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Boy George expects to find a lot of sadness in his family tree, but delights in a new sense of his family being part of Irish history.

Iconic pop star Boy George grew up in south London in an Irish family. George expects to find a lot of sadness in his family tree. He knows that his maternal grandmother was found wandering the streets of Dublin as a small child and put in a children's home and wants to find out how she came to be in such a dire situation. He's also heard that another ancestor was hanged in Dublin's Mountjoy Gaol and is somehow connected to Kevin Barry who was commemorated in a well-known Irish rebel song. As George uncovers the grim details of what really happened to his grandmother and his great uncle, he also delights in a new sense of his family being truly part of Irish history.

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58 minutes

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Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterBoy George
Series ProducerSarah Feltes
Executive ProducerColette Flight
DirectorDavid Vincent

Broadcasts

  • Wed 25 Jul 201821:00
  • Wed 25 Jul 201822:40
  • Thu 26 Jul 201823:45
  • Fri 3 Aug 201801:30
  • Mon 11 Sep 202321:00

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