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Who Do You Think You Are?

  • TV-PG
  • 2004–
  • 23 seasons
  • Documentary, Family
  • 7.0

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

Episodes

Sixteenth series of the BAFTA-winning series

8 episodes
  1. 1Daniel Radcliffe

    60 minJul 22, 2019

    'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe discovers that the Hatton Garden robbery of his great-grandfather’s jewellery business was far more dark and dramatic than he ever imagined, while an unseen cache of his great-great-uncle’s letters reveals a heart-wrenching First World War love story.

  2. 2Naomie Harris

    60 minJul 29, 2019

    Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy. On a journey from Trinidad to Grenada to Jamaica, Naomie exposes her four-times-great grandfather’s involvement in the exploitation of so-called 'liberated Africans' shortly after the abolition of slavery, is delighted to discover the identify of her African five-times-great grandmother, and, in nearer generations, uncovers a family story of tragic poverty in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston.

  3. 3Jack and Michael Whitehall

    60 minAug 5, 2019

    In a first for the series, father-and-son comedy double-act Jack and Michael Whitehall join forces to investigate their family tree.

  4. 4Kate Winslet

    60 minAug 12, 2019

    Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet follows a rumour of Scandinavian ancestry on her mother's side of the family and is delighted to find that she has Swedish heritage.

  5. 5Katherine Ryan

    60 minAug 19, 2019

    Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan’s investigation of her family history leads her to a Methodist minister and his family in colonial Nova Scotia, cod traders in Newfoundland, and eventually to her English roots in Dorset.

  6. 6Paul Merton

    60 minAug 28, 2019

    Paul Merton traces the life of his maternal grandfather and discovers that he was involved in some of the key events that led to Irish independence in the 1920s.

  7. 7Sharon Osbourne

    60 minSep 4, 2019

    Sharon Osbourne uncovers the difficult circumstances of her mother’s and grandmother’s lives, and is stunned to learn that her great-grandmother was born in the US.

  8. 8Mark Wright

    60 minSep 11, 2019

    Former TOWIE star Mark Wright discovers that his ancestors included an Andalucian master swordsman and a Spaniard who was burned at the stake during the Inquisition.

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Series cast

Angela GriffinSelf - Narrator8 episodes
David BaddielSelf1 episode
Amanda RedmanSelf1 episode
Robert LindsaySelf1 episode
David DickinsonSelf1 episode
Ian HislopSelf1 episode
Jeremy ClarksonSelf1 episode
Vic ReevesSelf1 episode
David TennantSelf1 episode
Lesley GarrettSelf1 episode
Bill OddieSelf1 episode
Moira StuartSelf1 episode
Sue JohnstonSelf1 episode
Barbara WindsorSelf1 episode
Meera SyalSelf1 episode
Julian ClarySelf1 episode
Nigella LawsonSelf1 episode
Stephen FrySelf1 episode

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