Who Do You Think You Are?

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Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Along the way there will be scandal, adultery, pioneers, bushrangers, artists and royalty. Join the trail of discovery to uncover where these celebrities came from as they find out just who they think they are.

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Þáttaröð 1Season 1
6 þættir13. janúar 2008

S01E01 · Jack Thompson

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Jack Thompson looms large in the Australian imagination from such iconic films as Breaker Morant and The Man from Snowy River. Born John Hadley Pain in Sydney in 1940, he knows very little about the history of his biological family. When his mother died, Jack was sent to a local boarding school as their father Harold was unable to look after them. Eventually Jack was adopted by the Thompson family and he took their name. For the first time, Jack Thompson, legend of the Australian screen, discovers the history of his biological relations and the importance of us knowing our own stories.

13. janúar 200850 mín

S01E02 · Kate Ceberano

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Kate Ceberano made her name as a pop princess in the 1980s. She has sustained her singing career since then, touring for the past 20 years. Recently she has plunged back into the national limelight as winner of the 2007 series Dancing with the Stars. Turning 40 years old has become a watershed in her life. Kate wants to stop her hectic schedule and look back for a moment and find out more about her family’s past. Whilst looking Asian - her Hawaiian born father is third-generation Filipina - Kate has always felt Anglo and yet knows little about this side of her heritage. She starts to understand why she is who she is, and answer many mysteries that she’s been longing to find an answer for.

20. janúar 200850 mín

S01E03 · Geoffrey Robertson

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Geoffrey Robertson is one of Australia’s best-known expatriates. The UK-based human rights advocate and occasional Hypotheticals presenter has been mixing with the famous and infamous ever since he exploded onto the swinging sixties scene to help defend the Oz magazine obscenity case. "People often come up to me and say 'Oh you Australians are so refreshing.' What they mean is 'Rack-off you loud-mouthed colonial.'" He is the consummate self-made man and his razor-sharp legal mind gives short-shrift to the nature-nurture debate. Genes don’t fit his world view. But when he starts looking into his family tree in Who Do You Think You Are?® he finds some remarkable parallels in the expatriate lives of his forebears. Is Geoffrey Robertson the descendant of a right royal bastard or a very wiley entrepreneur? The jury is still out.

27. janúar 200850 mín

S01E04 · Catherine Freeman

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Catherine Freeman represented her people and her country as an athlete and, on the most memorable night in Australian sporting history, won a gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. In her own words, she “runned fast”. Earlier, she’d lit the Olympic Flame in the Opening Ceremony, making her the first person to light the Olympic flame and win a gold medal at the same games. Catherine believes that your make-up is a product of the past, so it’s natural for her to want to find out about her ancestors. She’s interested in finding out from where she inherited her athletic ability. Catherine also believes you inherit your emotions and psychology from your ancestors and she’s extremely curious to discover what aspects of her innate nature are also inherited. She hopes that learning about her ancestors will make her feel more at ease with who she is, and stronger going into the future.

3. febrúar 200850 mín

S01E05 · Dennis Cometti

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Dennis Cometti is the best known and most authoritative Australian Rules football commentator in Australia. Millions of football fans around the nation admire and respect his droll, quirky commentary. He knows everything there is to know about the genealogy of the AFL, confidently recalling any player’s pedigree, background and performance statistics – he spends hours researching the history of the game. But ask the ‘footy statistic guru’ about his own family and it is an entirely different story. He claims he has never had time to look into his own history. Dennis wants to reconnect with his Italian identity. Everyone else identifies with him being Italian and he’s bemused because he doesn’t - he can’t even speak the language. Who Do You Think You Are?® takes Dennis on a journey to explore his rich Italian heritage.

10. febrúar 200850 mín

S01E06 · Ita Buttrose

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Ita Buttrose is a trail-blazer – the first female editor of a major newspaper in Australia, a publisher, broadcaster and campaigner of equal opportunity for women. She’s promoted health issues, the needs of family and Australia’s ageing population. She’s always had a passionate interest in her family’s history, particularly in trying to unravel why her family changed their name from Butters to Buttrose, but has never had the time to investigate. Driven by the fact that many of her immediate family have creative and “nomadic” lives, she’s curious to find out whether these are ancestral traits. Ita was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988.

