Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Cast:Mark Strong , Phil Davis , Cherie Lunghi , David Morrissey , Adrian Chiles , Nick Barratt , Edgar Jones , Laura Berry , Sarah Richardson , Meera Syal , Amanda Redman , Jeremy Clarkson , Sue Johnston , Vic Reeves , Bill Oddie , David Baddiel , Ian Hislop , Moira Stuart
S1.E1 ∙ Bill Oddie
Bill finds out that the mother he barely knew was sentenced to a mental institution during the 1950's. He also discovers that his family history is rich in the textile industry.
S1.E2 ∙ Amanda Redman
Redman learns more of her father's history, her illegitimate sister, she gets a reunion with reunion with a long lost relative and finds out her grandfather was of Victorian up-bringing.
S1.E3 ∙ Sue Johnston
Johnston learns about two of the more famous men in her family, her great grandfather who went from rags to riches of the industrial revolution. As well as his son (her grandfather) who joined the railways and made money from that.
S1.E4 ∙ Jeremy Clarkson
Clarkson learns the history of his maternal side the Kilners. The Kilners were made famous for their glass products including the kilner jar. The family was your traditional rags to riches and then rags again.
S1.E5 ∙ Ian Hislop
Ian, Learns about his family history from what they did during the Nazi occupation, about his paternal grandfather as well as his family involvement in the battle of Spion Kop.
S1.E6 ∙ Moira Stuart
Stuart's family history traces back to Edinburgh. Her father and grandfather both studied medicine. Her family also had to deal with racism but were able to fight through it and become a thriving family in the UK.
S1.E7 ∙ David Baddiel
Baddiel was born 19 years after the second world war, his family was forced to flee from the Nazis, his Maternal Grandfather was director of a brickwork and was very prominent in the business world. His family was also persecuted by the Nazis and had to overcome it to the eventual freedom after the war.
S1.E8 ∙ Lesley Garrett
Garrett, discovers her roots and those of her great great grandfather who was a butch, farmer and prominent member of the Throne Council. His history was kept secret from her and her father.
S1.E9 ∙ Meera Syal
Garrett, discovers her roots and those of her great great grandfather who was a butch, farmer and prominent member of the Throne Council. His history was kept secret from her and her father.
S1.E10 ∙ Vic Reeves
Comedian Vic Reeves goes in search of his ancestor Simeon Leigh who isn't at all what he seems.
S2.E1 ∙ Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman's not sure he's interested in family history, but he does love social history. However, he quickly realises that his family's story is inextricably linked to that of Britain.
S2.E2 ∙ Sheila Hancock
Sheila Hancock believed that her family's history was very boring. But she discovers that her grandfather was a successful manager and guide for Thomas Cook's travel agents in Milan.
S2.E3 ∙ Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry knows that people always think of him as being quintessentially English, but his mother is from a large European Jewish family. Stephen traces his maternal grandfather, Martin Neumann, back to modern-day Slovakia.
S2.E4 ∙ Julian Clary
Growing up Clary knew very little about his family history. His Grandfather had died before Julian was born and was curious about his story. Clary found out that his grandfather was on the front line of WW1 and was very important of post war history.
S2.E5 ∙ Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks's family history is rooted in Lancashire - three generations of her family lived in the same street in Rawtenstall. Her ancestors form part of the town's cotton-weaving heritage.
S2.E6 ∙ Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend It Like Beckham, grew up in Southall in West London. But she was born in Kenya, and her family's story is tied up with that of the British Empire.
S3.E1 ∙ Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the East London docks and finds that his mother was a matchgirl at the Bryant and May factory.
S3.E2 ∙ Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay discovers that his paternal grandfather Jesse was severely wounded in the trenches of WWI.
S3.E3 ∙ Colin Jackson
Athlete Colin Jackson takes a DNA test, and travels to Jamaica to research his family history.
S3.E4 ∙ David Tennant
Tennant, knew little of his family history. He knew he had some Scottish roots but didn't know how far they grew. He learned that his grandfather was a Football star for some time before an injury forced him to retire to a job at the shipyard.
S3.E5 ∙ David Dickinson
David Dickinson explores the circumstances of his adoption and the story of his Armenian ancestors.
S3.E6 ∙ Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson's Jewish immigrant family have come a long way from poverty in Europe and the East End to the wealth of Belgravia. Her father Nigel was Margaret Thatcher's golden boy and mother Vanessa was heiress to the Lyons food dynasty.
