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This was not as good as the other weeks, i thought it went on a bit about the kilner jars and the history of the factory,and not about finding his family like the previous weeks!! all he was worry about was where had the money gone!! For what I could see,he wasn't bad off anyway!! The programe on bcc3 that followed was brilliant a real story!!very touching much better

thanks for all your interesting replies, jeremy clarkson is obviously a guy people love or hate. the only reason i dislike watching him is because he seems to come across as an arogant, shallow and materialistic twit, but i guess some people might quite like that. i still found it an interesting show, despite the host.

I enjoyed the programme in the same way that I have enjoyed each of the others. Everybody researches ther tree for their own reason and I think that each of these programmes have reflected that, some for practical reasons such as hereditary health conditions, some to answer questions with regard to particular ancestors and even some who just try to collect as many names as possible. Jeremy has an interest in the Industrial Revolution and that was what fascinated him with his family, Had they actually been the ones that invented the Kilner Jar which was such a household name? He joked about the money but the interest there was what had happened to it in the sense of what happened? Did the factories fail to keep up with the changing times or was it squandered? Sue:-)

Come on, do you seriously reckon that Clarkson believed that there was some secret inheritance waiting for him. What he was genuinely interested in was how Kilners could go from being a thriving, forward thinking company to seemingly disappearing without trace. That's what he meant when he said, "so what happened to the money?".

My point exactly!!

think our posts crossed, Susanne! I read yours after writing mine.

Andy, You just put it so much better than me:-)

i am sure we would all be interested in missing millions from an inheritence, but i am just expressing the opinion that whatever clarkson does, be it who do you think you are or top gear or anything else, he always seems to come across as a shallow materialistic type who skims the surface of any subject he crosses. and thats just my opinion.

The thing I like about Clarkson is that he doesn't take life or himself too seriously. Yes, he's cynical, sarcastic, frivolous and opinionated but it's more often than not interesting whether you agree with his opinion or not.