Who Do You Think You Are?

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  E1Zoë Ball

  May 26, 2026· 57m

  Zoe Ball follows in her ancestors’ footstep in a journey that takes her from Scotland to Cornwall as she uncovers stories of resilience and the importance of family over place.

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  E2Amy Dowden

  Jun 2, 2026· 57m

  Strictly dancer Amy Dowden turns amateur sleuth, travelling to west Wales to see if she can discover the truth behind a rumour of murder in her family history.

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  E3Joe Swash

  Jun 9, 2026· 58m

  Joe Swash goes in search of his Italian roots. Along the way, he finds stories of murder, banditry, an inspiring political activist and a family bar in southern Italy.

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  E4Ruth Madeley

  Jul 9, 2026· 58m

  Ruth Madeley unearths a long-buried family secret about an adoption, and a mystery that requires DNA testing and meticulous genealogical detective work to uncover a lost ancestor. Show more

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  E5Toby Jones

  Jul 16, 2026· 57m

  Toby Jones explores an extraordinary acting dynasty on his mum’s side, and he is determined to discover whether his dad’s stories of a connection to India are fact or fiction.

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  E6Adeel Akhtar

  Jul 23, 2026· 58m

  Adeel Akhtar wants to know how his ancestors came from India to Kenya and makes a surprising discovery that his roots in the country run deeper than he ever imagined.

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  E7Dame Harriet Walter

  Jul 30, 2026· 57m

  In a journey from Whitehall to Italy and Australia, Harriet Walter discovers a colourful cast of ancestors, taking her from the debtor’s court to the opera house via Italian nobility.

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  E8Katarina Johnson-ThompsonFinale

  Aug 6, 2026· 58m

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson travels to The Bahamas and Miami in search of her ancestry. She discovers tales of resilience and courage during a period of shocking racial segregation.

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  E1Andrew Garfield

  Apr 22, 2025· 57m

  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.

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  E2Mishal Husain

  Apr 29, 2025· 58m

  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.

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  E3Ross Kemp

  May 6, 2025· 58m

  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.

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  E4Layton Williams

  May 12, 2025· 58m

  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.

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  E5Aisling Bea

  May 20, 2025· 58m

  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.

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  E6Fred Sirieix

  May 27, 2025· 57m

  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.

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  E7Will Young

  Jun 3, 2025· 58m

  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.

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  E8Diane MorganFinale

  Jun 10, 2025· 58m

  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.

Stars delve into their family history to find moving, funny and extraordinary stories.

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  E1Vicky McClure

  Aug 15, 2024· 57m

  Vicky McClure goes on an emotional journey to Taiwan to find out what happened when her great-grandfather was captured as a prisoner of war in World War Two.

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  E2Paddy McGuinness

  Aug 22, 2024· 58m

  Paddy McGuinness uncovers his grandfather’s vital work in World War Two, how his other grandfather was involved in the Boer War and the family’s journey from Ireland to Bolton.

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  E3Melanie Chisholm

  Aug 29, 2024· 57m

  Melanie Chisholm is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a moneylender, a campaigner for social reform and a family fleeing the famine in Ireland.

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  E4Rose Ayling-Ellis

  Sep 5, 2024· 57m

  Actor, presenter and deaf rights campaigner Rose Ayling-Ellis goes in search of her family history. She encounters a pub landlady and hunts for a rumoured Italian connection.

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  E5Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

  Sep 12, 2024· 57m

  Jessica Ennis-Hill discovers the truth behind a family mystery and finds out about her Jamaican four-time great-grandfather’s journey from enslavement to land ownership.

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  E6Olly Murs

  Sep 19, 2024· 58m

  Olly Murs explores his grandfather’s Latvian roots, discovers his great-grandparents were circus performers, and how a wartime decision led to a tragic family estrangement.

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  E7Gemma CollinsFinale

  Sep 26, 2024· 57m

  Gemma Collins goes on an emotional journey discovering why her mother was fostered; connecting with a long-lost cousin; and finding out her Essex roots go back over 200 years.

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