S3.E7 ∙ Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons is largely perceived as the quintessential English gentleman, but he feels a strong connection to Ireland. He has a house in Ireland, an Irish wife, Sinead Cusack, and is sure that there's Irish blood somewhere in his family.
S3.E8 ∙ Julia Sawalha
Julia Sawalha comes from a multi-cultural family. Her mother is English but believes her side of the family are descended from French Huguenots.
S4.E0 ∙ Nicky Campbell
Nicky Campbell was adopted a few days after being born in 1961. Having already traced his biological parents some years later, Nicky now decides to trace the history of his adoptive family.
S4.E1 ∙ Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky travels to Cape Town to explore the story behind her parents' exile from South Africa in the 1960s, and learns about the vital role her father played in the anti-apartheid demonstrations.
S4.E2 ∙ John Hurt
Although John Hurt was born in England, he is proud of his Irish heritage and hopes he will be able to discover the truth about an illegitimate daughter in his family tree.
S4.E3 ∙ Griff Rhys Jones
Griff's mother Gwyneth learned that her mother had been adopted following the death of Gwyneth's real grandparents in a train crash. Griff wonders why the the tragedy should have been kept secret for so many years.
S4.E4 ∙ Carol Vorderman
Although there comes a point in her investigations when Carol Vorderman's eyes fill with tears she manages for the most part to keep a lid on things in tonight's edition of the reality/ genealogy series. Initially, that's because her mother's side of the family seem a jolly lot with a great-grandfather who was an astute businessman and owned the first butcher's shop in Prestatyn. It's not until Vorderman starts poking around in her Dutch father's family that things get a bit more emotional. Tony Vorderman and his wife split up three weeks after her birth and Carol didn't see him for more than 40 years. All she has to go on is a family rumour that her great-grandfather was robbed of the Nobel Prize for science, and that her father worked for the Dutch Resistance during the war, with the fishy nickname "Snoek".
S4.E5 ∙ Alistair McGowan
Alistair McGowan has always assumed his family has strong Scottish roots, but he often wondered where he gets his dark eyes and skin tone from.
S4.E6 ∙ Graham Norton
As a Protestant growing up in Catholic Ireland, Graham Norton sometimes felt that he and his family were made to feel like foreigners in their own country.
S4.E7 ∙ Matthew Pinsent
Olympic rowing champion Matthew Pinsent knows that his parents' families were greatly affected by WWI; two of his grandfather's brothers were killed, as well as his grandmother's only brother.
S5.E1 ∙ Patsy Kensit
Kensit, knew a great deal about her father the notorious gangster of 1960's London. Through research she learned that her grandfather was also a criminal of great stature.
S5.E2 ∙ Boris Johnson
Johnson, not really sure of his heritage delves into the history books to find he has a half french grandmother as well as roots that date back to Turkey where his great-grandfather was involved in politics.
S5.E3 ∙ Jerry Springer
Springer, who was born in London to Jewish Parents who had escaped Nazi Germany days before WW2 outbreak. Jerry continues to investigate his Grandmothers history and find out some grim details.
S5.E4 ∙ Esther Rantzen
Rantzen, thought of her family history is a upper class, high society type of family that ran the same path. She found out about her great-grandfather who abandoned his family and became involved with the darker side of life.
S5.E5 ∙ Ainsley Harriott
Harriott, thought he knew a lot about his forefathers, little did he know that his family history was as colorful as it turned out. His Great Grandfather fought for the British at Sierra Leone.
S5.E6 ∙ David Suchet
Suchet, had a mixed bag of guesses of where he came from. He began to explore the British side, it turns out he had a love for boats. His Great Grandfather came from France and was a well known photographer.
S5.E7 ∙ Jodie Kidd
Kidd discovered that both sides of her family were awarded titles, one was a knight and another a Lord. She traced her routs as far back as the 17th Century to the first settlers of Canada. There was even a connection to an infamous murder.
S5.E8 ∙ Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Llwelyn-Bowen, always had a love for the Sea, so he wanted to research his family history. It turns out that his grandfather was a Captain during the first world war, and his great grandfather was a Captain that sailed all over the world.
S6.E1 ∙ Rory Bremner
Bremner didn't know his father very well as he passed away when Rory was age 18. Bremner discovered that his father fought in the second world war and was instrumental in both the war and post war.
S6.E2 ∙ Fiona Bruce
Fiona Bruce's great-grandfather, Frederick Crouch, died during World War One in mysterious circumstances. The family story is that Frederick failed to duck down when shells began falling nearby.
S6.E3 ∙ Rick Stein
Rick Stein's father Eric suffered from manic depression and committed suicide in the 1960s. Rick explores his father's life. Next, travels to China to explore the life of his great-grandfather Henry Parkes, a 19th-century missionary.
S6.E4 ∙ Zoe Wanamaker
Zoe Wanamaker was born in New York, but when she was three her father, American actor Sam Wanamaker, fled to the UK to escape the anti-communist McCarthy witch-hunts.
S6.E5 ∙ Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately, famous for playing working-class characters, has a surprisingly affluent family history.
S6.E6 ∙ Davina McCall
Davina McCall makes some intriguing and shocking discoveries as she delves into her family's past. As a child of divorced parents, Davina, who is half-French, was brought up by her paternal grandmother in England.
S6.E7 ∙ Chris Moyles
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles finds himself unexpectedly emotional as he goes back to his Irish roots.
S6.E8 ∙ Kate Humble
Kate Humble knows little about her family history. What she does know is that her paternal grandfather was a test pilot, and she believes her maternal grandfather ended up in Colditz.
S6.E9 ∙ David Mitchell
David Mitchell goes in search of his Scottish roots. David knows that the Mitchells were wealthy sheep farmers in Sutherland.
S6.E10 ∙ Kim Cattrall
Liverpool-born Kim Cattrall is determined to solve a family mystery that has endured for more than 70 years. When Kim's mother, Shane, was eight years old, her father disappeared.
S6.E11 ∙ Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman's father died when he was just 10 years old. His parents had divorced some years before and Martin knows virtually nothing about the paternal side of his family history. Now he wants to fill in the blanks.
S7.E1 ∙ Bruce Forsyth
Forsyth receives a letter from a woman in America claiming that she might be related to him. Bruce tracks down his great grandfather was a boat Captain and had ties to America, what he finds out when he gets there is shocking.
S7.E2 ∙ Rupert Everett
Everett has done fairly well for himself in his acting career, but knows very little about his roots. His fathers recent death made him want to explore his history, so he goes on to research his fathers life, and learns a great deal.
S7.E3 ∙ Dervla Kirwan
Dervla takes a leap into the unknown while investigating her family relationship to Michael Collins. Dervla learns more about her maternal grandfather, who was the nephew of Michael Collins and was himself a member of the IRA.
S7.E4 ∙ Monty Don
Don, comes from a well-known group of architects on his mother's side, but knows very little of the rest of his family. Don finds out about his not often talked about Grandmothers side and well as his families history in the marmalade business.
S7.E5 ∙ Rupert Penry-Jones
Penry-Jones, has done very well as an Actor, his mother Angela Thorne was born in Karachi when it was part of the English Empire. Rupert is curious about his Indian blood. He finds a lot about his roots in India.
S7.E6 ∙ Alexander Armstrong
Armstrong, knows his lineage is from a posh lifestyle. He decides to find out how posh it was by starting with his mothers line. He finds out that he has routes going all the way to royalty.
S7.E7 ∙ Jason Donovan
Australian born Jason Donovan was raised by his father in England, but still has roots in Australia. Donovan goes to his home town of Melbourne to meet up with family there to find out about his Australian heritage.
S7.E8 ∙ Hugh Quarshie
Hugh grew up in star wars, star wars and became the most powerful being to exist in the multiverse, swallowing entire galaxies whole and sparing nobody in his bloodthirsty quest for power.
S7.E9 ∙ Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming is a successful Actor and Broadway star, growing up in a small town in Scotland, Alan knew very little about his roots. The biggest question he has is the origins of his maternal grandmother. What will he uncover to give himself more knowledge of his family history.
S8.E1 ∙ June Brown
National treasure June Brown is featured on tonight's episode. Brown is the oldest person to be featured. June travels to discover her Jewish history and how her family moved across Europe to eventually land in the U.K.
S8.E2 ∙ J K Rowling
Best Selling Author JK Rowling sets out to investigate her french roots. She has always been interested in her late mother's french ancestry but knows little about it. Her journey begins in Edinburgh and then to the Savoy in London, and eventually to Paris.
