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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

8 episodes
  1. 1Andrew Garfield

    57 minApr 22, 2025

    Worthy of a film plot line, Andrew Garfield’s family history takes him from Nazi-occupied Poland to early Hollywood glamour as he uncovers stories which veer from tragedy to hope.

  2. 2Mishal Husain

    58 minApr 29, 2025

    In an unexpected twist, Mishal Husain’s journey into her family tree takes her from India to the east coast of the USA, where she discovers some revolutionary ancestors.

  3. 3Ross Kemp

    58 minMay 6, 2025

    Ross Kemp's ancestral detective hunt leads to a marine drummer boy from the Napoleonic era and his great-grandfather’s experiences in the merchant navy during two world wars.

  4. 4Layton Williams

    58 minMay 12, 2025

    Actor Layton Williams finds generations of Londoners in his family and is delighted to find they walked the same streets as him. In Jamaica, he makes some distressing discoveries.

  5. 5Aisling Bea

    58 minMay 20, 2025

    Comedian Aisling Bea finds moments of genuine connection in her family tree, with stories of female resilience and a relative who fought for Irish independence and culture.

  6. 6Fred Sirieix

    57 minMay 27, 2025

    From the French battlefields of the First World War to a romance worthy of First Dates, maître d’ and presenter Fred Sirieix goes to France to explore his family tree.

  7. 7Will Young

    58 minJun 3, 2025

    Will Young learns about his grandfather’s time as a prisoner of war in World War II. Delving further back, Will finds a connection to one of medieval history’s biggest villains, and a king.

  8. 8Diane Morgan

    58 minJun 10, 2025

    Setting aside her clueless historian persona Philomena Cunk, Diane Morgan is unsettled and amused by having to genuinely go in search of the truth to reveal her family history.

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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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