Ep. 136 - Sam Roukin, “Simcoe” of TURN: Washington’s Spies Talks Revolutionary War and Playing A Historic Figure

Fisher opens the show with Family Histoire News talking aboutthe upcomingseason of Genealogy Roadshow. He discloses which cities theRoadshow teamwill visit this year. He then talks about the amazing discoveryof the remains of aRoman villa underneath a barn in England. Here how it wasdiscovered and whatis happening to the site now. Fisher then shares the sad tale ofthe 1838 sale ofover 230 African slaves by Jesuit priests in Washington DC. Herewhy they weresold, and which well known university exists today because itsdebts were paid bythe sale. Also hear about why major efforts are being made tofind theirdescendants. In segment two, Fisher visits with actor Sam Roukin who playsCaptain JohnGraves Simcoe in the AMC series “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” Samtalks abouthis development of this despicable character, based on a realhistoric figure. Samalso talks about his immersion in the history of theRevolution. In segment three, Fisher continues his conversation with SamRoukin. Sam talksabout what responsibility he feels to the real man and how hesquares thecharacter he portrays with the man who did some very good thingsafter theRevolution. Sam also reveals that, despite being very Britishand portraying abrutal British officer in the Revolution, he is likely to dosomething in the not sodistant future that will please many Americans. Tom Perry then returns, the Preservation Authority, to talkabout some specialprograms he is analyzing for personal use in editing video anddigitized homemovies. Some of the things these programs can do could only havebeen done inHollywood just a few years ago! That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family HistoryShow!