S8.E3 ∙ Sebastian Coe
Coe journey into his family history begins in Cheshire, where his family seat at Hyde Hall once stood. He follows a trail to Jamaica and discovers a life on the plantation. Which he uncover illegitimacy, and philandering sugar planter and slavery. He also discovers some American history as well.
S8.E4 ∙ Larry Lamb
Larry Lamb, British Actor discovered that he is descended from a line of proprietors of Day's Menagerie and the famous Martini Bartlett lion tamer.
S8.E5 ∙ Emilia Fox
The Heavily Pregnant Fox, wonders what traits she will be passing along to her child. She discovers that her family's history includes a lot of actors. She learns that her great-great-grandfather invented one of the most important inventions of the 19th century.
S8.E6 ∙ Alan Carr
Carr explores his family's connection with football, he also finds out about a mysterious name change on his mothers side of the family as well as finding out about a hidden chapter of social history.
S8.E7 ∙ Robin Gibb
Gibb, discovers a tale of poverty and grit as he finds out how his fathers grandfather overcame the odds to become a decorated soldiers. Robin also finds out that his mothers grand-mother was a midwife that had a bit of history herself.
S8.E8 ∙ Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley sets out to learn more about the Canadian side of his family.
S8.E9 ∙ Len Goodman
Goodman learns about the extreme poverty that took place in his families heritage for over 150 years, he also learned about the suicide of his great-grandfather.
S8.E10 ∙ Tracey Emin
Artist Emin looks into her mothers line of the family and finds out about her East End roots. She learns about her Great Grandfather Henry Hodgkins who spent time in Reform school as well as prison and was forced into hard labor.
S9.E1 ∙ Samantha Womack
Actress Samantha Womack delves into her family history, uncovering the shocking truth about her great-grandfather's military career.
S9.E2 ∙ Gregg Wallace
Gregg Wallace sets out to solve a long-standing mystery: what happened to his great-grandfather, who abandoned his family?
S9.E3 ∙ Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart investigates his father's extraordinary war career and discovers the shocking impact it had on his father's character.
S9.E4 ∙ Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox uncovers tangled family relationships blighted by illegitimacy and poverty on her late grandmother's branch of the family.
S9.E5 ∙ Hugh Dennis
Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis's grandfathers both fought in the First World War, but rarely spoke about what they went through. Hugh uncovers their very different wartime experiences.
S9.E6 ∙ Alex Kingston
Actress Alex Kingston sets out to learn more about her great-grandfather William Keevil, who died during the First World War.
S9.E9 ∙ John Barnes
John Barnes investigates the role his grandfather, Frank Hill, played in Jamaica's struggle for self-rule. He finds outs how his grandfather became the subject of secret telegrams, and why he was interned by the British during World War 2.
S9.E10 ∙ John Bishop
John Bishop famously changed career from pharmaceuticals sales director to stand-up comedian. John is curious to see how far back the family goes in terms of its relationship with Liverpool and to see if anybody in his family did anything like him, if anybody worked in showbusiness, or decided to change their career and move in a different direction as he did.
S10.E1 ∙ Una Stubbs
Una Stubbs never met her paternal grandparents even though, as she discovers in this film, they didn't die until she was in her 20's.
S10.E2 ∙ Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers is usually cast in upper class roles, but his roots turn out to be very different.
S10.E3 ∙ Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver is on a mission to find out more about her late father, Ronnie, and his family's background.
S10.E4 ∙ Lesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp was adopted when she was just five weeks old. She traced her birth mother over twenty years ago and discovered that she was the result of her mother's affair with a married man.
S10.E5 ∙ Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker follows the trail of his great, great great grandfather James Pratt, and discovers that James was a poacher in Victorian England and served time in Leicester Prison.
S10.E6 ∙ Nick Hewer
Nick Hewer has fond memories of his maternal Irish grandfather but has always been intrigued about how a Catholic managed to reach the prestigious office of high sheriff in Protestant-dominated 1920's Belfast.
S10.E7 ∙ Nitin Ganatra
Actor Nitin Ganatra moved from Kenya to England when he was just 3 years old. He wants to investigate why his family left Kenya and why they originally moved from India to Africa. He travels to Gujarat and discovers his ancestral home.
S10.E8 ∙ Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican is astonished to discover that her three times great grandfather was one of the first ever divers in the world.
S10.E9 ∙ Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull had a difficult relationship with her mother, Eva. In this film Marianne investigates Eva's early life, as a dancer in 1920s Berlin- the era immortalised in the film Cabaret.
