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Who Do You Think You Are?

2004 · 23 seasons

A gentle, absorbing journey through old records and family stories, often moving and quietly surprising.

Genres
Documentary, Family
Overview
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, identity, memory, class
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary, family
Created by
Harvey Lilley, Helen Nixon, Kathryn Ellinger
Starring
Angela Griffin, David Baddiel, Amanda Redman, Robert Lindsay, David Dickinson, Ian Hislop, Jeremy Clarkson, Vic Reeves
Cinematography
Neville Kidd
Length
23 seasons, 193 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC One, BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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