Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 21

2024 · 7 episodes · 6h 41m in all

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

Episodes

1. 

   1. Vicky McClure

   15 Aug 2024 · 57 min

   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.

2. 

   2. Paddy McGuinness

   22 Aug 2024 · 58 min

   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.

3. 

   3. Melanie Chisholm

   29 Aug 2024 · 57 min

   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.

4. 

   4. Rose Ayling-Ellis

   5 Sept 2024 · 57 min

   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.

5. 

   5. Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

   12 Sept 2024 · 57 min

   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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   6. Olly Murs

   19 Sept 2024 · 58 min

   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.

7. 

   7. Gemma Collins

   26 Sept 2024 · 57 min

   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.