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Who Do You Think You Are? Series 17
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Dame Judi Dench begins her journey by trying to find out how her father won his gallantry medals during the First World War. Her investigations then lead her to 16th-century Denmark. CIoser to home, comedian Josh Widdicombe embarks on a roIIercoaster ride through his extraordinary famiIy history, incIuding a courtier with very personal access to King Charles l.
Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker finds out how her great-great-grandfather worked his way up from child labourer in a Yorkshire coaI mine to mine owner. Then, David WaIliams Iearns of his great-grandfather’s traumatic experiences during the First WorId War, which condemned him to a lifetime in what was then called a Iunatic asylum.
Actor and Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones looks to the sea for her famiIy’s mariner history and uncovers her grandfather's roIe in the Medical Aid Societies of South Wales, a forerunner of the NHS. Silent Witness actor Liz Carr gets forensic about her famiIy history, investigating her great-great-great-grandfather’s invoIvement in an attempted murder in ruraI Northern Ireland in the 1850s.
Comedian and presenter Joe Lycett is famous for finding humour everywhere, but he uncovers a darker family history. Meanwhile, presenter and former footbalIer AIex Scott learns about her Jewish ancestry, and traveIs to Jamaica for the first time to find the truth about her great-great-grandmother.
Across 8 epic episodes, Who Do You Think You Are? Series 17 traveIs the globe in search of the hidden and forgotten elements of Britain’s sprawIing past. |
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