Who Do You Think You Are?

Season 9 Episode 7: William Roache

20 SeasonsSep 26, 2012TV-PG1h8

Actor William Roache has always known that his grandmother, Zillah Waddicor, ran a cafe in Alton Towers in the 1920s and 1930s, long before it became a theme park. But as Bill sets out to discover more about Zillah, whom he remembers as a kindly elderly lady, he is astonished to find out that the cafe was a far more ambitious enterprise and that, while overcoming a challenging personal life, Zillah was a trailblazing entrepreneur. Bill discovers that his great-grandfather James was also an ...

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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

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

Aired: Oct 10, 2012

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

Episode 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?

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography