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Nicky Campbell to appear at Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland
Award-winning TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell is set to share his family history story later this month at Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland, which will kick off at Glasgow’s SECC on Friday 29 August 2014.
Appearing on the opening day of the show, the Long Lost Family presenter will reflect on his experiences of filming his episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, an adoption special, which saw him trace the roots of his adoptive family in Scotland and Australia rather than his biological forebears.
Andy Healy, Show Director, commented:
“We are thrilled to have confirmed Nicky Campbell as our celebrity guest for Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland. With just over a week to go, we’re putting the finishing touches to the show and are looking forward to welcoming Nicky and family historians of all levels to this exciting genealogy event.”
Sponsored by Ancestry.co.uk and supported by Homecoming Scotland, the two-day show will give visitors access to specialist workshops, leading genealogists, archives and museums, major online subscription sites and one of the largest collections of family history organisations.
Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland is based on the popular television programme, produced by Wall to Wall (a Warner Bros. Television Productions UK company), which recently returned to BBC One. Celebrating both 10 years on our screens and its 100th episode, the new series will see celebrities including Billy Connolly, Julie Walters, Mary Berry, Brian Blessed and Twiggy trace their family trees to uncover the stories of their ancestors.
Kathryn Taylor, Series Producer of Who Do You Think You Are?, said:
“It’s great that Who Do You Think You Are? Live is coming to Scotland. The event will hopefully be a big draw for existing viewers and fans of the show – as well as those new to Who Do You Think You Are? It will be a fantastic forum for sharing questions, finding answers and expertise and discovering more about how to go about doing the type of research that viewers see on the TV shows! I hope it will enthuse even more people to start exploring their own family histories and encourage viewers to take the plunge themselves.”
Tickets for Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland are available now online at whodoyouthinkyouarelive.com or by calling 0844 8737330. Advanced single tickets are priced £14 for adults and £24 for a two-day ticket, while children under 16 go free.
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Notes to Editors:
About Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland:
Who Do You Think You Are? Live Scotland will take place at the SECC in Glasgow from 29-30 August 2014. Immediate Media Co owns a majority share in Who Do You Think You Are? Live and manages the live events.
About Immediate Media Co:
Immediate Media Co, the specialist interest content and platform company, creates compelling content on platforms that enhances the way people engage with what they love. With an exciting mix of market-leading brands, great talent and technology expertise, Immediate, one of the biggest consumer media businesses in the UK and the third largest magazine publisher, combines its reputation for editorial quality with an integrated approach to delivering multi-platform content.
Its wholly owned brands include Radio Times, olive, Homes & Antiques and highly successfully digital brands including MadeForMums.com, and visordown.com. It publishes BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food, and BBC EasyCook on behalf of BBC Worldwide as well as BBC History, BBC Gardeners’ World, BBC Focus and the CBeebies portfolio, under licence. It publishes Lonely Planet Traveller magazine for LPG Inc.
With over 850 staff in London and Bristol, Immediate has over one million subscribers, a brand reach of over 25 million UK consumers monthly and revenues of more than £150m per annum. It is owned by Exponent Private Equity.
Follow us on Twitter @Immediate_Media
About Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014:
Scotland will welcome the world in the Year of Homecoming 2014 providing a year-long programme of events alongside the Ryder Cup and Commonwealth Games. The Year of Homecoming Scotland will run from 31 December 2013 to 31 December 2014 throughout the length and breadth of the country. Visitors from around the world are invited to join in a celebration of the nation’s food and drink, active pursuits, cultural heritage, nature and ancestral heritage. Homecoming Scotland 2014 is a Scottish Government initiative being led by EventScotland and VisitScotland, supported by numerous partners. To find out more visit www.homecomingscotland.com.
For more information on Homecoming Scotland, please contact: Chelsea Charles, Homecoming Scotland 2014 Communications Manager on 0131 472 2067 or Chelsea.charles@eventscotland.org
Discover clan itineraries and start planning your ancestral journey at www.visitscotland.com/ancestry
About Ancestry.co.uk:
Ancestry.co.uk contains more than one billion records in collections including the most comprehensive online set of England, Wales and Scotland Censuses from 1841 to 1911, the fully searchable England and Wales Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, the World War One British Army Service and Pension records, UK Parish Records and the British Phone Books.
Ancestry.com is the world's largest online family history resource with approximately 2.7 million paying subscribers across all its websites. More than 14 billion records have been added to the Ancestry.com sites and users have created more than 60 million family trees containing more than 6 billion profiles.
In addition to its flagship site www.ancestry.com, the company operates several global Ancestry international websites along with a suite of online family history brands, including Archives.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com, and offers the AncestryDNA product, sold by its subsidiary, Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, all of which are designed to empower people to discover, preserve and share their family history.
For further stories and updates related to family history research, you can also follow Ancestry.co.uk on Facebook and Twitter.
About Wall to Wall:
Wall to Wall is one of the UK's leading production companies. For over 20 years the Warner Bros. Television Productions UK-owned indie has been supplying broadcasters around the world with ground-breaking, award-winning high quality television content across many genres.
Productions range from the entertainment phenomenon and ratings winner The Voice UK to Oscar-winning feature documentary Man On Wire, BBC One hit drama New Tricks, the internationally acclaimed genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, the highly rated ITV factual format Long Lost Family, the innovative living history “House” franchise (which included 1900 House, 1940 House, Edwardian Country House) to single dramas - Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, the multi-award winning A Very English Marriage and multi Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy nominated The Girl.
Wall to Wall’s productions have won almost every major international television award and it regularly tops UK trade magazine polls as the company rated most highly by its peers; subsequently attracting the top talent from across the industry.
Wall to Wall is part of Warner Bros. Television Productions UK. All Wall to Wall’s programme and format sales are handled by Warner Bros. International Television Production