S10.E10 ∙ John Simpson
John Simpson always thought his great grandfather was Samuel F Cody, famous for being the first person to fly in Britain and a Wild West entertainer.
S11.E1 ∙ Julie Walters
Julie follows her roots back to Ireland. On the trail of her great-grandfather Anthony Clarke, Julie's journey takes her to County Mayo where she discovers Anthony was at the centre of a revolutionary movement fighting for land rights.
S11.E2 ∙ Brian Blessed
Actor Brian Blessed has always loved his unusual name - but has no idea where his Blessed ancestors came from.
S11.E3 ∙ Tamzin Outhwaite
Tamzin Outhwaite has always been intrigued by her Italian ancestry. Although she remembers her grandfather Remo, she knows very little about his family.
S11.E4 ∙ Brendan O'Carroll
O'Carroll tries to find out the truth about the his grandfather's murder, and tries to track down the men responsible.
S11.E5 ∙ Sheridan Smith
Sheridan is keen to know where her musical talent comes from and is soon, hot on the trail of her great-great-grandfather Benjamin Doubleday.
S11.E6 ∙ Mary Berry
Mary Berry, still going strong at 79, believes she inherits her energy and drive from her father and sets off on a journey to find out more about his family.
S11.E7 ∙ Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw never knew his grandfather, Edwin Shaw, who walked out on his family when Martin's father was just a boy. Martin sets off to find out what happened to this elusive character.
S11.E8 ∙ Reggie Yates
Reggie Yates grew up knowing very little about his father's side of the family. Reggie sets out on the trail of his grandfather, Harry Philip Yates.
S11.E9 ∙ Billy Connolly
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly always believed his history to be from Scotland. He travels to India in the path of his ancestors. He makes the discovery that his great-great-great grandfather played an important role in Indian History.
S11.E10 ∙ Twiggy
Twiggy grew up in a close-knit family in London, but her mother told her almost nothing about her relations, not even her grandmother's name.
S12.E1 ∙ Paul Hollywood
The baker grew up very near to his maternal grandparents and was particularly close to his grandfather. The discovery of his WWII service medals sets Paul off on a journey around the Mediterranean.
S12.E2 ∙ Jane Seymour
The actress grew up in London but knows her father's family originated in Poland and has long suspected that they suffered during the Holocaust. She uncovers a story of separated family members trying to keep one step ahead of the Nazis.
S12.E3 ∙ Derek Jacobi
Actor Derek Jacobi grew up in Walthamstow, where his parents ran a market stall. But a clue in his mother's family tree hints at a more colourful past - his great-grandmother's name was Salome Laplain. Armed with this tantalising detail, Derek discovers that, far from being from humble roots as he had thought, he is in fact descended from a wealthy French Huguenot fleeing religious persecution in France - who had connections to Protestant royalty on this side of the channel.
S12.E4 ∙ Jerry Hall
Jerry knows that her family were originally from Oldham but wants to know how they ended up in America. She discovers a story stretching from the cotton mills of Lancashire to the Texas plains and a possible connection to a folk hero.
S12.E5 ∙ Gareth Malone
The choir master knows that his immediate family are immersed in music, but wishes to know how far back this 'musical gene' goes on his family tree. He discovers an ancestor who performed before King George V and an Irish theater impresario.
S12.E6 ∙ Anne Reid
The actress wants to know more about her father's family but has little to go on other than the name of a house in Scotland and involvement with the church. However, she discovers a story of convicts and transportation to Tasmania.
S12.E7 ∙ Frank Gardner
The journalist sets out to discover if there is any truth in the story that his ancestors came to Britain with the Norman invaders. Along the way he uncovers the story of a Tudor ancestor accused of treason.
S12.E8 ∙ Anita Rani
The journalist and TV presenter travels to India to investigate the story of the maternal grandfather she never met. Her family have told her that he suffered a great tragedy at the time of the Partition of India.
S12.E9 ∙ Mark Gatiss
The writer and actor is well known for his taste for the ghastly and the ghoulish, but even he is surprised to trace his ancestors back to the wilds of Northern Ireland and discover that his family contained vampire slayers.
S12.E10 ∙ Frances De La Tour
The actress uncovers the story of a secret lover, an illegitimate child and a landmark divorce case as she investigates her three-times great grandmother. But the scandal doesn't stop there as she looks into the life of the Delavel family.
