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Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004. In each episode, a celebrity traces their family tree. It is made by the production company Wall to Wall. The programme has regularly attracted an audience of more than 6 million viewers.[1] More than 150 episodes have been produced.

List of episodes

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Series 1 (2004)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Bill Oddie12 October 2004 (2004-10-12)5.79
2Amanda Redman19 October 2004 (2004-10-19)4.63
3Sue Johnston26 October 2004 (2004-10-26)4.25
4Jeremy Clarkson2 November 2004 (2004-11-02)4.95
5Ian Hislop9 November 2004 (2004-11-09)4.96
6Moira Stuart16 November 2004 (2004-11-16)5.35
7David Baddiel23 November 2004 (2004-11-23)4.60
8Lesley Garrett30 November 2004 (2004-11-30)4.41
9Meera Syal7 December 2004 (2004-12-07)3.97
10Vic Reeves14 December 2004 (2004-12-14)4.46

Series 2 (2006)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Jeremy Paxman11 January 2006 (2006-01-11)5.48
2Sheila Hancock18 January 2006 (2006-01-18)5.43
3Stephen Fry25 January 2006 (2006-01-25)5.86
4Julian Clary1 February 2006 (2006-02-01)5.94
5Jane Horrocks8 February 2006 (2006-02-08)5.64
6Gurinder Chadha15 February 2006 (2006-02-15)3.96

Series 3 (2006)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Barbara Windsor6 September 2006 (2006-09-06)6.40
2Robert Lindsay13 September 2006 (2006-09-13)5.95
3Colin Jackson20 September 2006 (2006-09-20)5.19
4David Tennant27 September 2006 (2006-09-27)5.75
5David Dickinson4 October 2006 (2006-10-04)5.80
6Nigella Lawson11 October 2006 (2006-10-11)6.15
7Jeremy Irons18 October 2006 (2006-10-18)5.82
8Julia Sawalha25 October 2006 (2006-10-25)5.54

Adoption special (2007)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Nicky Campbell11 July 2007 (2007-07-11)4.32

Series 4 (2007)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Natasha Kaplinsky6 September 2007 (2007-09-06)6.78
2John Hurt13 September 2007 (2007-09-13)5.80
3Griff Rhys Jones20 September 2007 (2007-09-20)5.75
4Carol Vorderman27 September 2007 (2007-09-27)6.53
5Alistair McGowan4 October 2007 (2007-10-04)6.17
6Graham Norton11 October 2007 (2007-10-11)6.88
7Matthew Pinsent18 November 2007 (2007-11-18)6.57

Series 5 (2008)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Patsy Kensit13 August 2008 (2008-08-13)7.10
2Boris Johnson20 August 2008 (2008-08-20)7.04
3Jerry Springer27 August 2008 (2008-08-27)6.71
4Esther Rantzen3 September 2008 (2008-09-03)6.44
5Ainsley Harriott10 September 2008 (2008-09-10)6.70
6David Suchet17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)6.79
7Jodie Kidd24 September 2008 (2008-09-24)5.87
8Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen29 September 2008 (2008-09-29)4.72

Series 6 (2009)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Rory Bremner2 February 2009 (2009-02-02)6.44
2Fiona Bruce9 February 2009 (2009-02-09)5.86
3Rick Stein16 February 2009 (2009-02-16)5.64
4Zoë Wanamaker23 February 2009 (2009-02-23)5.82
5Kevin Whately2 March 2009 (2009-03-02)5.99
6Davina McCall15 July 2009 (2009-07-15)6.92
7Chris Moyles22 July 2009 (2009-07-22)5.23
8Kate Humble29 July 2009 (2009-07-29)5.19
9David Mitchell5 August 2009 (2009-08-05)4.55
10Kim Cattrall12 August 2009 (2009-08-12)6.27
11Martin Freeman19 August 2009 (2009-08-19)6.48

Series 7 (2010)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Bruce Forsyth[3]19 July 2010 (2010-07-19)7.22
2Rupert Everett26 July 2010 (2010-07-26)5.97
3Dervla Kirwan2 August 2010 (2010-08-02)5.58
4Monty Don9 August 2010 (2010-08-09)5.95
5Rupert Penry-Jones16 August 2010 (2010-08-16)5.68
6Alexander Armstrong23 August 2010 (2010-08-23)6.46
7Jason Donovan30 August 2010 (2010-08-30)5.55
8Hugh Quarshie6 September 2010 (2010-09-06)5.42
9Alan Cumming13 September 2010 (2010-09-13)5.15

