Season 19
5 episodes
58 min. per episode
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A celebrity uncovers shocking family secrets, challenging their identity and reshaping their legacy in unexpected, emotional ways.
Episodes
Sue Perkins explores both sides of her family tree as she is taken through trials of orphans, enlisting, early midwives, internment camps for Germans and the trials of family remaining on the continent during political upheavals.
Richard Osman delves into his Brighton roots and is astonished to discover that one of his ancestors turned amateur sleuth and ended up as a key witness in one of Brighton's most notorious murder trials.
Comedian, presenter and actor Matt Lucas had an exceptionally close bond with his late grandmother, Margot, who came to the UK in 1939 as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. Matt learns of Margot's experiences in Berlin during that time.
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Death in Paradise star Ralf Little leaves the sun-drenched Caribbean well behind as he heads to the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland to investigate his grandfather Arthur's experiences during World War II.
Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.