Who Do You Think You Are?

Episode 1

Vicky McClure

57 mins

Vicky McClure goes on an emotional journey to Taiwan to find out what happened when her great-grandfather was captured as a prisoner of war in World War II.

Episode 2

Paddy McGuinness

Paddy McGuinness uncovers his grandfather's vital work in World War II, how his other grandfather was involved in the Boer War and the family's journey from Ireland to Bolton.

Episode 3

Melanie Chisholm

Melanie Chisholm is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a moneylender, a campaigner for social reform and a family fleeing the famine in Ireland.

Episode 4

Rose Ayling-Ellis

Actor, presenter and deaf rights campaigner Rose Ayling-Ellis goes in search of her family history. She encounters a pub landlady and hunts for a rumoured Italian connection.

Episode 5

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

Olympic gold medal winner Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill discovers the truth behind a family mystery and finds out about her Jamaican four-time great-grandfather's journey from enslavement to land ownership.

Episode 6

Olly Murs

Singer Olly Murs traces his fathers family back to Circus performers in Riga, Latvia. He discovers the fate of his great grandmother who did not emigrate, and the the relatively recent origin of his family name.

Episode 7

Gemma Collins

Gemma's grandmother was forced to give up her mother as an infant, so Gemma searches for answers as to why, who her grandmother was and the circumstances that led to her family being torn apart.