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What mysteries are hidden in old family photographs? Can mouldy old documents reveal secrets, long forgotten by family members? What role does family history play in our daily lives? Can a person know who they really are? Who Do You Think You Are? is a landmark documentary series chronicling the social, ethnic and cultural evolution of national identities through the personal family histories of prominent celebrities.

During each episode one of Britain?s best-loved celebrities traces their family tree to reveal the surprising, extraordinary and often moving stories of their ancestors. At the same time the series has a more universal purpose: to offer an alternative way of looking at the history of modern Britain and to inspire viewers to consider their family?s contribution to the making of Britain.

For this reason each celebrity has been chosen so that their journey unlocks a different theme in British history.

Meera Syal ? Writer and Actor
Meera Syal grew up in the mining village of Essington, in the West Midlands, a place she once famously described as "a cross between 'Twin Peaks' and 'Crossroads' ". Her work as a writer, in particular in her novel 'Anita and Me', successfully explores the contradictions inherent in growing up in modern Britain with immigrant Asian parents, and in living between two cultures. Despite the fact that cultural issues underpin Meera's work, until recently she had never taken an in-depth look into her family history, or searched for what she describes as her rebel roots.

Vic Reeves ? Comedian and Performer
Popular comedian Vic Reeves examines the rigid class structure of the 19th Century England and world of domestic service.

Jeremy Clarkson ? Top Gear Presenter
Jeremy Clarkson is not a man given to considered opinion. So it is not surprising that, when he was asked to research his family's history, his response was abrupt: 'Too boring to bother with', he said. He could not understand why anyone would be interested in finding out about the lives of his ancestors. But he was completely unaware that the story of the Kilners, his maternal ancestors, was one of 'rags to riches and back to rags'. This information piqued his curiosity, and he was persuaded to pursue his familyHistory a little further.

David Baddiel ? Comedian, Writer and Performer
David Baddiel, one half of the hit comic duo team ?Baddiel and Skinner?, traces the persecution of the Jew?s before and during World World 2 in Germany and Eastern Europe and discovers how those who escaped the Nazis to Britain were treated as enemy aliens.

Bill Oddie ? Goodie and wildlife broadcaster
The family roots of Bill Oddie shed an interesting new light on an intriguing era in working class history. For Bill's 19th-century ancestors worked and LONG SYNOPSIS:

What mysteries are hidden in old family photographs? Can mouldy old documents reveal secrets, long forgotten by family members? What role does family history play in our daily lives? Can a person know who they really are? Who Do You Think You Are? is a landmark documentary series chronicling the social, ethnic and cultural evolution of national identities through the personal family histories of prominent celebrities.

During each episode one of Britain?s best-loved celebrities traces their family tree to reveal the surprising, extraordinary and often moving stories of their ancestors. At the same time the series has a more universal purpose: to offer an alternative way of looking at the history of modern Britain and to inspire viewers to consider their family?s contribution to the making of Britain.

For this reason each celebrity has been chosen so that their journey unlocks a different theme in British history.

Meera Syal ? Writer and Actor
Meera Syal grew up in the mining village of Essington, in the West Midlands, a place she once famously described as "a cross between 'Twin Peaks' and 'Crossroads' ". Her work as a writer, in particular in her novel 'Anita and Me', successfully explores the contradictions inherent in growing up in modern Britain with immigrant Asian parents, and in living between two cultures. Despite the fact that cultural issues underpin Meera's work, until recently she had never taken an in-depth look into her family history, or searched for what she describes as her rebel roots.

Vic Reeves ? Comedian and Performer
Popular comedian Vic Reeves examines the rigid class structure of the 19th Century England and world of domestic service.

Jeremy Clarkson ? Top Gear Presenter
Jeremy Clarkson is not a man given to considered opinion. So it is not surprising that, when he was asked to research his family's history, his response was abrupt: 'Too boring to bother with', he said. He could not understand why anyone would be interested in finding out about the lives of his ancestors. But he was completely unaware that the story of the Kilners, his maternal ancestors, was one of 'rags to riches and back to rags'. This information piqued his curiosity, and he was persuaded to pursue his familyHistory a little further.

David Baddiel ? Comedian, Writer and Performer
David Baddiel, one half of the hit comic duo team ?Baddiel and Skinner?, traces the persecution of the Jew?s before and during World World 2 in Germany and Eastern Europe and discovers how those who escaped the Nazis to Britain were treated as enemy aliens.

Bill Oddie ? Goodie and wildlife broadcaster
The family roots of Bill Oddie shed an interesting new light on an intriguing era in working class history. For Bill's 19th-century ancestors worked and weaved in England?s 'dark satanic mills.'
Bill's journey into his past was an emotional, often traumatic one.

Lesley Garrett ? Opera Singer
Lesley reveals the unique history of Britain?s northern working class. It?s a story of mining, music and social mobility as she explores the momentous changes that transformed Yorkshire throughout the twentieth century.

Sue Johnston ? Actor
Star of such popular series such as Waking the Dead, Jam and Jerusalem and The Royle Family, Sue uses the story of the railway boom that wept Victorian Britain to explore the themes of class, education and social mobility.

Ian Hislop ? Editor and Broadcaster
Ian Hislop explores the role his two grandfathers played in the major wars of the 20th Century and his ancestor?s involvement in the Boer War and helping to establish the British Empire.

Amanda Redman ? Actor
Amanda Redman, actor and star of hit detective series ?New Tricks?, explores the dark history of illegitimacy and how the strict world of Victorian family values affected her grandfather and discovers some unknown Irish roots.

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Unseen Footage
First Steps to Researching Your Family

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