Harvey Lilley
Director
Who Do You Think You Are? (UK) (2004)
Season 16
Sixteenth series of the BAFTA-winning series
Released Oct. 12, 2004
Episode 59 min
10+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Family, History
Keywords: tmdb.celebrity, tmdb.ancestry, imdb.genealogy, tmdb.genealogy, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.family-history, mdblist.has-trailer + 4 more, imdb.six-word-title, imdb.punctuation-in-title, imdb.question-in-title, imdb.question-mark-in-title
Production Companies: Wall to Wall
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S16E1 - Daniel Radcliffe
'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.
July 22, 2019, midnight
S16E2 - Naomie Harris
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.
July 29, 2019, midnight
S16E3 - Jack and Michael Whitehall
In a first for the series, father-and-son comedy double-act Jack and Michael Whitehall join forces to investigate their family tree.
Aug. 5, 2019, midnight
S16E4 - Kate Winslet
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.
Aug. 12, 2019, midnight
S16E5 - Katherine Ryan
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.
Aug. 19, 2019, midnight
S16E6 - Paul Merton
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.
Aug. 28, 2019, midnight
S16E7 - Sharon Osbourne
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.
Sept. 4, 2019, midnight
S16E8 - Mark Wright
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.
Sept. 11, 2019, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 11031 min.
Released: Oct. 12, 2004
Last Air Date: June 10, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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