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5 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
Quiz show presenter and crime writer Richard Osman delves into his Brighton roots and is astonished to discover that one of his ancestors turned amateur sleuth and ended up entangled one of Brighton's most notorious murder trials. Richard also investigates his grandfather's military career and learns why it gave him a profound belief in the power of education, which he passed on to his grandson.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
Actress Anna Maxwell Martin discovers a harrowing story of separation in her grandfather's childhood which is redeemed by family solidarity.
Episode 5
58 mins
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.