Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
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Who Do You Think You Are?

7.0 / 10 · 27 votes
TV-PG
2004
~1h / ep
23 seasons
193 episodes
DocumentaryFamily

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

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Cast

Seasons

  • Bill Oddie

    1.Bill Oddie

    12-10-20041h

    Bill Oddie is the first celebrity to undergo the family tree search, as he endeavours to find out more about his mother, who was institutionalised when he was a child.

  • Amanda Redman

    2.Amanda Redman

    19-10-20041h

    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-bri...

  • Sue Johnston

    3.Sue Johnston

    26-10-20041h

    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...

  • Jeremy Clarkson

    4.Jeremy Clarkson

    02-11-20041h

    Jeremy is determined to find out if his mother was descended from the Kilner Jar people, and if they were, where all the money had gone.

  • Ian Hislop

    5.Ian Hislop

    09-11-20041h

    Ian finds out more about the part his grandfathers played in the wars of the 20th Century.

  • Moira Stuart

    6.Moira Stuart

    16-11-20041h

    Moira Stuart's family tree exploration takes from the Highlands of Scotland to the West Indies.

  • David Baddiel

    7.David Baddiel

    23-11-20041h

    David explores his Jewish roots and discovers some Orthodox Jewish relatives in London.

  • Lesley Garrett

    8.Lesley Garrett

    30-11-20041h

    Garrett, discovers her roots and those of her great great grandfather who was a butcher, farmer and prominent member of the Thorne Council. His history was kept secret from her and...

  • Meera Syal

    9.Meera Syal

    07-12-20041h

    Meera explores her grandfather's contributions to the struggle for Indian independence and delves into her family's history, including the fall of the Raj, the creation of India an...

  • Vic Reeves

    10.Vic Reeves

    14-12-20041h

    Comedian Vic Reeves goes in search of his ancestor Simeon Leigh who isn't at all what he seems.

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