Who Do You Think You Are? Season 16

Who Do You Think You Are? - Season 16

2019 • 8 episodes

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8 episodes
Jul 22, 2019

About this season

Sixteenth series of the BAFTA-winning series

Episodes

Seasons & Episodes

8 episodes
Daniel Radcliffe
Episode 1

Daniel Radcliffe

Episode 1 • Jul 22, 2019

'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe discovers that the Hatton Garden robbery of his great-grandfather’s jewellery business was far more dark and dramatic than he ever imagined, while an unseen cache of his great-great-uncle’s letters reveals a heart-wrenching First World War love story.

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Naomie Harris
Episode 2

Naomie Harris

Episode 2 • Jul 29, 2019

Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy. On a journey from Trinidad to Grenada to Jamaica, Naomie exposes her four-times-great grandfather’s involvement in the exploitation of so-called 'liberated Africans' shortly after the abolition of slavery, is delighted to discover the identify of her African five-times-great grandmother, and, in nearer generations, uncovers a family story of tragic poverty in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston.

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Jack and Michael Whitehall
Episode 3

Jack and Michael Whitehall

Episode 3 • Aug 05, 2019

In a first for the series, father-and-son comedy double-act Jack and Michael Whitehall join forces to investigate their family tree.

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Kate Winslet
Episode 4

Kate Winslet

Episode 4 • Aug 12, 2019

Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet follows a rumour of Scandinavian ancestry on her mother's side of the family and is delighted to find that she has Swedish heritage.

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Katherine Ryan
Episode 5

Katherine Ryan

Episode 5 • Aug 19, 2019

Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan’s investigation of her family history leads her to a Methodist minister and his family in colonial Nova Scotia, cod traders in Newfoundland, and eventually to her English roots in Dorset.

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Paul Merton
Episode 6

Paul Merton

Episode 6 • Aug 28, 2019

Paul Merton traces the life of his maternal grandfather and discovers that he was involved in some of the key events that led to Irish independence in the 1920s.

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Sharon Osbourne
Episode 7

Sharon Osbourne

Episode 7 • Sep 04, 2019

Sharon Osbourne uncovers the difficult circumstances of her mother’s and grandmother’s lives, and is stunned to learn that her great-grandmother was born in the US.

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Mark Wright
Episode 8

Mark Wright

Episode 8 • Sep 11, 2019

Former TOWIE star Mark Wright discovers that his ancestors included an Andalucian master swordsman and a Spaniard who was burned at the stake during the Inquisition.

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