17. febrúar 200850 mín
Þáttaröð 2Season 2
6 þættir27. september 2009

S02E01 · Ron Barassi

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Footy legend and latter day ‘Knight in Shining Armour’ Ron Barassi has always believed that actions speak louder than words. He embarks on a journey into his ancestry tracing the Barassi family line back to the Victorian Gold Rush and discovers a heart-rending tale of violence, tragedy and redemption.

27. september 200950 mín

S02E02 · Sigrid Thornton

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Australian film and TV industry luminary, actress Sigrid Thornton has cornered the market in feisty leading roles. Tonight she embarks on a journey into her ancestry uncovering a genetic tendency to get into trouble with the law.

4. október 200950 mín

S02E03 · Ben Mendelsohn

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Bad boy larrikin actor Ben Mendelsohn embarks on a journey into his ancestry to find out if he really is related to the famous composer of the Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn. He traces the Mendelsohn family line back to the heart of Europe and discovers a thread of musical heritage in surprising quarters as well as a heart-rending tale of success, failure and heartbreak of Dickensian proportions.

11. október 200950 mín

S02E04 · Christine Anu

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Singer Christine Anu's ancestry is from the Torres Straits Islands. She’d like to understand why music is so important in her life. Her journey takes her not only to the Torres Straits but to England where she discovers a heritage of music and culture, beyond her wildest dreams.

18. október 200950 mín

S02E05 · Maggie Beer

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Celebrity “Country Cook" Maggie Beer is probably best known for being half of the TV duo The Cook and The Chef, as well as for her famous Pheasant Farm Pate. Tonight she embarks on a journey into her ancestry discovering a convict bigamist with a penchant for very tall tales.

25. október 200950 mín

S02E06 · John Butler

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Rock star and activist John Butler is searching for his heritage hoping to find poets, musicians and revolutionaries. In his WDYTYA journey John traces the Butler name back through generations of hardship to a matriarch who sang for her survival. Then he follows his Bulgarian ancestry to the mountain town of Koprivshtitsa and to an ancestor caught up in a violent revolt, central to the birth of a nation.

1. nóvember 200950 mín
Þáttaröð 3Season 3
6 þættir28. nóvember 2010

S03E01 · Magda Szubanski

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Magda Szubanski is the actor behind many of Australia’s most loved comic characters. Magda has always been a fearless performer. But where is that courage from? To better understand how world events have shaped her family, Magda will trace the lives of two ancestors. Both were forced to make grim choices and both were forced to confront with the brutality of war.

28. nóvember 201050 mín

S03E02 · Rod Marsh

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Cricketer Rod Marsh trawls the records, to overturn long-held secrets and piece together the dramatic circumstances that led to his father’s adoption. For the first time he discovers who his biological grandparents are and why their children were given up for adoption.

5. desember 201050 mín

S03E03 · Tina Arena

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Singer Tina Arena has always wanted to find out more about where her Italian-born parents came from, a subject that has never really been talked about in her family. She is driven to find out the truth behind some family secrets and heads off to Sicily to explore her Italian roots and the tough reality of her grandparents’ childhoods.

12. desember 201050 mín

S03E04 · Shane Bourne

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Actor and comedian is probably best known for his roles in City Homicide and Thank God You’re Here. In this series he investigates a pattern of absent fathers and discovers a man with grand but fraudulent designs.

19. desember 201050 mín

S03E05 · Paul Mercurio

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Actor, dancer and TV chef Paul Mercurio is probably best known for his role in Strictly Ballroom. In this series he embarks on a journey into his ancestry to investigate rumours of a mafia connection and discovers a political kingmaker leading a double life.

26. desember 201050 mín

S03E06 · Georgie Parker

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Georgie Parker has created some of the most memorable women in Australian television. The women in her own family are all big personalities and this is the puzzle she sets out to solve: where does that female strength come from?

2. janúar 201150 mín
Þáttaröð 4Season 4
6 þættir27. mars 2012

S04E01 · Shaun Micallef

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Comedian Shaun Micallef unravels his father’s childhood war-time story in Malta, and discovers other ancestors who were players in some of the most extraordinary moments in modern history.

27. mars 201250 mín

S04E02 · Kerry O'Brien

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Television journalist Kerry O’Brien embarks on a journey to uncover his Irish roots. He discovers a couple of convicts taking desperate measures in search of a better life.

3. apríl 201250 mín

S04E03 · Melissa George

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Actress Melissa George uncovers the heartbreaking truth behind a story of child migrants and investigates the case of an ancestor suspected of abusing a prisoner in a colonial gaol.

