TV.com

Who Do You Think You Are? (UK)

FavoritedFavorite Checked Check In 3

Tuesday 10:00 PM on BBC Two

2 TOTAL REVIEWS Write A Review
0 EPISODES ONLINE Watch Online
No Editor User Score: 0
EDITOR

EDIT

Show Summary

Premiered: Oct 12, 2004
Status: Returning Series

UK Genealogy show, exploring the family trees of well-known public figures.

7.2

Average Rating: Good

41 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate It

Episode Guide

See All

S 6 : Ep 3	Rick Stein	Aired 2/16/09
S 6 : Ep 2	Fiona Bruce	Aired 2/9/09
S 6 : Ep 1	Rory Bremner	Aired 2/2/09
S 5 : Ep 6	David Suchet	Aired 9/17/08
S 5 : Ep 5	Ainsley Harriott	Aired 9/10/08

Who Do You Think You Are? (UK) News

See All

1

What to Watch: June 28 - July 4

By Peter Allott, Jun 29, 2010

Little Dorrit" link="/little-dorrit/show/76352/summary.html" target="_blank" loc="right"> TV.com's pick of the best TV shows on Aussie screens this week. That 70's Show Brace yourself for not a double or treble, but a quadruple bill of That 70's Show, starting right from where… more
18

NBC is getting Lost in the '80s, Day One

By Tim Surette, Jan 28, 2009

NBC has added a pair of projects to its fleet of pilots, fattening up its schedule and beginning the rebuilding process after a disappointing year. The first is a dramedy titled Lost in the '80s and the second is a… more

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Mark Strong

Narrator (2006 - )
Adrian Chiles

Narrator (2004)
Bill Oddie

Himself

Fan Reviews (2)

See All

Brilliant!

10

"Perfect"

By joeca1234, Jul 23, 2009 Report Abuse

A fantastic show with real life historical drama with unexpected twists and turns. Some of the best were Barbara Windsor, Stephen fry & David Tennent.

Finding out were there family truly descends from rather that the tales family members have passed down. David Baddiels story was truly touching and very emotional. The show is shown in true historical context fashion and does not oversensionalise any story which rears its head. A few celebs find out their ancestors were mere murderers, adulterers & sheer scourge of society. Boris Johnston on the other was all the way to royalty. Its a really enjoyable show.moreless

DO YOU AGREE?
1 0
Former "Goodie" Bill Oddie traces his family tree with moving results.

9.6

"Superb"

By mermayd, Jan 15, 2006 Report Abuse

I watched this show because there was nothing else on and I had a cold. I am so glad I did.

Genealogy has always vaguely interested me, I like history and detective stories, and the two go together naturally. It does seem like a hell of a lot of work. However, the BBC has employed professionals to do the donkey work. This is what I need!

I was not prepared for how moving the episode would be. In short, Bill Oddie had always hated his mother, who was committed to a psychiatric hospital when he was a child and remained there until she died recently. With the help of professional genealogists, Bill discovered that he'd had an older sister who died in the first few weeks of life. Through painstaking research and speaking to elderly family members, he discovered that his mother had heard his sister crying but his paternal grandmother, in the house at the time, had refused to allow her to go upstairs and see what was wrong. The baby choked on her own vomit and his mother had a nervous breakdown over the guilt. She was left languishing in mental asylums, being given electric shop therapy and who knows what else.

You can never really know yourself or others until you know where they came from. I may be wrong but I suspect that the journey has had a profound effect on Bill Oddie and certainly will have caused a dramatic shift in the way he views his mother. As he said of his mother in the finale of the episode, "I just wish I could say I'm sorry".

I think this show is going to be something very special.moreless

DO YOU AGREE?
1 0

Write a Review

Forums

Add a Topic See All

Last Activity

Replies

Have you traced your family tree?
I find the whole thing fascinating, but luckily I didn't have to trace mine as my mum and sister had already done the hard work! W...

By Heather_H, Aug 11, 2009

08/09/10

2
Reply
Start the first post!
I can't believe this forum isn't live and kicking. Did anyone see the new series start last Wednesday, with Jeremy Paxman. H...

By mermayd, Jan 15, 2006

08/09/10

6
Reply
how strange
we have got all the way to series 5 and so little posted on here I'm going to miss the Davis Suchet episode as I'm away but hope ...

By paulwj, Sep 13, 2008

09/17/08

2
Reply