Who Do You Think You Are?

8.0
/10
  • real genres
  • family relationships
  • reality
  • documentary
  • british
  • watched
Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.
  • 59min
  • Seasons: 20
  • Episodes: 170
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Who Do You Think You Are?

season 2

serie United Kingdom 2004

Episode rating

Season 2
9.1
E1
8.6
E2
8.4
E3
8.2
E4
7.7
E5
2.9
E6

Cast of season 2

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 26

  • 9.1
    /10

    Jeremy Paxman
    episode S2.E1 january 2006
    Jeremy Paxman's not sure he's interested in family history, but he does love social history. However, he quickly realises that his family's story is inextricably linked to that of Britain.
  • 8.6
    /10

    Sheila Hancock
    episode S2.E2 january 2006
    Sheila Hancock believed that her family's history was very boring. But she discovers that her grandfather was a successful manager and guide for Thomas Cook's travel agents in Milan.
  • 8.4
    /10

    Stephen Fry
    episode S2.E3 january 2006
    Stephen Fry knows that people always think of him as being quintessentially English, but his mother is from a large European Jewish family. Stephen traces his maternal grandfather, Martin Neumann, back to modern-day Slovakia.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Julian Clary
    episode S2.E4 february 2006
    Growing up Clary knew very little about his family history. His Grandfather had died before Julian was born and was curious about his story. Clary found out that his grandfather was on the front line of WW1 and was very important of post war history.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Jane Horrocks
    episode S2.E5 february 2006
    Jane Horrocks's family history is rooted in Lancashire - three generations of her family lived in the same street in Rawtenstall. Her ancestors form part of the town's cotton-weaving heritage.
  • 2.9
    /10

    Gurinder Chadha
    episode S2.E6 february 2006
    Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend It Like Beckham, grew up in Southall in West London. But she was born in Kenya, and her family's story is tied up with that of the British Empire.