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Family Footsteps

Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

With Gavin Andrews as their guide, the Quail Walker family travel further back in time. Teenagers Noah and Fionn hop on a steam train to find out about a family connection to the railways, while grandad Desmond discovers a shocking family secret. Then it’s off to Canada where Desmond and Caroline follow in the footsteps of a great-uncle who worked in a fellow Ulster-Scot’s retail empire.

In London, Fionn and Noah play cello and viola with a composer cousin they’ve never met and find out about their family links to The Sound of Music and Frank Sinatra. Show less

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