10. apríl 201250 mín

S04E04 · Vince Colosimo

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Actor Vince Colosimo unravels the truth about his grandfather’s extraordinary war experience and tries to find out who his mysterious grandmother was.

17. apríl 201250 mín

S04E05 · John Wood

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Actor John Wood discovers the secrets behind his father’s tragic capture and imprisonment in World War II.

24. apríl 201250 mín

S04E06 · Michael O'Loughlin

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Aboriginal footballer Michael O’Loughlin traces the bloodlines of his family, discovering an ancestor who fought to save his culture.

1. maí 201250 mín
Þáttaröð 5Season 5
8 þættir2. apríl 2013

S05E01 · Adam Hills

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Comedian Adam Hills retraces the desperate journeys of his migrant ancestors, torn apart by war and prejudice as they search for a new life.

2. apríl 201350 mín

S05E02 · Asher Keddie

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Actress Asher Keddie sets out to find the origins of her creative passions, discovering a story from the past with eerie parallels to her own life.

9. apríl 201350 mín

S05E03 · Don Hany

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On the trail of his ancestors, actor Don Hany journeys to the heart of Europe to investigate his controversial Hungarian grandfather, who was caught up in a Cold War flashpoint.

16. apríl 201350 mín

S05E04 · Michael Caton

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By retracing his history, iconic actor Michael Caton will uncover a family tragedy and an ancestor’s involvement in one of Australia’s greatest crime sprees.

23. apríl 201350 mín

S05E05 · Lex Marinos

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On the trail of his ancestors, actor Lex Marinos journeys into Australia’s colonial past to investigate an ancestor accused of a terrible crime.

30. apríl 201350 mín

S05E06 · Susie Porter

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Actor Susie Porter's family story charts dramatic advances in the field of mental health treatment in Australia.

7. maí 201350 mín

S05E07 · Rove McManus

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Entertainer Rove McManus discovers his Great Grandfather’s role in the violent Kimberley frontier, and the astonishing source of his own creative gifts.

14. maí 201350 mín

S05E08 · John Howard

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Actor John Howard follows his Grandfather’s trail through the horrors of the Great War, finding a promising military career ruined by a single regrettable act.

21. maí 201350 mín
Þáttaröð 6Season 6
8 þættir8. júlí 2014

S06E01 · Andrew Denton

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A generation ago Andrew Denton’s family anglicised their name from Ditkofsky to Denton, in an effort to keep members safe at a time of entrenched racial intolerance. Andrew now attempts to find out more about his family's past.

8. júlí 201450 mín

S06E02 · Rebecca Gibney

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Rebecca Gibney attempts to find out more about her past and travels to New Zealand. The journey takes her from Parihaka to Wellington to Auckland, where she learns some shocking truths about her family history.

15. júlí 201450 mín

S06E03 · Jacki Weaver

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After Jacki Weaver became a grandmother, she has had the burning ambition to discover about her father‟s biological mother.

22. júlí 201450 mín

S06E04 · Richard Roxburgh

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Richard Roxburgh has become well known for playing different complicated characters, but knows little of the people in his own past. H e founds out about his family‟s footprints in an unexpected corner of the world.

29. júlí 201450 mín

S06E05 · Amanda Keller

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Amanda Keller finds out that her bloodline has survived against all odds as she discovers that an ancestor faced hell on earth in Australia‟s most brutal prison and a mother who saved her family in the face of tragedy.

5. ágúst 201450 mín

S06E06 · Adam Goodes

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Adam Goodes learns more about his aboriginal heritage, journeying into the remote Flinders Ranges finding evidence of his ancestors from thousands of years ago.

12. ágúst 201450 mín

S06E07 · Lisa McCune

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Lisa discovers the man she thought was her biological Grandfather, wasn't in fact related to her Dad at all.

19. ágúst 201450 mín

S06E08 · Paul McDermott

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Paul McDermott's mother Betty, was adopted and raised by relatives but mystery surrounds the circumstances and her adoptive parents died without giving her any information.Paul attempts to follow the trail back to the early 20th century and finds out about a family torn apart by poverty and a decimating epidemic.

26. ágúst 201450 mín
Þáttaröð 7Season 7
9 þættir4. ágúst 2015

S07E01 · Geoffrey Rush

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Internationally celebrated actor Geoffrey Rush believes he hails from a long line of farmers but an exploration of his heritage sees him discover an ancestor fighting for justice in the face of corruption and another desperate to succeed in a golden age of creativity.

