![]() ![]() The producers exploited this gameness to take a more subdued Danny on an emotional roller coaster of discoveries revealed to him by another stellar cavalcade of professional historians whose expertise was conveyed with humour and pathos. I’m sure there’s loads more to discover’. ![]() As it was, he embraced it wholeheartedly – ‘The first ’arf of this journey really ’as spun me nut. ![]() I wonder if you’d told Danny of this change in trajectory before he set out, he would have been any less keen. My bad! Episode 2 introduces elements of gender and queer history framed around a more nuanced approach to masculinity. Had I wished to have been disabused of this notion, however, I should have checked out the programme previews. This is one man’s journey that essentially explored great men in his lineage (we hardly knew ye in episode one, Empress Matilda), although the story was not solely of a political and military bent. Perhaps inevitably given the subject matter of the programme and Danny’s mission to trace his family history, diversity and diverse histories have been wanting. In that time, I have tried to reflect on the first episode, about which I posted on Tuesday, and assess what might have been done differently. I have known for some days that I would be reviewing the second episode of Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family. Read the recap of episode one.īy Paul Dryburgh, Principal Records Specialist, The National Archives This is the second of two recap reviews of Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family.
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