Who Do You Think You Are?

Season 5 (8 Episodes)

20 Seasons 2008 TV-PG 1h 00m 8

Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.

Well known faces within the British media each embark on individual journeys to answer some questions in regards to their own family history. An interesting and intelligent programme for any budding genealogists out there!

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Patsy Kensit

1. Patsy Kensit

Aired: Aug 14, 2008

Patsy's late father was a villain. Jimmy Kensit was deeply involved with the ...

Episode 2 Boris Johnson

2. Boris Johnson

Aired: Aug 21, 2008

Boris Johnson knew a certain amount about his diverse family background, but ...

Episode 3 Jerry Springer

3. Jerry Springer

Aired: Aug 28, 2008

Jerry knows that if his parents had not fled Germany before the start of the ...

Episode 4 Esther Rantzen

4. Esther Rantzen

Aired: Sep 3, 2008

If Esther's family is as genteel and respectable as she's always believed, wh...

Episode 5 Ainsley Harriott

5. Ainsley Harriott

Aired: Sep 10, 2008

Ainsley Harriott heads to the West Indies and discovers that Caribbean histor...

Episode 6 David Suchet

6. David Suchet

Aired: Sep 17, 2008

Confusion reigns in David Suchet's family history. Was his father's father Ge...

Episode 7 Jodie Kidd

7. Jodie Kidd

Aired: Sep 24, 2008

Jodie has often wondered why none of her family ever talked about her mother'...


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Info about Who Do You Think You Are?

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary, History, Biography