Season 6
Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series produced by Wall to Wall Television which delves into the family history of celebrities, tracing their ancestry and revealing secrets and surprises from their pasts.
The series premiered in the UK on the BBC on 12 October, 2004. An eighth season premieres in the UK in 2010. Episodes are an hour in length.
Who Do You Think You Are? originally premiered in South Africa on DStv's Zone Reality channel on Monday 5 March 2007, at 19h00. It later aired on DStv's BBC Knowledge channel, beginning with the fourth season (the first three seasons did not air on BBC Knowledge).
See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 6 premiered on BBC Knowledge on Tuesday 2 March 2010, at 20h30. New episodes air weekly. There are five episodes in the sixth season.
Season 6
With more eager participants, Who Do You Think You Are? returns to explore the extraordinary family histories of some of the UK’s most popular celebrities.
In each episode, a celebrity embarks on a personal and often emotional journey to trace their ancestry, frequently unearthing long-buried family scandals and secrets along the way.
Among this series’ participants is impressionist Rory Bremner, who learns about the part his father played in the post-war reconstruction and discovers how he managed to find time to get to know the locals.
Chef Rick Stein travels to China to explore the life of his great-grandfather Henry Parkes, a 19th-century Methodist missionary, and the series also features actress Zoë Wanamaker, who was born in New York, but fled to the UK with her family to escape the anti-Communist McCarthy witch-hunts.
As their inspiring stories unfold the stars learn who they truly are, who their ancestors were and their identity and place in history.
Celebrities
1. Rory Bremner
2. Fiona Bruce
3. Rick Stein
4. Zoë Wanamaker
5. Kevin Whately
Seasons
Season 1 (10 episodes)
Channel: Zone Reality | Premiere: 5 Mar 2007 | Finale: 16 Mar 2007 | Weekdays, 19h00
Season 2 (6 episodes)
Channel: Zone Reality | Premiere: 14 May 2007 | Finale: 30 May 2007 | Mon/Wed, 20h00
Season 3 (8 episodes)
Did not air in South Africa
Season 4 (7 episodes)
Channel: BBC Knowledge | Premiere: 3 Sep 2008 | Finale: 15 Oct 2008 | Wednesdays, 17h30
Season 5 (8 episodes)
Channel: BBC Knowledge | Premiere: 14 May 2009 | Finale: 2 Jul 2009 | Thursdays, 21h30
Season 6 (5 episodes)
Channel: BBC Knowledge | Premiere: 2 Mar 2010 | Finale: 30 Mar 2010 | Tuesdays, 20h30