Оригінальна назва
No Place Like Home
Випущено
03.05.2022
Країна
GB
Виробничі компанії
Hungry Jay Media
Статус
Поновлено
Кількість сезонів
2
Кількість епізодів
7
This series sees celebrities walk down memory lane returning to the neighbourhoods where they grew up, discovering the history that was on their doorstep all along. Each episode features a different celebrity learning more about themselves and the places they call home as they explore the areas that made them and meet the people that shaped them.
The Repair Shop's Jay Blades returns to his childhood neighbourhood of Hackney to discover the extraordinary history that was on his doorstep, meeting locals, historians and old friends as he explores the place he thought he knew so well, and discovers there is often much more than meets the eye.
Jay walks in his mother's footsteps to market, and revisits his first ever home, where he and his mother were taken in by family in 1970 when he was a newborn baby. He also learns about the terrifying Zeppelin air raids that saw the first ever bombs raining down on London in 1915, and explores the mythology built up around the infamous Kray twins
Jay retraces his footsteps as a teenager in East London, revisiting some of his old haunts and uncovers their extraordinary histories and the people behind them. Jay discovers how his old road was totally transformed by a V-1 rocket during the Second World War, before he treads the boards of the local theatre where he used to hang out, uncovering its rich history as a music hall venue that rivalled West End theatres
In his final journey, Jay follows in the footsteps of his young adult self, walking the streets where he used to live and discovering their hidden secrets. Jay revisits a former flat that he shared in Peabody Estate in Bethnal Green, and discovers the philanthropic story of Peabody, lifting the deserving poor out of poverty. Later, Jay makes his way to the famous cemetery Abney Park, and recalls the ghosts of Hackney past that he encountered on his journeys and the rich history of the place that shaped his youth and made him the man he is today.
Fern Britton returns to her childhood home and is shocked to discover a secret history of spies, servants and suffragettes.
News broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire comes home to Greater Manchester to dicsover the history she never knew existed.
Actor and author Ben Miller explores the history of his hometown of Nantwich in Cheshire.
The ex-Strictly star makes an emotional return to Potters Bar, finding out about the local suffragette activity, and how a WWI German Zeppelin airship was shot down nearby.
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