4. ágúst 201550 mín

S07E02 · Toni Collette

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Actor Toni Collette delves into the enigma of her grandparents and uncovers a tale of abandonment and tragedy, a secret wartime affair, and an unexpected ancestor. A DNA test serves only to deepen the mystery.

11. ágúst 201550 mín

S07E03 · Luke Nguyen

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Successful Chef and Restaurateur, Luke Nguyen discovers his Grandfather had a wife and child in China, who he left behind, when he migrated to Vietnam and began a second family. Luke searches a remote corner of China to bring this long lost family back into the fold. He then travels to Vietnam and looks into the troubled history of his parents’ homeland, searching for clues to explain his own painful past.

18. ágúst 201550 mín

S07E04 · David Wenham

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Actor David Wenham rose to fame as ‘Diver Dan’ in the long-running TV series SeaChange. He has inhabited countless characters in a 30-year career spanning theatre, TV and film but the characters in David’s own bloodline remain largely unknown to him.

25. ágúst 201550 mín

S07E05 · Dawn Fraser

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Sporting legend Dawn Fraser is a hands-on grandmother who wants to know more about her own grandparents. This Aussie icon discovers she has South American heritage.

1. september 201550 mín

S07E06 · Peter Rowsthorn

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Comedian Peter Rowsthorn turns his humour on his first Australian family – finding ancestors with a knack for stealing. Then a long held family secret is revealed with Peter investigating his grandfather’s mysterious death. The new connection to a grandfather he never met sees Peter pondering whether to change his surname to better reflect his real heritage.

8. september 201550 mín

S07E07 · Greig Pickhaver

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Iconic entertainer Greig Pickhaver, known for his comedic alter ego HG Nelson, investigates the leading characters in his family history. His search uncovers a great-grandfather, Samuel Rinder, who in the late 19th century, made his fortune as a sheep trader during Bendigo’s boom years. As a wealthy man about town, Rinder spent much of his time and money down at the racetrack, but when economic recession loomed, he turned to crime.

15. september 201550 mín

S07E08 · Ray Martin

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A lifetime spent in journalism has seen Ray Martin witness some of the defining moments of his time. Looking into his own history he finds his forbears too were on the frontline of nation shaping events - discovering an ancestor at the scene of Australia's greatest armed rebellion. On his maternal side he walks in the footprints of his Indigenous ancestors to solve a long-standing family mystery. And he follows his convict trail back to Ireland to find a notorious bandit with a rebel heart.

22. september 201550 mín

S07E09 · Retrospective Special

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The program brings together the best moments of this award winning genealogical series combined with revealing insights on what it was like to take part in the show from Adam Hills, Magda Szubanski, Adam Goodes, Richard Roxburgh, Kerry O'Brien, Tina Arena, Maggie Beer and Vince Colosimo. The retrospective shines a light on Australia's cultural and historical past, and gives the viewer a real sense of how profound the journey has been for many of the Australians who have taken part.

6. september 201650 mín
Þáttaröð 8Season 8
8 þættir13. september 2016

S08E01 · Julia Morris

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In this new season, eight of Australia's most respected and recognisable faces retrace the footsteps of their ancestors across the country and around the world, as they strive to make sense of the present by connecting with their family's paths. Award-winning stand-up comedian and host of 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' Julia Morris finds her great grandfather in controversial Labor Premier J.T. Lang's intimate inner circle, and she investigates whether her grandfather was involved in the Irish Republican Army.

13. september 201650 mín

S08E02 · Peter Garrett

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In one of Sydney's great convict buildings, Peter Garrett discovers an ancestor at the forefront of social welfare in the colony. He'll also unearth the secret life of his grandmother who worked in a forgotten area of first Contact - the Lock Hospitals in Western Australia. More than a century later, Peter follows his grandmother to remote Bernier Island, where Indigenous Australians suspected of having venereal disease were taken by force.

20. september 201650 mín

S08E03 · Delta Goodrem

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Singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem has searched for the creative connection in her ancestry - some link that would explain her own abilities. Her infectious curiosity is rewarded by the intricate adventures of her great grandmother, an enigmatic woman whose life took some unexpected twists and turns. As family secrets are revealed, Delta unveils her spirited great grandmother's passions in marvellous Melbourne.

