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Self - Narrator is a real person portrayed by Cherie Lunghi in the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Una Stubbs (season 10), they were 61 years old.
They appear in 40 episodes out of a total of 170 aired so far
Self - Narrator is also portrayed by Phil Davis, David Morrissey and Mark Strong.

Self - Narrator

by Cherie Lunghi

character

Episodes40

  • 6.8
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    Una Stubbs
    episode S10.E1 july 2013
    Una Stubbs never met her paternal grandparents even though, as she discovers in this film, they didn't die until she was in her 20's.
  • 9.4
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    Nigel Havers
    episode S10.E2 july 2013
    Nigel Havers is usually cast in upper class roles, but his roots turn out to be very different.
  • 9.1
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    Minnie Driver
    episode S10.E3 august 2013
    Minnie Driver is on a mission to find out more about her late father, Ronnie, and his family's background.
  • 8.3
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    Lesley Sharp
    episode S10.E4 august 2013
    Lesley Sharp was adopted when she was just five weeks old. She traced her birth mother over twenty years ago and discovered that she was the result of her mother's affair with a married man.
  • 7.2
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    Gary Lineker
    episode S10.E5 august 2013
    Gary Lineker follows the trail of his great, great great grandfather James Pratt, and discovers that James was a poacher in Victorian England and served time in Leicester Prison.
  • 6.4
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    Nick Hewer
    episode S10.E6 august 2013
    Nick Hewer has fond memories of his maternal Irish grandfather but has always been intrigued about how a Catholic managed to reach the prestigious office of high sheriff in Protestant-dominated 1920's Belfast.
  • 2.4
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    Nitin Ganatra
    episode S10.E7 september 2013
    Actor Nitin Ganatra moved from Kenya to England when he was just 3 years old. He wants to investigate why his family left Kenya and why they originally moved from India to Africa. He travels to Gujarat and discovers his ancestral home.
  • 8.9
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    Sarah Millican
    episode S10.E8 september 2013
    Sarah Millican is astonished to discover that her three times great grandfather was one of the first ever divers in the world.
  • 9.5
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    Marianne Faithfull
    episode S10.E9 september 2013
    Marianne Faithfull had a difficult relationship with her mother, Eva. In this film Marianne investigates Eva's early life, as a dancer in 1920s Berlin- the era immortalised in the film Cabaret.
  • 9.5
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    John Simpson
    episode S10.E10 september 2013
    John Simpson always thought his great grandfather was Samuel F Cody, famous for being the first person to fly in Britain and a Wild West entertainer.
  • 8.5
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    Julie Walters
    episode S11.E1 august 2014
    Julie follows her roots back to Ireland. On the trail of her great-grandfather Anthony Clarke, Julie's journey takes her to County Mayo where she discovers Anthony was at the centre of a revolutionary movement fighting for land rights.
  • 9
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    Brian Blessed
    episode S11.E2 august 2014
    Actor Brian Blessed has always loved his unusual name - but has no idea where his Blessed ancestors came from.
  • 8
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    Tamzin Outhwaite
    episode S11.E3 august 2014
    Tamzin Outhwaite has always been intrigued by her Italian ancestry. Although she remembers her grandfather Remo, she knows very little about his family.
  • 4.6
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    Brendan O'Carroll
    episode S11.E4 august 2014
    O'Carroll tries to find out the truth about the his grandfather's murder, and tries to track down the men responsible.
  • 8.3
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    Sheridan Smith
    episode S11.E5 september 2014
    Sheridan is keen to know where her musical talent comes from and is soon, hot on the trail of her great-great-grandfather Benjamin Doubleday.
  • 9.4
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    Mary Berry
    episode S11.E6 september 2014
    Mary Berry, still going strong at 79, believes she inherits her energy and drive from her father and sets off on a journey to find out more about his family.
  • 8.9
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    Martin Shaw
    episode S11.E7 september 2014
    Martin Shaw never knew his grandfather, Edwin Shaw, who walked out on his family when Martin's father was just a boy. Martin sets off to find out what happened to this elusive character.
  • 2.5
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    Reggie Yates
    episode S11.E8 september 2014
    Reggie Yates grew up knowing very little about his father's side of the family. Reggie sets out on the trail of his grandfather, Harry Philip Yates.
  • 9
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    Billy Connolly
    episode S11.E9 october 2014
    Scottish comedian Billy Connolly always believed his history to be from Scotland. He travels to India in the path of his ancestors. He makes the discovery that his great-great-great grandfather played an important role in Indian History.
  • 8.6
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    Twiggy
    episode S11.E10 october 2014
    Twiggy grew up in a close-knit family in London, but her mother told her almost nothing about her relations, not even her grandmother's name.
  • 6.2
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    Paul Hollywood
    episode S12.E1 august 2015
    The baker grew up very near to his maternal grandparents and was particularly close to his grandfather. The discovery of his WWII service medals sets Paul off on a journey around the Mediterranean.
  • 8.5
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    Jane Seymour
    episode S12.E2 august 2015