Series 8 (2011)

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# Celebrity[4][5] Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1June Brown10 August 2011 (2011-08-10)6.62
2J. K. Rowling17 August 2011 (2011-08-17)7.00
3Sebastian Coe24 August 2011 (2011-08-24)5.45
4Larry Lamb31 August 2011 (2011-08-31)5.45
5Emilia Fox7 September 2011 (2011-09-07)6.06
6Alan Carr14 September 2011 (2011-09-14)5.49
7Robin Gibb21 September 2011 (2011-09-21)4.37
8Richard Madeley[6]28 September 2011 (2011-09-28)5.05
9Len Goodman5 October 2011 (2011-10-05)5.03
10Tracey Emin12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)Unknown (under 4.21)

Series 9 (2012)

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# Celebrity[7] Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Samantha Womack15 August 2012 (2012-08-15)5.30
2Gregg Wallace22 August 2012 (2012-08-22)5.46
3Patrick Stewart29 August 2012 (2012-08-29)4.58
4Annie Lennox5 September 2012 (2012-09-05)4.86
5Hugh Dennis12 September 2012 (2012-09-12)4.87
6Alex Kingston19 September 2012 (2012-09-19)4.97
7William Roache26 September 2012 (2012-09-26)4.30
8Celia Imrie10 October 2012 (2012-10-10)4.89
9John Barnes17 October 2012 (2012-10-17)Unknown (under 4.10)
10John Bishop6 December 2012 (2012-12-06)5.53

Series 10 (2013)

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# Celebrity[8] Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Una Stubbs24 July 2013 (2013-07-24)5.24
2Nigel Havers31 July 2013 (2013-07-31)5.39
3Minnie Driver7 August 2013 (2013-08-07)4.95
4Lesley Sharp14 August 2013 (2013-08-14)4.52
5Gary Lineker21 August 2013 (2013-08-21)5.37
6Nick Hewer28 August 2013 (2013-08-28)4.52
7Nitin Ganatra4 September 2013 (2013-09-04)4.31
8Sarah Millican11 September 2013 (2013-09-11)4.57
9Marianne Faithfull18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)3.78
10John Simpson25 September 2013 (2013-09-25)3.99

Series 11 (2014)

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# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
—Who Do They Think They Are?: 10 Years, 100 Shows[9]6 August 2014 (2014-08-06)Unknown (under 3.34)
1Julie Walters[10]7 August 2014 (2014-08-07)5.23
2Brian Blessed14 August 2014 (2014-08-14)5.31
3Tamzin Outhwaite21 August 2014 (2014-08-21)4.94
4Brendan O'Carroll28 August 2014 (2014-08-28)6.06
5Sheridan Smith4 September 2014 (2014-09-04)4.74
6Mary Berry11 September 2014 (2014-09-11)4.75
7Martin Shaw18 September 2014 (2014-09-18)5.39
8Reggie Yates25 September 2014 (2014-09-25)4.18
9Billy Connolly2 October 2014 (2014-10-02)5.74
10Twiggy9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)5.33

Series 12 (2015)

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On 23 June 2015, the BBC confirmed the lineup for Series 12, which began on 13 August 2015.[11][12]

# Celebrity Original air date[13] Viewers (millions)[2]
1Paul Hollywood13 August 2015 (2015-08-13)5.08
2Jane Seymour20 August 2015 (2015-08-20)5.14
3Derek Jacobi27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)4.68
4Jerry Hall3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)4.38
5Gareth Malone10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)4.56
6Anne Reid17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)4.70
7Frank Gardner24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)4.41
8Anita Rani1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)4.38
9Mark Gatiss8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)Unknown (under 3.80)
10Frances de la Tour22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)3.83

Series 13 (2016–17)

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On 13 July 2016, the line-up for the 13th series was confirmed.[14] The series began on 24 November 2016.

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Danny Dyer24 November 2016 (2016-11-24)5.45
2Amanda Holden1 December 2016 (2016-12-01)4.71
3Liz Bonnin8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)3.94
4Cheryl15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)4.81
5Ricky Tomlinson22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)4.28
6Ian McKellen25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)4.21
7Greg Davies1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)4.63
8Warwick Davis15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)5.24
9Sunetra Sarker22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)3.97
10Sophie Raworth8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)4.45

Series 14 (2017)

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On 23 June 2017, the BBC announced the line-up for the programme's 14th series, which would again comprise 10 episodes.