27. september 201650 mín

S08E04 · Mal Meninga

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Mal Meninga goes on a deeply personal quest to discover if he's descended from an indentured labourer - brought back from the Pacific Islands to work in the Queensland cane fields - in a culture replete with racism, kidnapping and slavery. His search takes him to Tanna Island in Vanuatu. He finds his ancestor spent time in a Christian mission at Kwamera. Mal must unravel conflicting accounds of why his ancestor left. Was he tricked or was he looking for adventure and opportunity? Back in Australia, Mal's confronted by the harsh conditions endured by Islanders working in the cane fields. Faced with deportation, the South Sea Islander community rallied to challenge the White Australia Policy.

4. október 201650 mín

S08E05 · Rachel Griffiths

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Actor Rachel Griffiths's journey into the past takes her back to the re-emergence of Judaism in 17th century England. She discovered that her eight-time grandfather was one of the best known Jewish capitalists in London - associated with the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, and the British East India Company. But his business interests extended further afield, and Rachel learns he was engaged in the international slave trade.

11. október 201650 mín

S08E06 · Shane Jacobsson

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Shane Jacobson's father, Ron, was born into a family of carnival workers and lived in a tent until he was 21. They know nothing of their ancestry, but Shane's convinced they come from Viking stock. His crusade will take him to Finland where Shane's great grandfather took drastic steps that echo down the Jacobson line. His journey will take Shane to a medieval church where his ancestor was forced to sit on a shaming stool to atone for her sexual crimes. His search for the truth behind his Viking roots is answered, and in a farmhouse Shane finds his extended Finnish family.

18. október 201650 mín

S08E07 · Jane Turner

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Best known for her alter ego Kath Day-Knight from the hugely popular Kath and Kim series, Jane Turner is an icon of Australian comedy. Her paternal line takes Jane back to her three-times-great grandfather, who was one of Western Australia's pioneering British settlers. Jane will uncover the desire that drove her wealthy ancestor to endure incessant misfortune. Then, uncovering her father's actions as a fighter pilot in the Korean War takes Jane inside the Demilitarised Zone on the border of North Korea.

25. október 201650 mín

S08E08 · John Newcombe

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John Newcombe's search will propel him back to a pivotal time in NSW when the penal colony was transforming into a democracy. John's paternal ancestor played an important role in the fight for freedom of the press. But behind the facade of middle-class respectability, John will discover his two-times-great grandmother was hiding her convict past. Then, exploring his maternal line, John follows his three-times great grandfather's footsteps to the Loyalty Islands, now part of New Caledonia. John's forebear was hoping to trade sandalwood, but the expedition was a disaster. At the site of a bloody ambush John learns of the cannibalistic tribe his ancestor encountered.

1. nóvember 201650 mín
Þáttaröð 9Season 9
8 þættir17. apríl 2018

S09E01 · Noni Hazlehurst

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Veteran performer, Noni Hazlehurst, goes in search of the secrets her parents held so tightly. This journey will be a revelation to Noni. She’ll come to understand the impact of war on her immediate family, and why she knows so little about her world-renowned performing ancestors.

17. apríl 201850 mín

S09E02 · Charlie Teo

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Having always struggled to understand culturally who he is, renowned neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is looking for answers. Exploring his mother’s side of the family, Charlie’s journey will take him to Malacca, where he discovers a culture he’s never heard of, but one with which he can now clearly identify. On his father’s side, Charlie comes face to face with his paternal ancestors. Will he be able to mend his connection with this side of his family and finally be proud of his Teo heritage?

24. apríl 201850 mín

S09E03 · Natalie Imbruglia

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Natalie Imbruglia has always taken pride in her father’s Italian ancestry, but she knows very little regarding her mother’s Australian heritage. Although family folklore points to strong-willed and independent women on this side of the family, Natalie wants to know more about these women and their stories. This journey will allow Natalie to finally connect with her Australian ancestry dating all the way back to the beginnings of the colony.

1. maí 201850 mín

S09E04 · John Jarratt

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From his portrayal of bushranger Ned Kelly to the sinister Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek, actor John Jarratt has carved a career out of playing quintessential Aussie characters. But while John wears his working class roots with pride, traces of a Chinese heritage on his mum’s side, has always been a mystery. John first throws himself into his search for his Chinese origins before investigating the epic life story of his war hero ancestor.

