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Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 16
July 22, 2019
8 Episodes
~60 min per episode
Overview
Sixteenth series of the BAFTA-winning series
Episodes
8
1
Daniel Radcliffe
Jul 22, 2019
60 min
'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.
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2
Naomie Harris
Jul 29, 2019
60 min
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.
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3
Jack and Michael Whitehall
Aug 5, 2019
60 min
In a first for the series, father-and-son comedy double-act Jack and Michael Whitehall join forces to investigate their family tree.
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4
Kate Winslet
Aug 12, 2019
60 min
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.
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5
Katherine Ryan
Aug 19, 2019
60 min
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.
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6
Paul Merton
Aug 28, 2019
60 min
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.
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7
Sharon Osbourne
Sep 4, 2019
60 min
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.
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8
Mark Wright
Sep 11, 2019
60 min
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.
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