Who Do You Think You Are UK on SBS – This inspiring and informative reality series takes viewers on a personal journey into the pasts of well-known celebrities, sharing their emotion and surprise as they uncover the stories that lie at the heart of their family history.
In a new way of producing history programming, the show uses the popular pastime of genealogy to unlock major themes in history.
Each episode follows an iconic celebrity as they uncover the stories of heroism, tragedy, love and betrayal that lie at the heart of their family story. As the famous participants travel the world discovering their ancestry, the show takes viewers back in time to see how history has shaped all of our worlds. A fascinating and absorbing narrative emerges around major events and cultural revolutions.
Season One, Episode Four: Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields embarks on a journey to discover which side of her divided and very different family she identifies with.
On the one hand there is her mother’s thrifty ‘coupon clipping’ New Jersey family, and on the other her father’s more illustrious European aristocratic family with rumoured royal connections.
In Newark New Jersey, Brooke explores the immigrant neighbourhood where her grandmother Teresa Dollinger grew up and uncovers the truth about Teresa’s painful formative years.
Back in New York, Brooke sets out on the trail of her very different paternal ancestry. Her journey takes her to Rome where she discovers that her ancestors were one of the wealthiest and most influential families in 19th Century Italy.
But it doesn’t end there – on the trail of yet another illustrious ancestor, Brooke heads to Paris and the very heart of French nobility!
Who Do You Think You Are? UK – New Episode – Tuesday, 11 April at 7.30pm on SBS and SBS on Demand (5 parts)
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