Summary
Celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their pasts.
Who Do You Think You Are?
- Season 19
- 5 episodes
- History
- Documentary and factual
Episode 1: Sue Perkins
Summary
Sue Perkins discovers more about her orphaned grandfather and a great grandfather interned as an `enemy alien" during the First World War. When the comedian and broadcaster delves into the German branch of her family who were living in Eastern Europe through the Second World War, she uncovers a harrowing tale of refugees fleeing back and forth across borders between Nazi and Soviet control
Review
Scrambling around in her family tree, Sue Perkins wants to learn where her drive to “do more and do better” originates. Although, she adds with a grin, what she would really love is to find that some distant relative came from Lithuania, like her mate Mel Giedroyc’s family did.
On her late father Bert’s side, there’s no chance of that. The sad tales of early deaths, poverty, workhouses and war injuries (but also an inspirational record of her grandmother Florence, who became one of the country’s first trained midwives) are all based in south-west England, so she’s more hopeful about discovering Eastern European roots when she investigates her maternal great grandparents, who were German although living in London.
Sue is as entertaining as you would expect, but she is also sensitive to the experiences of her ancestors. “You forget when you study history that there are real, everyday people who pay the price for the decisions that the big guys make,” she says angrily.
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| role | name |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Perkins |
| Narrator | Phil Davis |
| Director | Sue Hills |
| Executive producer | Colette Flight |
| Series editor | Sarah Feltes |
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Episode 1
Sue Perkins
Summary
Sue Perkins discovers more about her orphaned grandfather and a great grandfather interned as an `enemy alien" during the First World War. When the comedian and broadcaster delves into the German branch of her family who were living in Eastern Europe through the Second World War, she uncovers a harrowing tale of refugees fleeing back and forth across borders between Nazi and Soviet controlReview
Scrambling around in her family tree, Sue Perkins wants to learn where her drive to “do more and do better” originates. Although, she adds with a grin, what she would really love is to find that some distant relative came from Lithuania, like her mate Mel Giedroyc’s family did.
On her late father Bert’s side, there’s no chance of that. The sad tales of early deaths, poverty, workhouses and war injuries (but also an inspirational record of her grandmother Florence, who became one of the country’s first trained midwives) are all based in south-west England, so she’s more hopeful about discovering Eastern European roots when she investigates her maternal great grandparents, who were German although living in London.
Sue is as entertaining as you would expect, but she is also sensitive to the experiences of her ancestors. “You forget when you study history that there are real, everyday people who pay the price for the decisions that the big guys make,” she says angrily.
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
Streaming
Details
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Crew
role name Presenter Sue Perkins Narrator Phil Davis Director Sue Hills Executive producer Colette Flight Series editor Sarah Feltes
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
