the genetics team that helped to identify the remains of Richard III. Genealogists, social workers and doctors are also on hand to guide and support those who take part. As WDYTYA? Magazine <\/em>went to press, details of the new series were still being kept largely under wraps. This much we do know. There will be six episodes in total, and the opening show finds Dooley in Liverpool. Here she meets Richard, who has long wanted to know the identity of his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he finally discovers the truth, he\u2019s flabbergasted by what he learns. The show also features Janet, who has heard a rumour that her dad may have fathered a child when he was a prisoner of war during the Second World War. Does she have a secret sibling?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

The Real Peaky Blinders<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

BBC iPlayer Streaming now<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Family history can inspire both creative endeavour and scholarly research, even when that history is laced with violence. That\u2019s one lesson to take from this two-part documentary, which complements the final series of Steven Knight\u2019s gangster epic Peaky <\/em>Blinders. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n

The shows reveal how both Knight and Prof Carl Chinn, who has researched the history of Birmingham\u2019s street gangs back to the 19th century, have Peaky Blinders in their trees. Knight\u2019s violent great uncles helped inspire the show, while Chinn\u2019s great grandad was a thief.<\/p>\n\n

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Time Travels<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Sounds Saturday 16 April <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Presented by Susan Morrison, this consistently excellent social history series is back with a new batch of episodes. The first show explores two fascinating stories, beginning with the tale of Alison Rough, an Edinburgh war widow whose husband was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, when a Scottish force unsuccessfully invaded England. Rough managed to raise her family on her own, but the end of her life would be overshadowed by the death of her violent son-in-law.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The second story looks back at the 1970s, a time when unmarried young women in Scotland who \u2018fell pregnant\u2019 were very likely to be rushed to the altar before the bump showed. What effects did this have on their careers and lives?<\/p>\n\n

The show also features an episode linked to the \u2018100 Years of Scottish Stories\u2019 project, in which BBC Radio Scotland has been asking listeners to share a story they want to pass down to future generations of their family.<\/p>\n\n

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Inside Museums<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

BBC Four April<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

In the wake of the pandemic, life in our museums is getting back to something like normal. Time, perhaps, to revisit your favourite institutions or find somewhere new to go. In which case, Inside <\/em>Museums <\/em>may help. Each of the four programmes in the series focuses on a single museum somewhere in the UK. In Wales, Huw Stephens heads to the National Slate Museum, celebrating an industry that was integral to the Welsh economy. The series also visits Glasgow\u2019s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, and the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.<\/p>\n\n

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NOW STREAMING: BBC iPlayer<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My Family, The Holocaust And Me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By his own estimation, barrister and TV presenter Robert Rinder was probably \u201cthe least famous person\u201d to appear on Who <\/em>Do <\/em>You <\/em>Think <\/em>You <\/em>Are? <\/em>in 2018. Nevertheless, his unforgettable episode, which focused on his family\u2019s experiences during the Holocaust, prompted an \u201coutpouring of conversation\u201d among viewers who wanted to know more. It also inspired this immensely moving two-part documentary, which was first shown in 2020. As well as Rinder continuing his own research, the programmes also follow other Jewish people as they trace family stories linked to the Holocaust, in part as a way to understand the psychological impact on not just the survivors, but their children too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Photo: BBC\/MINNOW FILMS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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