Overview
- Sue and Noel Radford used the latest episode to investigate their family trees, drawing on records to explore relatives’ wartime histories.
- Professor Corinna Peniston-Bird presented census and enlistment documents showing James Thomas Curwen served in the Machine Gun Corps and died on 30 November 1917.
- The couple, who are both adopted, framed the search as part of understanding their origins, with Sue expressing curiosity about ancestry rather than contacting her birth mother.
- They traveled to France to look for a grave and paid respects at the Battle of Cambrai memorial, which lists thousands of soldiers with no known resting place.
- The series has finished its current run, and the Mirror reports Channel 5 will air Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday at 8pm next Sunday in its slot, followed by Rich House, Poor House at 9pm.