GENEALOGY: Who Do You Think You Are?
Actor Kevin Whately (left) delves into his family history, beginning in his home town of Newcastle Upon Tyne to learn about his grandmother’s career as a singer and her father’s business empire.
He then discovers an 18th-century ancestor who was a turkey trader as he follows a trail of information that leads him to the Bank of England and a country estate in Surrey.
Finally Whately, known best for his roles in Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Inspector Morse, comes across a link in his family tree to associates of Oliver Cromwell.
They say never go back, but this series, which ends tonight, proves just how fascinating it can be to do so.
NB: 10.35pm in EIRE AND NI