Season 3

Sep 6, 2006
8 Episodes

Episodes

1

Barbara Windsor

Sep 6, 2006
60 min

Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the East London docks and finds that his mother was a matchgirl at the Bryant and May factory.

2

Robert Lindsay

Sep 13, 2006
60 min

Robert Lindsay discovers that his paternal grandfather Jesse was severely wounded in the trenches of WWI.

3

Colin Jackson

Sep 20, 2006
60 min

Colin's roots extend to Panama, Jamaica and Scotland.

4

David Tennant

Sep 27, 2006
60 min

David's quest to discover his family take him to the Isle of Mull, and then on to Londonderry, to confront an unexpected side to his ancestors.

5

David Dickinson

Oct 4, 2006
60 min

David Dickinson explores the circumstances of his adoption and the story of his Armenian ancestors.

6

Nigella Lawson

Oct 11, 2006
60 min

Nigella Lawson's Jewish immigrant family have come a long way from poverty in Europe and the East End to the wealth of Belgravia. Her father Nigel was Margaret Thatcher's golden boy and mother Vanessa was heiress to the Lyons food dynasty.

7

Jeremy Irons

Oct 18, 2006
60 min

Jeremy Irons is largely perceived as the quintessential English gentleman, but he feels a strong connection to Ireland. He has a house in Ireland, an Irish wife, Sinead Cusack, and is sure that there's Irish blood somewhere in his family.

8

Julia Sawalha

Oct 25, 2006
60 min

Julia Sawalha comes from a multi-cultural family. Her mother is English but believes her side of the family are descended from French Huguenots.