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Charles Dance6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)4.32
2Craig Revel Horwood13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)4.43
3Clare Balding20 July 2017 (2017-07-20)4.83
4Adil Ray27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)3.82
5Emma Willis3 August 2017 (2017-08-03)4.25
6Lulu17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)4.67
7Fearne Cotton24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)4.08
8Noel Clarke31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)3.48
9Lisa Hammond7 September 2017 (2017-09-07)3.71
10Ruby Wax4 October 2017 (2017-10-04)4.47

Series 15 (2018)

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On 10 May 2018, the BBC announced the line-up of celebrities taking part in Series 15, which aired during the summer of 2018.[15]

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[2]
1Michelle Keegan6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)[16]3.19
2Olivia Colman9 July 2018 (2018-07-09)4.19
3Lee Mack16 July 2018 (2018-07-16)4.31
4Boy George25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)4.54
5Shirley Ballas30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)4.36
6Marvin Humes6 August 2018 (2018-08-06)4.26
7Robert Rinder13 August 2018 (2018-08-13)5.43
8Jonnie Peacock20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)3.92

Series 16 (2019)

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On 9 June 2019, the BBC announced the celebrities taking part in Series 16. The line-up features Kate Winslet, Daniel Radcliffe, Sharon Osbourne, Mark Wright, Naomie Harris, Paul Merton, Katherine Ryan and Jack and Michael Whitehall.[17] The series began on 22 July 2019.[18]

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[19]
1Daniel Radcliffe22 July 2019 (2019-07-22)[20]5.33
2Naomie Harris29 July 2019 (2019-07-29)4.19
3Jack and Michael Whitehall5 August 2019 (2019-08-05)5.56
4Kate Winslet12 August 2019 (2019-08-12)4.96
5Katherine Ryan19 August 2019 (2019-08-19)4.19
6Paul Merton28 August 2019 (2019-08-28)4.85
7Sharon Osbourne4 September 2019 (2019-09-04)TBA
8Mark Wright11 September 2019 (2019-09-11)4.26

Series 17 (2020)

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On 23 September 2020, the BBC announced the celebrities taking part in Series 17, consisting of only four episodes as production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The line-up features Jodie Whittaker, David Walliams, Ruth Jones and Liz Carr.

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[19]
1Jodie Whittaker12 October 2020 (2020-10-12)4.79
2David Walliams19 October 2020 (2020-10-19)5.36
3Ruth Jones26 October 2020 (2020-10-26)4:36
4Liz Carr2 November 2020 (2020-11-02)TBA

Series 18 (2021)

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On 13 September 2021, the BBC announced the celebrities taking part in Series 18, consisting of seven episodes. The line-up features Ed Balls, Judi Dench, Pixie Lott, Joe Lycett, Alex Scott, Joe Sugg and Josh Widdicombe.[21] The series began on 12 October 2021.[22]

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[19]
1Josh Widdicombe12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)4.34
2Judi Dench19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)4.92
3Alex Scott26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)TBA
4Joe Lycett2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)TBA
5Pixie Lott9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)TBA
6Joe Sugg[23]23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)TBA
7Ed Balls[24]30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)TBA

Series 19 (2022)

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On 10 May 2022, the BBC announced the celebrities taking part in Series 19, consisting of five episodes. The line-up features Sue Perkins, Richard Osman, Matt Lucas, Anna Maxwell Martin and Ralf Little. The series began on 26 May 2022.[25]

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[19]
1Sue Perkins26 May 2022 (2022-05-26)TBA
2Richard Osman9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)TBA
3Matt Lucas16 June 2022 (2022-06-16)TBA
4Anna Maxwell Martin23 June 2022 (2022-06-23)TBA
5Ralf Little30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)TBA

Series 20 (2023)

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On 5 May 2023, the BBC announced the celebrities taking part in Series 20. The line-up features Emily Atack, Kevin Clifton, Claire Foy, Dev Griffin, Bear Grylls, Lesley Manville, Chris Ramsey, Chris & Xand van Tulleken and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The series began on 1 June 2023.[26]