S13.E1 ∙ Danny Dyer
The actor wants to know more about his tough, working-class family in the East End of London, but gets more than he expected when he unearths an extraordinary lineage stretching back to the 11th century.
S13.E2 ∙ Amanda Holden
The actress looks into rumoured French ancestry on her mother's side of the family, uncovering a Napoleonic-era cross-Channel romance. Amanda also seeks answers to the tragic death of her paternal grandfather.
S13.E3 ∙ Liz Bonnin
The TV presenter traces the first of her maternal ancestors to move from India to Trinidad. Liz then heads to Martinique where her paternal ancestors are said to have been slave-owning, plantation owners.
S13.E4 ∙ Cheryl
Singer Cheryl traces her roots and discovers a sea-faring ancestor and a family tragedy. She also learns the story of her great-grandfather, who fought in WWI.
S13.E5 ∙ Ricky Tomlinson
Comedian Ricky Tomlinson discovers a series of family tragedies caused by poverty, harsh working conditions and social injustice in 19th century Liverpool, which only reaffirms his (head)strong leftist beliefs.
S13.E6 ∙ Sir Ian McKellen
The actor and civil-rights activist delves into his family history and discovers one of his ancestors was a Victorian political activist, another was linked to the theatre. He learns his family have a link to an ancient landmark.
S13.E7 ∙ Greg Davies
The comedian investigates his Welsh roots and gets more than he bargained for when he identifies a wayward great-grandfather. His journey uncovers everything from illegitimate children to royal connections.
S13.E8 ∙ Warwick Davis
The actor uncovers a story involving bigamy, syphilis and blacking up as a minstrel as he explores his family history. Can he discover why his grandmother never knew her own father?
S13.E9 ∙ Sunetra Sarker
The actress sets out to explore her Bengali heritage. Starting in Kolkata she learns of her great-grandfather's activism in colonial Bengal. She also learns of her family's involvement in Bangladesh's war of independence.
S13.E10 ∙ Sophie Raworth
The BBC Newsreader discovers her ancestors risked everything to move to America in search of religious freedom. She examines a family rumour that her great-grandfather worked at Kew Gardens.
S14.E1 ∙ Charles Dance
Actor Charles Dance has made his name playing upper-crust gents, a far cry from his own background. The search for information about his father takes Charles to the other side of the world.
S14.E2 ∙ Craig Revel Horwood
Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood reveals his softer side. Heading to his home town of Ballarat in Australia, Craig investigates what happened to his great-great-great-grandfather who risked everything in the Australian Gold Rush.
S14.E3 ∙ Clare Balding
Sports presenter and broadcaster Clare Balding has always been curious about her maternal great-grandfather and the 'thing that has been sort of whispered in the family - could he have been gay?'
S14.E4 ∙ Adil Ray
Citizen Khan star Adil Ray identifies as Brummie, British, Muslim, Pakistani and African - his mum came to England from newly independent Kenya with her family in 1967.
S14.E5 ∙ Emma Willis
Presenter Emma Willis grew up in Birmingham and loves the city and her fellow Brummies. She wants to find out how deep her roots are there.
S14.E6 ∙ Lulu
Lulu travels to Glasgow to uncover the story of her Catholic grandfather and Protestant grandmothers love affair across the sectarian divide.
S14.E7 ∙ Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton learns about her Welsh great-grandfather who worked down a coal mine at 13 and ended up as a chemist.
S14.E8 ∙ Noel Clarke
Actor and film-maker Noel Clarke visits the Caribbean to learn more about his family.
S14.E9 ∙ Lisa Hammond
Actress Lisa Hammond wants to get to the bottom of why her grandfather never spoke about his experiences in World War II.
S14.E10 ∙ Ruby Wax
Comedian Ruby Wax researches her parents' history and her mother's mental illness, which takes her back to 1938 and Nazi-occupied Austria.
S15.E1 ∙ Michelle Keegan
In a special edition of the show, screened as part of the BBC's Hear Her Season, actress Michelle Keegan discovers her link to Gibraltar and connections to Italy and the Suffragettes.
S15.E2 ∙ Olivia Colman
Olivia knows a lot about her father's family in Norfolk so investigates her mother's side. This results in a very romantic story that includes divorce, illegitimacy, and travel to and from India.
