Seasons & episodes

S22 · E1Andrew Garfield 2025-04-22 · 57 min＋

Worthy of a film plot line, Andrew Garfield’s family history takes him from Nazi-occupied Poland to early Hollywood glamour as he uncovers stories which veer from tragedy to hope.

S22 · E2Mishal Husain 2025-04-29 · 58 min＋

In an unexpected twist, Mishal Husain’s journey into her family tree takes her from India to the east coast of the USA, where she discovers some revolutionary ancestors.

S22 · E3Ross Kemp 2025-05-06 · 58 min＋

Ross Kemp's ancestral detective hunt leads to a marine drummer boy from the Napoleonic era and his great-grandfather’s experiences in the merchant navy during two world wars.

S22 · E4Layton Williams 2025-05-12 · 58 min＋

Actor Layton Williams finds generations of Londoners in his family and is delighted to find they walked the same streets as him. In Jamaica, he makes some distressing discoveries.

S22 · E5Aisling Bea 2025-05-20 · 58 min＋

Comedian Aisling Bea finds moments of genuine connection in her family tree, with stories of female resilience and a relative who fought for Irish independence and culture.

S22 · E6Fred Sirieix 2025-05-27 · 57 min＋

From the French battlefields of the First World War to a romance worthy of First Dates, maître d’ and presenter Fred Sirieix goes to France to explore his family tree.

S22 · E7Will Young 2025-06-03 · 58 min＋

Will Young learns about his grandfather’s time as a prisoner of war in World War II. Delving further back, Will finds a connection to one of medieval history’s biggest villains, and a king.

S22 · E8Diane Morgan 2025-06-10 · 58 min＋

Setting aside her clueless historian persona Philomena Cunk, Diane Morgan is unsettled and amused by having to genuinely go in search of the truth to reveal her family history.