Season guide

Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 3

8 episodes Premiered Sep 6, 2006

Previously on Who Do You Think You Are?

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Who Do You Think You Are? Season 2.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (5): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S3·E1 Mytharc

Barbara Windsor

Sep 6, 2006

Barbara roots extend through East London and Suffolk.

S3·E2 Core

Robert Lindsay

Sep 13, 2006

Robert's roots take him back to Derbyshire.

S3·E3 Core

Colin Jackson

Sep 20, 2006

Colin's roots extend to Panama, Jamaica and Scotland.

S3·E4 Core

David Tennant

Sep 27, 2006

David's quest to discover his family take him to the Isle of Mull, and then on to Londonderry, to confront an unexpected side to his ancestors.

S3·E5 Core

David Dickinson

Oct 4, 2006

David's roots are in Armenia.

S3·E6 Core

Nigella Lawson

Oct 11, 2006

What will Nigella find in her family tree?

S3·E7 Mytharc

Jeremy Irons

Oct 18, 2006

Does Jeremy have roots in Ireland?

S3·E8 Mytharc

Julia Sawalha

Oct 25, 2006

Julia's journey takes her to France and Jordan.