S15.E3 ∙ Lee Mack
Comedian Lee Mack researches his great-granddad Billy Mac, supposedly also known for his humour. However, his investigation leads him to World War I and a family secret.
S15.E5 ∙ Shirley Ballas
Famous dancer Shirley Ballas discovers the truth about her maternal great-grandmother, the supposed black sheep of the family. She also investigates a family rumor that some of her ancestors from the slavery era were black.
S15.E6 ∙ Marvin Humes
Musician Marvin Humes discovers shocking dark secrets about some of his Jamaican ancestors.
S15.E7 ∙ Robert Rinder
In this moving episode TV's Robert "Judge" Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, hearing first hand testimony of the horror of Nazi forced labour camps as well as of the hope offered by a new life in Lake Windermere. Investigating the dark mystery surrounding his great-grandfather leads Robert to a small town in Latvia, where he uncovers a story of mental illness and trauma which will ultimately, he hopes, lay some ghosts to rest.
S15.E8 ∙ Jonnie Peacock
Paralympian Jonnie Peacock looks back through the generations and ends up captivated by his four-times-great grandmother.
S16.E1 ∙ Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel find out his Jewish ancestor was accused of fraud at a time when being Jewish, was seen as an outsider though out Europe hate speech was on the rise. He's grandfather on his mothers side owned a jewelry shop in London and after fire his grandfather was main suspect making him feel like there was not was out he wrote a note and took his own life. He also follows up on Irish ancestry.
S16.E2 ∙ Naomie Harris
On a journey from Trinidad to Grenada to Jamaica, Naomie learns of an ancestor's involvement in the exploitation of so-called 'liberated Africans' shortly after the abolition of slavery, discovers the identity of her African five-times-great grandmother and uncovers a tale of poverty in Kingston, Jamaica.
S16.E3 ∙ Jack and Michael Whitehall
The origins of his familial wealth resulted in the discovery of a rich businessman who had adopted his great-grandfather after his father died in an Trap (carriage) accident and his mother died of syphilis and was classed a lunatic. Their great grandfather not a Whitehalls but Thomas Jones Phillips was an anti-democratic Conservative Party members determined to squash working-class rights of the welsh. His ancestor was part of a Conservative movement that prevent the working classes leader John Frost (Chartist) from earning the right to vote and helped bring down the local hero, who spread democracy through early Victorian Wales. While he read the Riot Act from the Westgate Inn, Phillips was shot but not killed. In retaliation they fired on the crowd killing 20 plus people. Phillips helped in the arrest of John Frost and gave evidence at his subsequent trial in Monmouth resulting in him being sentenced to death but latter transportation for life to Australia.
S16.E4 ∙ Kate Winslet
Kate finds out her she has Scandinavian heritage and they come from Sweden and her great great great grandfather Andrew johns son was found guilty of stealing potatoes for food and had previous of stealing beehive. He was sentenced to being whipped for his crime by the whipping never took place due to his death. His son however did not follow his path but trained to become a tailor and moved to London for work. On her mother Irish side a grenadier guards drummer called William colquhounin worked at Buckingham palace and he become major and gave out punishment whipping those who stepped out of line, but had started from the bottom at age 11 and had a clean record. After service move to Devon and become Dartmoor's prison warden. Kate also tells of her childhood growing up in Devon and speaks openly about how she did not come from money growing up in reading.
S16.E5 ∙ Katherine Ryan
Ryan discovery she is more Canadian than she thought and that she has three generation in Canada and says she looks nothing like the male ancestor as that boat has sailed. They then show her paintings of two of her relatives in Nova Scotia, cod traders in Newfoundland and links direct to Dorset and a pub called the ship which has since been renamed.
S16.E6 ∙ Paul Merton
Paul's grandfather's death shocked his gran goes in to early labor, she lost the baby and her life - leaving Paul's mum an orphan but Paul discovered his grandfather fell in to a canal with suspected heat attack. Paul looks in to his English father Albert's side and finds out they were singers and played banjo buskers on the streets of London in Victorian times and a street disagreement was accused of assault involving a banjo and was imprisoned. on his mothers side, his grandfather quit the British Army and joined the IRA even sending back his army medal, he was part of the road to Irish independence.
S16.E7 ∙ Sharon Osbourne
Sharon follows the story of her grandparents discovering what they got up to during wartime and she traces the steps of her great grandparents as they settled in America and how tragedy brought her grandmother to England.
