Self is a real person portrayed by Paul Merton in the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Paul Merton (season 16), they were 62 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 170 aired so far
Self is also portrayed by Brian Blessed, Kim Cattrall, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Jeremy Irons, Patsy Kensit, Kate Winslet and Alan Cumming.
Episodes1
Paul Merton
episode S16.E6 august 2019Paul's grandfather's death shocked his gran goes in to early labor, she lost the baby and her life - leaving Paul's mum an orphan but Paul discovered his grandfather fell in to a canal with suspected heat attack. Paul looks in to his English father Albert's side and finds out they were singers and played banjo buskers on the streets of London in Victorian times and a street disagreement was accused of assault involving a banjo and was imprisoned. on his mothers side, his grandfather quit the British Army and joined the IRA even sending back his army medal, he was part of the road to Irish independence.
