Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 3
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.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Barbara Windsor
Sep 6, 2006 · 60 min
Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the East London docks and finds that his mother was a matchgirl at the Bryant and May factory.
Robert Lindsay
Sep 13, 2006 · 60 min
Robert Lindsay discovers that his paternal grandfather Jesse was severely wounded in the trenches of WWI.
Colin Jackson
Sep 20, 2006 · 60 min
Colin's roots extend to Panama, Jamaica and Scotland.
David Tennant
Sep 27, 2006 · 60 min
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.
David Dickinson
Oct 4, 2006 · 60 min
David Dickinson explores the circumstances of his adoption and the story of his Armenian ancestors.
Nigella Lawson
Oct 11, 2006 · 60 min
Nigella Lawson's Jewish immigrant family have come a long way from poverty in Europe and the East End to the wealth of Belgravia. Her father Nigel was Margaret Thatcher's golden bo
Jeremy Irons
Oct 18, 2006 · 60 min
Jeremy Irons is largely perceived as the quintessential English gentleman, but he feels a strong connection to Ireland. He has a house in Ireland, an Irish wife, Sinead Cusack, and
Julia Sawalha
Oct 25, 2006 · 60 min
Julia Sawalha comes from a multi-cultural family. Her mother is English but believes her side of the family are descended from French Huguenots.