Thread:Nuicakes/@comment-27122883-20160122202027/@comment-27122883-20160122215638

Yes, you're quite right. They abandon anyone who doesn't have an interesting story quite quickly. The programme started as a way to examine various themes in history using individual families to illustrate a point then found the individuals changed the format. The programme about Bill Oddie was supposed to illustrate the move from work on the land to work in towns and industry. Instead he wanted to talk about his mothers break down so it moved to looking at hospital records. I attended a talk given by one of the people involved in setting up the series so this is straight from the horses mouth so to speak. The documents can be fascinating but you need to find an angle to make it interesting to a wider public.