Episode
Who Do You Think You Are?: David Mitchell
Overview
Actor and comedian David Mitchell goes in search of his Scottish roots.
Details
- Series
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2009-08-05
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
David Mitchell is Episode 9 in Season 6 of Who Do You Think You Are?. It aired on 2009-08-05. The runtime is 60 min.
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