8. maí 201850 mín

S09E05 · Justine Clarke

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Actor and performer, Justine Clarke, was raised almost entirely by her mother Beverley after her parents separated when she was just nine months old. Justine’s quest to learn about her father’s family will take her back to colonial times where she’ll learn about the unlikely life of one of her ancestors and the Irish rebel she fell in love with. On her maternal side, Justine will return to her grandfather’s hometown in Belarus and discover why her grandfather fled his homeland and travelled to Australia. And, in a surprise meeting in Moscow, Justine will meet a long lost relative and reconnect a family separated for a century.

15. maí 201850 mín

S09E06 · Todd McKenney

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Perth born entertainer and performer Todd McKenney is keen to know where the McKenney name comes from and is on a quest to uncover traits passed down to him by his father’s forebears. On his maternal side, there is no doubt that Todd gets his dancing talent from his mother, Peta and his maternal grandmother. However, Todd is keen to discover an ancestor with a colourful past. Will Todd find what he’s looking for?

22. maí 201850 mín

S09E07 · Ernie Dingo

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All his life, Ernie Dingo has been estranged from his father’s family, on account of feeling abandoned by his own father, Tom Pepper. Ernie is brought face to face with his father’s ancestors, including an English convict. Will his journey force Ernie to re-evaluate his perceptions about the past - and his relationships in the present? Meanwhile, Ernie’s relationship with his mother’s side of the family, has been completely different: he grew up wrapped in love and warmth from his mother Bessie and grandmother Ulie. But his grandfather Jimmy Dingo remained a mystery, and Ernie sets out to discover more about this enigmatic character.

29. maí 201850 mín

S09E08 · Patti Newton

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Patti Newton is one of Australia’s most recognisable faces. She’s been performing since the age of four and has always wondered where her love of performing has come from. These days Patti’s greatest joy in life is her four grandchildren. However, she knows very little regarding her paternal grandmother and is determined to find out why she was never spoken of.

5. júní 201850 mín
Þáttaröð 10Season 10
8 þættir30. apríl 2019

S10E01 · Scott Cam

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TV personality Scott Cam reveals his paternal family changed their surname from Caminiti to Cam during WWII. But, beyond this historical detail, Scott knows little about his Italian ancestors.

30. apríl 201950 mín

S10E02 · Jennifer Byrne

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Traumatised by the scandal of her parents' public divorce, investigative journalist, Jennifer Byrne, has avoided examining her family history until now, when both her parents have passed away.

7. maí 201950 mín

S10E03 · Marta Dusseldorp

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Actress Marta Dusseldorp has become a household name on Australian television screens, playing strong female characters in Janet King, A Place To Call Home, and Jack Irish.

14. maí 201950 mín

S10E04 · Karl Kruszelnicki

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Australia's favourite scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, is a qualified medical doctor, engineer, and physicist whose media career began in 1981.

21. maí 201950 mín

S10E05 · Casey Donovan

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Singer Casey Donovan shot to fame at the tender age of 16 when she won 'Australian Idol'. But her sudden rise to stardom raised complicated questions about Casey's Aboriginal heritage.

28. maí 201950 mín

S10E06 · Kurt Fearnley

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Four-time Paralympian Kurt Fearnley wants to find out if the fighting spirit that propelled him to sporting stardom was inherited from his ancestors.

5. júní 201950 mín

S10E07 · Kerri-Anne Kennerley

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Daytime TV host Kerri-Anne Kennerley's upbeat personality, can-do attitude, and general optimism has made her resilient, both in the fickle world of television.

4. júní 201950 mín

S10E08 · Rodger Corser

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Actor Rodger Corser rose to fame for his roles in the award-winning crime series Underbelly and the critically-acclaimed Glitch, and for the series lead on Doctor, Doctor.

11. júní 201950 mín
Þáttaröð 11Season 11
8 þættir19. maí 2020

S11E01 · Lisa Wilkinson

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Journalist and television personality, Lisa Wilkinson, is on a deeply personal quest to unearth the truth about her maternal ancestors.

19. maí 202050 mín

S11E02 · Bert Newton

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Veteran entertainer Bert Newton discovers the father he never knew was a true patriot who devoted his life to his country.

26. maí 202050 mín

S11E03 · Cameron Daddo

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Long intrigued by the origins of his surname, actor Cameron Daddo travels across the globe to the Channel Islands and discovers a thousand years of noble ancestors. Meanwhile, his mother’s lineage, though devoid of noble origins, reveals a surprising parallel to his father’s. Cameron will discover both sides of his family feature love stories of staggering proportions.