    The actress grew up in London but knows her father's family originated in Poland and has long suspected that they suffered during the Holocaust. She uncovers a story of separated family members trying to keep one step ahead of the Nazis.
  • 9.1
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    Derek Jacobi
    episode S12.E3 august 2015
    Actor Derek Jacobi grew up in Walthamstow, where his parents ran a market stall. But a clue in his mother's family tree hints at a more colourful past - his great-grandmother's name was Salome Laplain. Armed with this tantalising detail, Derek discovers that, far from being from humble roots as he had thought, he is in fact descended from a wealthy French Huguenot fleeing religious persecution in France - who had connections to Protestant royalty on this side of the channel.
  • 3.4
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    Jerry Hall
    episode S12.E4 september 2015
    Jerry knows that her family were originally from Oldham but wants to know how they ended up in America. She discovers a story stretching from the cotton mills of Lancashire to the Texas plains and a possible connection to a folk hero.
  • 6.8
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    Gareth Malone
    episode S12.E5 september 2015
    The choir master knows that his immediate family are immersed in music, but wishes to know how far back this 'musical gene' goes on his family tree. He discovers an ancestor who performed before King George V and an Irish theater impresario.
  • 8.7
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    Anne Reid
    episode S12.E6 september 2015
    The actress wants to know more about her father's family but has little to go on other than the name of a house in Scotland and involvement with the church. However, she discovers a story of convicts and transportation to Tasmania.
  • 8.6
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    Frank Gardner
    episode S12.E7 september 2015
    The journalist sets out to discover if there is any truth in the story that his ancestors came to Britain with the Norman invaders. Along the way he uncovers the story of a Tudor ancestor accused of treason.
  • 8.7
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    Anita Rani
    episode S12.E8 october 2015
    The journalist and TV presenter travels to India to investigate the story of the maternal grandfather she never met. Her family have told her that he suffered a great tragedy at the time of the Partition of India.
  • 8.5
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    Mark Gatiss
    episode S12.E9 october 2015
    The writer and actor is well known for his taste for the ghastly and the ghoulish, but even he is surprised to trace his ancestors back to the wilds of Northern Ireland and discover that his family contained vampire slayers.
  • 8.5
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    Frances De La Tour
    episode S12.E10 october 2015
    The actress uncovers the story of a secret lover, an illegitimate child and a landmark divorce case as she investigates her three-times great grandmother. But the scandal doesn't stop there as she looks into the life of the Delavel family.
  • 7.5
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    Danny Dyer
    episode S13.E1 november 2016
    The actor wants to know more about his tough, working-class family in the East End of London, but gets more than he expected when he unearths an extraordinary lineage stretching back to the 11th century.
  • 8.4
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    Amanda Holden
    episode S13.E2 december 2016
    The actress looks into rumoured French ancestry on her mother's side of the family, uncovering a Napoleonic-era cross-Channel romance. Amanda also seeks answers to the tragic death of her paternal grandfather.
  • 9.4
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    Liz Bonnin
    episode S13.E3 december 2016
    The TV presenter traces the first of her maternal ancestors to move from India to Trinidad. Liz then heads to Martinique where her paternal ancestors are said to have been slave-owning, plantation owners.
  • 8.3
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    Cheryl
    episode S13.E4 december 2016
    Singer Cheryl traces her roots and discovers a sea-faring ancestor and a family tragedy. She also learns the story of her great-grandfather, who fought in WWI.
  • 3.8
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    Ricky Tomlinson
    episode S13.E5 december 2016
    Comedian Ricky Tomlinson discovers a series of family tragedies caused by poverty, harsh working conditions and social injustice in 19th century Liverpool, which only reaffirms his (head)strong leftist beliefs.
  • 8.9
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    Sir Ian McKellen
    episode S13.E6 january 2017
    The actor and civil-rights activist delves into his family history and discovers one of his ancestors was a Victorian political activist, another was linked to the theatre. He learns his family have a link to an ancient landmark.
  • 7.7
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    Greg Davies
    episode S13.E7 february 2017
    The comedian investigates his Welsh roots and gets more than he bargained for when he identifies a wayward great-grandfather. His journey uncovers everything from illegitimate children to royal connections.
  • 8.5
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    Warwick Davis
    episode S13.E8 february 2017
    The actor uncovers a story involving bigamy, syphilis and blacking up as a minstrel as he explores his family history. Can he discover why his grandmother never knew her own father?
  • 3.5
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    Sunetra Sarker
    episode S13.E9 february 2017
    The actress sets out to explore her Bengali heritage. Starting in Kolkata she learns of her great-grandfather's activism in colonial Bengal. She also learns of her family's involvement in Bangladesh's war of independence.
  • 8.8
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    Sophie Raworth
    episode S13.E10 march 2017
    The BBC Newsreader discovers her ancestors risked everything to move to America in search of religious freedom. She examines a family rumour that her great-grandfather worked at Kew Gardens.