Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
June Brown
Aug 10, 2011 · 60 min
During her search to find out if she is a real EastEnder, June unravels her Jewish heritage, and discovers how momentous historical events shaped her family's destiny, forcing them
JK Rowling
Aug 17, 2011 · 60 min
In a rare television appearance, best-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling sets out to investigate her French roots.
Sebastian Coe
Aug 24, 2011 · 60 min
The former Olympic gold medal winner sets out to discover if there is any truth in his grandmother's claims that the family's origins were once quite grand.
Larry Lamb
Aug 31, 2011 · 60 min
Larry Lamb, British Actor discovered that he is descended from a line of proprietors of Day's Menagerie and the famous Martini Bartlett lion tamer.
Emilia Fox
Sep 7, 2011 · 60 min
Silent Witness star Emilia Fox tries to find out how far back her family's acting roots go.
Alan Carr
Sep 14, 2011 · 60 min
Alan Carr explores his family's football connection and his grandfather's brush with fame.
Robin Gibb
Sep 21, 2011 · 60 min
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb discovers how his paternal great-grandfather rose from poverty to become a decorated soldier, and heads to Paisley, Renfrewshire, to investigate a myster
Richard Madeley
Sep 28, 2011 · 60 min
Richard Madeley sets out to learn more about the Canadian side of his family.
Len Goodman
Oct 5, 2011 · 60 min
Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman investigates his mother's family.
Tracey Emin
Oct 12, 2011 · 60 min
Tracey knows very little of her maternal line, and is keen to find out more about her East End roots