Chris Rea has been a long time researcher on BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are, TV series, by using the Turdis, he goes back in time verify that the geneological information is correct, in one yet to be aired programme, he checked up on Charles Dickens, but his appearance caused another blip in time, as Charles Dickens was researching a local businessman for his latest novel, Mr Ebenezer Scrootles, was a well known Yorkshire businessman, who was notoriously careful with cash, his partner Josiah Marley had died of hypothermia as Scrootles refused to light a fire despite it being near Christmas time, Chris Rea appeared 3x in Mr Scrootles bedroom, and for a laugh said he was the ghosts of Xmas past, present & future, unfortunately Ebenezer Scrootles went mad, but did mend his ways, Charles Dickens couldn’t believe his luck, he got one first rate story line, but did change some names for his book, and Chris Rea proved that Josiah Marley, Jacob in the book, was a distant relative of Reggae legend Bob Marley