2. júní 202050 mín

S11E04 · Lisa Curry

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When swimmer Lisa Curry delves into her maternal family past, she finds hard working German immigrants who risked everything to become the masters of their own destiny in Queensland. Lisa’s distant relationship with her late father had a profound effect on her life. But by tracing his life and her paternal ancestors in war-torn Ireland, Lisa comes to terms with who her father was, and finally gets to farewell him in her own way.

9. júní 202050 mín

S11E05 · Denise Scott

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Comedian Denise Scott’s search to find the truth about a dark family secret brings surprising results, while her Dad’s family tree produces a highly unconventional ancestor. On her maternal side, she uncovers dark secrets, and closes a chapter on a long-standing family cover-up.

16. júní 202050 mín

S11E06 · Kat Stewart

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Kat Stewart’s stable and loving upbringing instilled in her a strong sense of ethics, and it’s with this belief that she goes on her ancestral journey, seeking characters who were both principled and just a little bit colourful. She’ll soon discover a strong Irish woman who experienced her fair share of tragedy, and an Englishman who had a pioneering role during a contentious time in Colonial Australia.

23. júní 202050 mín

S11E07 · Julie Bishop

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Australia’s first female Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, has always had a love for the world, and she’s now on a mission to discover where she inherited her globetrotting, adventurous spirit from.

30. júní 202050 mín

S11E08 · Troy Cassar-Daley

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On a quest to to find his ancestral homeland, country music icon Troy Cassar-Daley will finally bridge the gap between his two cultural worlds.

7. júlí 202050 mín
Þáttaröð 12Season 12
8 þættir8. júní 2021

S12E01 · Celia Pacquola

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When Celia Pacquola digs into her beloved mum's family, she finds her three times Scottish great grandfather, John Rae, was Sydney's first Town Clerk.

8. júní 202150 mín

S12E02 · Malcolm Turnbull

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When Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull opens the book on his family history, curiosity turns to fascination when he discovers a mysterious unclaimed fortune.

15. júní 202150 mín

S12E03 · Denise Drysdale

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Denise Drysdale takes a DNA test, and it’s no surprise to find her family hails from Scotland. But it is a shock to discover she also has DNA links to Northern Ireland. Denise finds her maternal 3 times great grandparents, John and Mary Fanning, left Northern Ireland with their children, and miraculously survived an horrific voyage to Australia. On her father's side, Denise uncovers the humour she’s looking for, in her great grandmother Betsy Drysdale, but the flip side of Betsy’s life is one of a sad struggle with alcoholism and despair.

22. júní 202150 mín

S12E04 · Jeff Fatt

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Jeff Fatt, famous as the Purple Wiggle, knows his Chinese roots go back four generations into Australia's history, but he wants details of why those ancestors came to Australia.

29. júní 202150 mín

S12E05 · Uncle Jack Charles

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Actor, former self-described 'serial pest', and member of the Stolen Generation, Uncle Jack Charles has never known the love of a parent. He will uncover details of the father he never knew.

6. júlí 202150 mín

S12E06 · Grant Denyer

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13. júlí 202150 mín

S12E07 · Chris Bath

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20. júlí 202150 mín

S12E08 · Natalie Bassingthwaighte

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27. júlí 202150 mín
Þáttaröð 13Season 13
8 þættir21. júní 2022

S13E01 · Simon Baker

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Actor and director Simon Baker learns about a legacy left by his three-times great grandfather, and the substantial courage and fortitude of his female ancestors.

21. júní 202256 mín

S13E02 · Myf Warhurst

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Myf Warhurst sets out to learn the truth about a 'handshake adoption' in her paternal line, and is surprised by what she learns.

28. júní 202255 mín

S13E03 · Justin Hodges

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Rugby league footballer Justin Hodges is determined to learn more about his Indigenous family history.

5. júlí 202256 mín

S13E04 · Dr Chris Brown

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Television personality and veterinarian Dr Chris Brown attempts to figure out a longstanding family mystery.

12. júlí 202256 mín

S13E05 · Paula Duncan

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Actor and philanthropist Paula Duncan looks into her ancestry and finds a tale of hardship turned on its head by the gold rush.

19. júlí 202252 mín

S13E06 · Matt Moran

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Chef Matt Moran discovers a convict lineage hailing from Ireland, a criminal heritage that is broken by a heroic, hardworking ancestor, and a 100-year-old woman he met as a child.

26. júlí 202255 mín

S13E07 · Liz Ellis

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Netball champion Liz Ellis investigates the truth around the identity of her dad's father, and digs into the mystery of her mum's `cranky granny'.

