Who Do You Think You Are?

Create a video of your relation this Christmas

Although I have been working in TV for over 30 years, the video I filmed with my mum in 2010 is by far the most important that I’ve ever made. She was fluent and chatty, with great recall and stories about growing up in prewar Brixton in London, her school days, wartime, meeting Dad and getting married. She was also able to identify all of the people depicted in the black-and-white photos that she kept in a tin under her bed.

Your video will be a lasting reminder of someone who was dear to you

Ten years later we lost her, and I was so glad that I had created a fantastic record of my mother at her talkative best that I could share with my

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