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.
After a less than promising start with an ancestor who was cut out of the family fortune, Josh Widdicombe is delighted to discover a courtier with very personal access to King Charles I.
From there it’s a dizzying journey back to Elizabethan and Tudor nobility, by way of a royal love triangle, to an incredible ancestral line which prompts Josh to ask the expert he meets ‘Be honest, as a historian, are you really jealous?’
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.