S16.E8 ∙ Mark Wright
Mark Wright, an entertainment reporter and former footballer finds, out his grandfather's family come from Spain. Mark learns he was related to a sword fighter, who was tortured during the Spanish Inquisition because of his Jewish faith.
S17.E1 ∙ Jodie Whittaker
The actress learns how her grandmother on her dad's side, Greta, acquired the middle name Verdun. On her mum's side, Jodie discovers how her great-great-grandfather worked his way up from child labourer in a coal mine to owning one.
S17.E2 ∙ David Walliams
Comedian David Walliams learns about his great-grandfather on his father's side, a tragic shell-shocked World War One veteran, and his great-great-grandfather on his mother's side, a blind organ grinder turned successful traveling showman.
S17.E3 ∙ Ruth Jones
Actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones returns to her Welsh seaside hometown to explore the fascinating family line of her great great great grandfather on her mother's side, a hardworking 19th century merchant ship captain from New Quay, and the highly successful and noble, yet cruelly ironic career of her grandfather on her father's side who worked as the secretary for the Medical Aid Society, a self-financed workers' healthcare organization which directly inspired the formation of the NHS only to eventually end up getting disbanded by the government as superfluous.
S17.E4 ∙ Liz Carr
Actress Liz Carr learns about her orphaned grandfather on her mother's side, a naval WWI veteran involved in the Northern Patrol who joined the merchant navy after the war to see the world, and her paternal Irish great-great-great-grandfather, a revered tenant farmer involved in a Ribbonist plot to assassinate the local wealthy landlord, unsympathetic to his tenant farmers' plight, in rural Northern Ireland in the 1850s.
S18.E1 ∙ Josh Widdicombe
Josh discovers the reality of a family legend claiming connections to a famous banking family. He also learns of how his ancestors had close connections to royalty.
S18.E2 ∙ Judi Dench
Celebrated actress Judi Dench learns about her beloved father's time in WWI and her mother's Danish ancestors which takes her on a profound Shakespearean journey.
S18.E3 ∙ Alex Scott
Sports presenter, pundit, and former professional footballer Alex Scott learns about her West Indies ancestors.
S18.E4 ∙ Joe Lycett
Comedian Joe Lycett learns about his funny and not so funny ancestors.
S18.E6 ∙ Joe Sugg
YouTuber Joe Sugg learns about his ancestors' struggle to rise in society during the telegraph era.
S18.E7 ∙ Ed Balls
Former politician Ed Balls learns the dark and tragic story of his troubled ancestors.
S20.E1 ∙ Andrew Lloyd Webber
Music impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is astonished to uncover stories from his family's history that uncannily parallel his own life, including an ancestor with a famous cello-playing brother.
S20.E2 ∙ Claire Foy
As actress Claire Foy delves into her family tree, the personal testimony she uncovers reveals stories of tragedy and an accusation of murder that bring communities together.
S20.E3 ∙ Bear Grylls
Adventurer Bear Grylls discovers the stories behind the top secret documents hidden in his grandfather's wartime trunk and is delighted by a Scottish royal connection.
S20.E4 ∙ Kevin Clifton
Strictly Come Dancing professional Kevin Clifton investigates the rumour of an ancestor from Canada's First Nations, taking him on an extraordinary journey to the country's remote 18th-century trading posts.
S20.E5 ∙ Chris and Xand van Tulleken
Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover more about their Dutch heritage. Their research uncovers stories of ambition and true love but also a connection to a shameful part of history.
S20.E6 ∙ Emily Atack
Actress and comedian Emily Atack has showbiz in her genes - Paul McCartney is her grandma's cousin. Delving into her family tree reveals a rich musical heritage, a famous whistling aunt and a tragic accident.
S20.E7 ∙ Dev Griffin
Born to an Irish mother and Jamaican father, radio presenter Dev Griffin learns about his ancestry, including momentous stories from Ireland and some very personal details from his great-grandparents' lives in Jamaica.
S20.E8 ∙ Chris Ramsey
Comedian Chris Ramsey has always felt lucky, so he's delighted to learn it runs in the family as he uncovers the stories of ancestors who survived a deadly WWI battle and won an unusual lottery.
S20.E9 ∙ Lesley Manville
Actress Lesley Manville is moved to discover a family story of enduring love and is delighted when an ancestor's involvement in a riot reveals new relatives in Australia.
