Ashley Walters, who is best known for roles in Adolescence and Top Boy, has revealed the BBC chose not to include him in a popular series
Ashley Walters, Will Young and Tom Daley joined Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp on The One Show to discuss their upcoming projects.
As talk turned to the shows they all appeared on, Ashley was quizzed over whether he would appear on BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?
However, he shocked hosts Roman and Clara when he revealed he was approached before bosses changed their mind.
Ashley revealed: “I would love to if they let me.” Going on to explain his comment, he continued: “Interesting story, they approached me about doing the show and went and did about a year’s worth of research and then said, ‘no, we’re not going to do it.'”
Ashley Walters revealed the BBC chose not to include him in a popular series
Clara asked: “Any further feedback?” as Ashley replied: “No, they did give me the documents but I haven’t read them, I haven’t gone into the box yet so I don’t know why. I nearly got there but I was on the cusp.”
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“A new project for next year,” Clara suggested. “Go through the archives.”
The revelation came as Will Young, who features of the next episode of Who Do You Think You Are? spoke about his experience.
Appearing on The One Show, Will spoke about becoming emotional when he uncovered his family history.
Ashley Walters, Will Young and Tom Daley joined Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp on The One Show to discuss their upcoming projects.(Image: BBC)
He explained: “I didn’t know anything about my grandfather apart from that he died when my Dad was 15 and under questionable circumstances.
“A lot of people had PTSD after the war, we didn’t know, my Dad and my Aunt didn’t know, that his plane went down at the beginning of the war and he was in a concentration camp for five years, that’s all I knew.
“But it was just wonderful – to not spoil it – go from having one grandfather who I knew growing up and now feeling like I have two. I still have this photo in my study and I just feel like I know him.
Will spoke about becoming emotional when he uncovered his family history(Image: BBC)
“I have a tattoo of his plane and his squadron and you start finding similarities with your family – even people you didn’t know.
“That’s what is real interesting. We had certain characteristics and it was very moving. It was terribly moving for my father and my Aunt because he was sort of portrayed as a bit of a loser and he was literally anything but a loser. My Dad rang me up in tears saying, ‘You’ve given me a father.'”
