Series 21

Episodes • 2024

Vicky McClure

1. Vicky McClure

57 min

Vicky McClure goes on an emotional journey to Taiwan to find out what happened when her great-grandfather was captured as a prisoner of war in World War Two.

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Paddy McGuinness

2. Paddy McGuinness

58 min

Paddy McGuinness uncovers his grandfather’s vital work in World War Two, how his other grandfather was involved in the Boer War and the family’s journey from Ireland to Bolton.

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Melanie Chisholm

3. Melanie Chisholm

57 min

Melanie Chisholm is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a moneylender, a campaigner for social reform and a family fleeing the famine in Ireland.

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Rose Ayling-Ellis

4. Rose Ayling-Ellis

57 min

Actor, presenter and deaf rights campaigner Rose Ayling-Ellis goes in search of her family history. She encounters a pub landlady and hunts for a rumoured Italian connection.

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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

5. Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

57 min

Jessica Ennis-Hill discovers the truth behind a family mystery and finds out about her Jamaican four-time great-grandfather’s journey from enslavement to land ownership.

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Olly Murs

6. Olly Murs

58 min

Olly Murs explores his grandfather’s Latvian roots, discovers his great-grandparents were circus performers, and how a wartime decision led to a tragic family estrangement.

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Gemma Collins

7. Gemma Collins

57 min

Gemma Collins goes on an emotional journey discovering why her mother was fostered; connecting with a long-lost cousin; and finding out her Essex roots go back over 200 years.

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