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WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?, 9PM, BBC1

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BORN in Cambridge in 1993, Paralympia­n Jonathan ‘Jonnie’ Peacock was named after his maternal grandfathe­r, who had died the year before he was born. A gifted amateur footballer, Jonathan Sr was scouted by a profession­al team, only to end up as a painter and decorator under parental pressure to get a ‘proper job’. On his father’s side, Jonnie delves into the life of his enigmatic great-greatgreat-great grandmothe­r, who refused to take it lying down when her reputation was unfairly dragged through the mud in the 1840s.

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