Episode
Who Do You Think You Are?: JK Rowling
Overview
In a rare television appearance, best-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling sets out to investigate her French roots.
Details
- Series
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2011-08-17
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
JK Rowling is Episode 2 in Season 8 of Who Do You Think You Are?. It aired on 2011-08-17. The runtime is 60 min.
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