Tập
Who Do You Think You Are?: Episode 2
Tóm tắt
Nigel Havers takes a look at his mother's line and travels to Cornwall to learn about a tale of illegitimacy worthy of a period drama. On his father's side, he ends up in Colchester where he learns a tale of the Victorian equivalent of an Essex taxi driver made good, who ends up losing everything though.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Mùa
- Mùa 10
- Tập
- Tập 2
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2013-07-31
- Thời lượng
- 60 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 2 là tập 2 trong Season 10 của Who Do You Think You Are?. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2013-07-31. Thời lượng là 60 min.
Tập trước / tập sau
Tập 1
Una Stubbs never got the chance to meet her paternal grandparents and learns that they didn't die until she was in her 20s. She manages to uncover a story of illegitimacy and poverty.
Tập 3
Hollywood actress Minnie Driver is on a mission to find out more about her late father, Ronnie, and his family's background. Minnie's parents were not married, and Minnie only discovered when she was older that her father had a wife and another family all the time Minnie's parents were together. Minnie knows her father was awarded a medal for his role in the battle of Heligoland Bight during World War Two, but is shocked to discover that he apparently threw it away. She sets out to investigate why her father would relinquish such an honour. The trail leads Minnie to relatives she never knew existed, and she discovers a kindred spirit in the family.
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Tập 8
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