TV series
Family Tree
Overview
Having recently lost his job and his girlfriend, 30-year-old Tom Chadwick has a rather unsure sense of his own identity. But when he inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt he never met, Tom starts investigating his lineage and uncovers a whole world of unusual stories and characters, acquiring a growing sense of who he and his real family are.
Details
- First air date
- 2013-05-12
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- HBO, BBC Two
- Production
- Lucky Giant
- Country
- GB, US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Chris O'Dowd as Tom Chadwick
- Tom Bennett as Pete Stupples
- Nina Conti as Bea Chadwick / Monkey
- Jim Piddock as Mr. Pfister
- Carrie Aizley as Kitty Chadwick
- Ed Begley Jr. as Al Chadwick
- Michael McKean as Keith Chadwick
- Lisa Palfrey as Luba Chadwick
- Maria Blasucci as Julie Fenneman
- Matt Griesser as Rick Tillman
- Christopher Guest as Dave Chadwick
- Fred Willard as Mike Morton
Creators and crew
- Christopher Guest - Creator
- Jim Piddock - Creator
- Ben Worsfield - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: The Box
Tom Chadwick and his sister Bea find out from their father that a great-aunt, Victoria, has died. An old picture in the box of things that she's left for Tom sends him on a search, accompanied by his pal Pete, to discover the identity of the man in the photograph.
Episode 2: Treading the Boards
Tom learns that his great-grandfather, Harry Chadwick, was an actor and visits Hove, where he performed. He and Pete decide to run a kind of race in honour of Harry's famous comic act.
Episode 3: The Austerity Games
After discovering grandfather William was on the GB team in the cash-poor 1948 Olympics, Tom hears about his and Victoria's athletic feats from a close friend she bequeathed her flat to; he learns that William and Victoria had a brother, Brian. Bea and Monkey try performing. His great-great-grandfather Charles, Tom finds, was born in the USA.
Episode 4: Country Life
Along with Bea, his father, and Luba, Tom visits his cousins in rural Derbyshire and learns why they have red hair. His American cousins in California invite him to visit.
Episode 5: Welcome to America
Tom stays in Glendale with his American cousins Al and Kitty Chadwick, who host an extended-family BBQ. Dave Chadwick, visiting from North Carolina, reveals a record of Charles Chadwick's departure for England on April 16, 1865.
Episode 6: Civil War
After learning that Charles had both Union and Confederate uniforms, Tom gets into some petty skirmishes during a Civil War re-enactment.
Episode 7: Indians
Tom, Bea, and Pete drive to Barstow, where they find that great-great-grandmother Rebecca was not Native American, as Tom had thought.
Episode 8: Cowboys
Tom learns more about his Jewish ancestor, Bea has a breakdown on the beach when she loses Monkey, and Tom has to say goodbye to Ally as his departure from LA approaches.
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