2. ágúst 202257 mín

S13E08 · Sandra Sully

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Sandra Sully hopes to learn more about her family's reverence for war service, and discovers her maternal grandfather had a previously unknown experience.

9. ágúst 202253 mín
Þáttaröð 14Season 14
8 þættir2. maí 2023

S14E01 · Barry Humphries

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The late comedian Barry Humphries investigates a royal scandal from his father's ancestry, and unravels his mysterious maternal family history.

2. maí 202355 mín

S14E02 · Jenny Brockie

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Journalist Jenny Brockie uncovers her mother's family history and learns her distant relatives were a gang member and a brothel owner from Ireland.

9. maí 202354 mín

S14E03 · Derryn Hinch

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Journalist Derryn Hinch uncovers the truth about the identity of his mother's father and investigates the paternal side of his family's war history.

16. maí 202356 mín

S14E04 · Rhonda Burchmore

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Entertainer Rhonda Burchmore finds out about the maternal grandfather she never knew, and a fascinating entrepreneur with an amazing legacy on her father's side.

23. maí 202356 mín

S14E05 · Stephen Page

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Artistic director and choreographer Stephen Page uncovers the truth about his Aboriginal ancestry, and meets his previously unknown family in the South Pacific.

30. maí 202355 mín

S14E06 · Peter Helliar

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Comedian Peter Helliar discovers a maternal ancestor's traumatic experience in Gallipoli, and a paternal link to an Irish rogue, and a pioneer of AFL.

6. júní 202355 mín

S14E07 · Kerry Armstrong

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Television and stage actor Kerry Armstrong discovers a lineage of rebellious and free-spirited women, and explores her strange connection to the sea.

13. júní 202356 mín

S14E08 · John Waters

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Actor and musician John Waters discovers a paternal heritage of working class radicals, and a maternal ancestor at the heart of colonial Caribbean history.

20. júní 202353 mín
Þáttaröð 15Season 15
8 þættir7. maí 2024

S15E01 · Manu Feildel

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7. maí 202455 mín

S15E02 · Miranda Otto

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14. maí 202455 mín

S15E03 · Kathy Lette

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21. maí 202455 mín

S15E04 · Wayne Blair

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28. maí 202455 mín

S15E05 · Pat Rafter

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4. júní 202455 mín

S15E06 · Melissa Doyle

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11. júní 202455 mín

S15E07 · Stephen Curry

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18. júní 202455 mín

S15E08 · Heather Ewart

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25. júní 202455 mín
Þáttaröð 16Season 16
8 þættir13. maí 2025

S16E01 · Claudia Karvan

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As she traces elusive ancestors from London to Cyprus to New Zealand, actor and producer Claudia Karvan is floored and unexpectedly moved by the tragedy and courage of her family's past.

13. maí 202556 mín

S16E02 · Patrick Brammall

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Actor Patrick Brammall uncovers a long-held maternal family secret and is deeply impressed by his paternal great grandfather's public and private life.

20. maí 202553 mín

S16E03 · Mark Coles Smith

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27. maí 202554 mín

S16E04 · Gina Chick

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3. júní 202551 mín

S16E05 · Tom Gleeson

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10. júní 202553 mín

S16E06 · Camilla Franks

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17. júní 202554 mín

S16E07 · Marc Fennell

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24. júní 202554 mín

S16E08 · Matthew Nable

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1. júlí 202554 mín
Þáttaröð 17Season 17
8 þættir12. maí 2026

S17E01 · Bruce McAvaney

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In an emotional opening episode, legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney traces his family’s history in South Australia, uncovering stories of early settlement, land ownership and personal tragedy. Walking the land once owned by his ancestors, Bruce is visibly moved as he connects more deeply to his late parents, reflecting on both the successes and hardships that shaped his family’s legacy.

12. maí 2026

S17E02 · Guy Sebastian

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Renowned singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian travels across India and Sri Lanka to uncover the truth behind his mother’s heritage and reconnect with his father’s Tamil roots, with a defining moment coming through DNA results that finally bring clarity to his family’s identity.

19. maí 2026

S17E03 · Episode 3

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26. maí 2026

S17E04 · Episode 4

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2. júní 2026

S17E05 · Episode 5

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9. júní 2026

S17E06 · Episode 6

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16. júní 2026

S17E07 · Episode 7

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23. júní 2026

S17E08 · Episode 8

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30. júní 2026