Who Do You Think You Are?

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Who Do You Think You Are?
Genre	Documentary
Starring	Various
Narrated by	David Morrissey Mark Strong
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	24 to date
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Original run	12 October 2004 – present
Links
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Who Do You Think You Are? is a BBC television documentary series, made by Wall to Wall that started in 2004. In each episode, a celebrity goes on a journey, in order to try and trace their family tree. Three series have so far been broadcast, and a fourth series will air in 2007 ^[1].

Contents 1 Episodes 1.1 Series One (2004) 1.2 Series Two (2006) 1.3 Series Three (2006) 1.4 Series Four (2007) 2 Theme Tune 3 DVD releases 4 Footnotes 5 External links

[edit] Episodes

The first two series were broadcast on BBC Two, and the first series was the highest-rating programme of 2004 on BBC Two. Due to the show's popularity, the third series was shown on BBC One. The first series was narrated by David Morrissey, the second series and third by Mark Strong. The first series was nominated for "Best Factual Series or Strand" in the 2005 BAFTAs.

The last ten minutes of episodes from the first series featured presenter Adrian Chiles and genealogical researcher Nick Barratt giving tips on tracing your family tree.

[edit] Series One (2004)

1. Bill Oddie (12 Oct 04)
2. Amanda Redman (19 Oct 04)
3. Sue Johnston (26 Oct 04)
4. Jeremy Clarkson (2 Nov 04)
5. Ian Hislop (9 Nov 04)
6. Moira Stuart (16 Nov 04)
7. David Baddiel (23 Nov 04)
8. Lesley Garrett (30 Nov 04)
9. Meera Syal (7 Dec 04)
10. Vic Reeves (14 Dec 04)

[edit] Series Two (2006)

1. Jeremy Paxman (11 Jan 06)
2. Sheila Hancock (18 Jan 06)
3. Stephen Fry (25 Jan 06)
4. Julian Clary (1 Feb 06)
5. Jane Horrocks (8 Feb 06)
6. Gurinder Chadha (15 Feb 06)

[edit] Series Three (2006)

1. Barbara Windsor (6 Sep 06)
2. Robert Lindsay (13 Sep 06)
3. Colin Jackson (20 Sep 06)
4. David Tennant (27 Sep 06)
5. David Dickinson (4 Oct 06)
6. Nigella Lawson (11 Oct 06)
7. Jeremy Irons (18 Oct 06)
8. Julia Sawalha (25 Oct 06)

[edit] Series Four (2007)

A fourth series of the show will be shown in early to mid 2007. The BBC has not yet annouced who will appear in this series, although it was mentioned on the Children in Need telethon that Natasha Kaplinsky would be one of the subjects.

[edit] Theme Tune

The theme tune was composed by Mark Sayer-Wade, along with background music in each episode.

[edit] DVD releases

The first two series of Who Do You Think You Are? are available on DVD in the UK (Region 2).

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• BBC - Family History