About this programme

3/11. Chef Rick Stein traces his family's roots, especially those of his father, who suffered from manic depression and committed suicide in the 1960s. Rick sets out to examine his father's life, from the abuse he suffered as a child during the First World War as a result of his German ancestry, to the electric shock treatment he received for his illness as an adult. He also visits China to explore the life of his great-grandfather, a 19th-century Methodist missionary.