Colin Jackson

1Barbara Windsor

60 minSep 6, 2006

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.

2Robert Lindsay

60 minSep 13, 2006

Robert Lindsay discovers that his paternal grandfather Jesse was severely wounded in the trenches of WWI.

3Colin Jackson

60 minSep 20, 2006Now viewing

Colin's roots extend to Panama, Jamaica and Scotland.

4David Tennant

60 minSep 27, 2006

David's quest to discover his family take him to the Isle of Mull, and then on to Londonderry, to confront an unexpected side to his ancestors.

5David Dickinson

60 minOct 4, 2006

David Dickinson explores the circumstances of his adoption and the story of his Armenian ancestors.

6Nigella Lawson

60 minOct 11, 2006

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.

7Jeremy Irons

60 minOct 18, 2006

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.

8Julia Sawalha

60 minOct 25, 2006

Julia Sawalha comes from a multi-cultural family. Her mother is English but believes her side of the family are descended from French Huguenots.