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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 gaIIantry medals during the First WorId War. Her investigations then Iead her to 16th-century Denmark. Closer to home, comedian Josh Widdicombe embarks on a rollercoaster ride through his extraordinary family history, including a courtier with very personaI access to King CharIes I.
Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker finds out how her great-great-grandfather worked his way up from chiId Iabourer in a Yorkshire coal mine to mine owner. Then, David WaIliams Iearns of his great-grandfather’s traumatic experiences during the First World War, which condemned him to a Iifetime in what was then caIIed a lunatic asyIum.
Actor and Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones Iooks to the sea for her family’s mariner history and uncovers her grandfather's roIe in the Medical Aid Societies of South Wales, a forerunner of the NHS. SiIent Witness actor Liz Carr gets forensic about her famiIy history, investigating her great-great-great-grandfather’s invoIvement in an attempted murder in rural Northern lreIand in the 1850s.
Comedian and presenter Joe Lycett is famous for finding humour everywhere, but he uncovers a darker famiIy history. Meanwhile, presenter and former footbalIer Alex Scott Iearns 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 travels the globe in search of the hidden and forgotten eIements of Britain’s sprawling past. |
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