BBC confirms return of Who Do You Think You Are? with a list of star-studded guests
18.05.2023 - 19:07
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Who Do You Think You Are? with a list of star-studded guests set to appear in the show. The popular genealogy programme will appear on screens once more on June 1st on BBC One and follow nine celebrities on their extremely personal journeys. Each celeb will delve into unknown family ancestry and unearth startling facts and truths about their heritage as part of series 20 of the show.
This year's celebs will be Claire Foy, Emily Atack, Bear Grylls, Chris Ramsey, Kevin Clifton, Dev Griffin, Chris & Xand van Tulleken and Lesley Manville. They will be taken on a journey across the UK as well as to Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Jamaica and Australia in pursuit of the truth behind their family stories. In the series, musical theatre master Andrew Lloyd Webber unearths uncanny parallels between his life and those of his ancestors.
Actor and comedian Emily Atack will discover that she, Ryan Reynolds and a certain football club have a lot more in common than she might ever have guessed. Award-winning actors Claire Foy and Lesley Manville dive head-first into their family histories only to stumble upon stories worthy of any TV drama. The Crown's Claire finds out her family were caught up in a murder trial and Lesley learns how an ancestor fighting for workers’ rights ended up paying a hefty price.
Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing winner Kevin Clifton and DJ Dev Griffin find themselves travelling overseas on the trail of their ancestors. Kevin ends up in one of the most remote places in Canada and Dev travels to Jamaica where he’s surprised by some very personal records about his great-grandparents. Comedian, podcaster and TV host Chris Ramsey discovers some extraordinary survival stories and an ancestor who won a very unusual
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