Rupert Everett Unearths Grandfather's Secret Childhood
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While instigating the story of how two aunts raised his grandfather, he discovers that he was brought up in a foster home for his entire childhood.
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Rupert Everett's varied acting career has involved starring in Hollywood films as diverse as My Best Friend's Wedding, Shrek 2 and The Importance of Being Earnest. Rupert has a rigidly conservative background and feels that much of his own life has been a reaction against it. Following the recent death of his father six months ago, he wants to investigate the paternal side of his family.
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Rupert visits his mother Sara to find out more about his father Tony's early life. He discovers that Tony's father Cyril worked in Nigeria for the Colonial Service. Sara has a photograph of Cyril as a two-year-old and tells Rupert that the family believe he was brought up by two aunts in Hammersmith. Rupert wants to find out more about Cyril's life and what he was doing in Nigeria. Rupert tracks down records which chart Cyril's career in the Service and discovers just how important a role he held in Nigeria. But what about Cyril's childhood? Rupert decides to search the online census records and unearths some very unexpected information. This is the start of a rollercoaster investigation into fathers and sons which Rupert describes as like an Ealing comedy, with its twists, turns and surprise relatives popping up. Rupert reflects on the ripple effects of broken relationships across the generations. On social mobility, both up and down, broken rules, abandonment, rebellion, convention and secrecy.
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My both of my paternal grandparents were home children. My grandmother's brother and my grandfather were raised at the same Home for Little Boys in Farningham/Swanley as Rupert's grandfather.
30 years without his family! How terrible for the family.
@stephanieyee9784
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It's possible Cyril had no qualms about leaving his family in England while he went to Nigeria because of his orphanage upbringing. He may have felt more comfortable and more Himself being alone. He may have even had a Nigerian "companion".
Dr. Ruth Watson 0:13-2:26. I love her voice and the way she speaks. 2:15. "One version of history would be he had a highly successful career in the Colonial service: he worked his way up the ranks of the customs service and did very well. But I'm sure, as you maybe feel, that came at something of a cost."
@clair233
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Spot on
Can’t wait for the next part!
Wow...
They should not be wearing gloves. They damage paper more than protect it. They only need to wash their hands.
So sad
"British imperial superiority". Now there's a phrase that screams the arrogance of the British Empire and its entitlement to the countries it occupied. Wow.
@amiquigonzales7917
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That's how it is. The same for Spaniards in our Hispanic America.
@dixiecat666
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Never heard of the Romans, Normans etc then : it's history
at that turmoil time, everything was possible preventing colonial family came to colony, but not in South East Asia.