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[19]
1Andrew Lloyd Webber1 June 2023 (2023-06-01)TBA
2Claire Foy8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)TBA
3Bear Grylls15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)TBA
4Kevin Clifton22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)TBA
5Chris & Xand van Tulleken29 June 2023 (2023-06-29)TBA
6Emily Atack6 July 2023 (2023-07-06)TBA
7Dev Griffin[27]13 July 2023 (2023-07-13)TBA
8Chris Ramsey[28]20 July 2023 (2023-07-20)TBA
9Lesley Manville[29]27 July 2023 (2023-07-27)TBA

Series 21 (2024)

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On 11 June 2024, the BBC announced the celebrities taking part in Series 21, in commemoration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. The line-up features Rose Ayling-Ellis, Melanie C, Gemma Collins, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Vicky McClure, Paddy McGuinness and Olly Murs.[30]

# Celebrity Original air date Viewers (millions)[19]
1Vicky McClure15 August 2024 (15 August 2024)3.249
2Paddy McGuinness22 August 2024 (22 August 2024)3.438
3Melanie C29 August 2024 (29 August 2024)3.071
4Rose Ayling-Ellis5 September 2024 (5 September 2024)2.972
5Jessica Ennis-Hill12 September 2024 (12 September 2024)3.17
6Olly Murs19 September 2024 (19 September 2024)TBA
7Gemma Collins26 September 2024 (26 September 2024)TBA

Home media

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Series 1–11, 13, 15-17 of Who Do You Think You Are? are all available on Region 2 DVD.

A box set of series 1–4 is available, distributed by Acorn Media UK.[31]

Notes

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  1. ^ "6.4 million uncover Davina's family history". Digital Spy. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Bruce Forsyth Traces Family History". BBC News. 17 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Featured Articles – BBC launching new series of Who Do You Think You Are?". TheGenealogist.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ^ "This year's Who Do You Think You Are? celebrities revealed". Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  6. ^ richardm56 (1 August 2011). "Yup. Sep 28, 9pm BBC1". Twitter. Retrieved 7 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Elton, Matt (9 February 2012). "Who Do You Think You Are? 2012: new series celebrities revealed". Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? 2013: new celebrities revealed". Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Who Do They Think They Are?: 10 Years, 100 Shows". BBC. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Julie Walters". BBC. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  11. ^ Greenwood, Carl (22 June 2015). "Who Do You Think You Are returns with Paul Hollywood, Derek Jacobi and Jerry Hall". The Mirror. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are?". BBC. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  13. ^ "BBC reveals WDYTYA? 2015 running order". Who Do You Think You Are Magazine. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  14. ^ Methven, Nicola (13 July 2016). "Danny Dyer discovers he is related to royalty during making of BBC documentary". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  15. ^ Collins, Rosemary (10 May 2018). "Who Do You Think You Are? 2018 – new celebrities revealed!". Who Do You Think You Are Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Genealogy news roundup: First date revealed for Who Do You Think You Are? 2018". WDYTYA Magazine. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Kate Winslet and Daniel Radcliffe to star in Who Do You Think You Are? 2019 | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine". www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com.
  18. ^ "When is the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? on TV? | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine". www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com.
  19. ^ a b c d e f "Four-screen dashboard". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  20. ^ Collins, Rosemary (10 July 2019). "When is the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? on TV?". WDYTYA Magazine. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Dame Judi Dench, Pixie Lott, Joe Lycett, Alex Scott and Josh Widdicombe among stars set to take part in a new series of Who Do You Think You Are?". www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. ^ "BBC One - Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 18, Josh Widdicombe". BBC.
  23. ^ "Joe Sugg". Who Do You Think You Are?. Series 18. Episode 6. 23 November 2021. BBC One.
  24. ^ "Ed Balls". Who Do You Think You Are?. Series 18. Episode 7. 30 November 2021. BBC One.
  25. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One". www.bbc.co.uk.
  26. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One this June with a nine-part star-studded line-up". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  27. ^ "BBC One - Who do You Think You Are?, Series 20, Dev Griffin".
  28. ^ "BBC One - Who do You Think You Are?, Series 20, Chris Ramsey".
  29. ^ "BBC One - Who do You Think You Are?, Series 20, Lesley Manville".
  30. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One and iPlayer with a show-stopping line-up, celebrating the series' 20th anniversary". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  31. ^ "AcornMediaUk.com is coming soon". Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

References

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