TV & Satellite Week – 17 August 2019

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Katherine Ryan might have grown

up in Canada, but it was only when

she moved to Britain over a decade

ago that she finally felt at home.

Born and raised in Ontario,

the stand-up made a big splash

on the comedy circuit when she

came to London in her early 20s,

before becoming a regular

on panel shows such

as Would I Lie to

Yo u ?, Mock the

Week and QI.

Because

Ryan loves

life in the

UK so much, she’s always been

desperate to discover if she has a

deeper connection to this country

• and this week’s episode of Who
  Do You Think You Are? gives her
  the chance to find out.

NOBLE AIMS

‘I have always felt like I belonged

in England,’ she explains. ‘I’m

also desperate to prove to my

daughter Violet that I’m from

English stock.

‘Violet was born in London

and speaks the Queen’s English

• she’s the fancy one. She’s always
  apologising for me in public,
  saying things like, “I’m sorry about
  my mother, she’s Canadian.” So
  it would be great to find that I’m
  descended from nobility. Violet
  would love that.’

Ryan’s first stop is her

hometown of Sarnia, back in

Canada, where she researches

her mother’s side of the family.

She’s delighted to find common

ground with her four-times

great-grandfather, Matthew

Richey, a Presbyterian ‘saddlebag

preacher’ from Nova Scotia who

travelled around the countryside

on horseback, giving sermons.

‘He spoke on street corners and

outside factories,’ says Ryan. ‘He

was a performer like me in many

ways, so I felt a kinship.

It’s funny to

think you

can be

similar to

someone

who lived

The Festival That

Rocked the World

Saturday, Sky Arts HD, 9pm

Recently discovered archive footage

and photographs help to tell the

story of Woodstock, the legendary

1969 American music festival, where

performers included Jimi Hendrix,

Creedence Clearwater Revival,

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,

Jefferson Airplane and The Who.

Bauhaus Rules

Wednesday, BBC4 HD, 10pm

Artist Jim Moir – AKA Vic Reeves

• looks at the pioneering art school
  behind the famous German
  Bauhaus movement of the early 20th
  Century. Six current art graduates
  help re-create life at the school,
  which encouraged collaboration,
  experimentation with materials and
  the flouting of artistic conventions.

Train Your

Baby Like

a Dog

Tuesday, C4 HD, 8pm

An expert in animal

behaviour, Jo-Rosie

Haffenden applies her

knowledge of dogs

and other creatures

to toddlers, in a bid

to help parents

who are at the

end of their

tether. Will

she manage

to bring the

youngsters

to heel?

Special

brew

Canadian comic Katherine Ryan

uncovers an English pub landlord

among her ancestors

Documentaries

GENEALOGY

Who Do You Think

You A re?

Mon, BBC1 HD, 9pm (NI, 10.35pm)