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Who Do You Think You Are?

Season 9 Episode 5: Hugh Dennis

Sep 12, 2012TV-PG1h8

Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis's grandfathers both fought in the First World War, but rarely spoke about what they went through. In this episode, Hugh uncovers their very different wartime experiences. For his paternal grandfather, Ronald Dennis, the war offered an opportunity to finally escape a life in the coalmines of Yorkshire. For Hugh's maternal grandfather, Godfrey Hinnels, it was a brutal and bloody experience, as he found himself in some of the Great War's most infam...

Season 9 Episodes:

Episode 1 Samantha Womack

1. Samantha Womack

Aired: Aug 15, 2012

Samantha Womack is best known for playing Ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders. Sam'...

Episode 2 Gregg Wallace

2. Gregg Wallace

Aired: Aug 22, 2012

Gregg Wallace sets out to solve a long-standing family mystery: what happened...

Episode 3 Patrick Stewart

3. Patrick Stewart

Aired: Aug 28, 2012

Sir Patrick Stewart's memory of his late father, Alfred Stewart, is scarred b...

Episode 4 Annie Lennox

4. Annie Lennox

Aired: Sep 5, 2012

Eurythmics singer and political activist Annie Lennox, whose grandmother's fa...

Episode 5 Hugh Dennis

5. Hugh Dennis

Aired: Sep 12, 2012

Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis's grandfathers both fought in the First World ...

Episode 6 Alex Kingston

6. Alex Kingston

Aired: Sep 19, 2012

Actress Alex Kingston knows that her great-grandfather, William Keevil, died ...

Episode 7 William Roache

7. William Roache

Aired: Sep 26, 2012

Actor William Roache has always known that his grandmother, Zillah Waddicor, ...

Episode 8 Celia Imrie

8. Celia Imrie

Aired: Oct 10, 2012

Actress Celia Imrie knows that she comes from a long line of aristocrats on h...

Episode 9 John Barnes

9. John Barnes

Aired: Oct 17, 2012

Fifty years after Jamaica gained independence from Britain, former footballer...

Episode 10 John Bishop

10. John Bishop

Aired: Dec 6, 2012

John Bishop finds out what happened to his great great grandfather, a POW in ...

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Info about Who Do You Think You Are?

Seasons: 20

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography