Jason Donovan, nummertje zeven

Nummertje zeven in de serie van dit seizoen die op zoek is naar zijn "roots" is de uit showbiz ouders, in Australië geboren Jason Donovan.
NB: ontdek nu pas de tijden waarop de uitzendingen worden herhaald te weten:
Mon 30 Aug 201021:00BBC OneMon 30 Aug 201022:30BBC HDWed 1 Sep 201021:00BBC HDThu 2 Sep 201000:00BBC HDFri 3 Sep 201019:00BBC Two (England only)!
Nine celebrities trace their family trees to explore the lives of their ancestors and uncover major themes in British social history.
Jason Donovan was born in Australia and catapulted to fame in the soap opera Neighbours. He's had four UK number one singles and is a star of West End musicals.
Jason comes from showbiz parents who divorced when he was five. His British born father won custody and brought him up alone, but its Jason's mother's family line that holds the key to Jason's Australian heritage - up to now a complete mystery to him.
Starting in his hometown of Melbourne, Jason goes to meet his mother's cousin Judy and discovers that the showbusiness roots in his family go deeper than he thinks. As Jason unravels this mystery, he also tries to understand why his mother went missing from his life as a child.
Digging deeper into history, Jason uncovers a possible convict connection. He sets off to Tasmania to see how his ancestors ended up there - and uncovers a British miscarriage of justice. Returning to Sydney, Jason traces his family back to one of the earliest Australian settlers - a pioneer who opened up the entire continent to settlement. At the end of his journey, Jason feels reconnected to his Australian roots and realises his family story is no less than the story of the birth of a nation.

Comedian Alexander Armstrong

Vandaagde de zesde aflevering uit de negendelige serie in de zevende reeks van het Engelse TV Programma Who do you think you are. Om 22.00 uur te zien in Nederland door af te stemmen op BBC1. Te hopen is dat het weer een spannende aflevering gaat worden - de serie van dit seizoen, is naar Afkomst's persoonlijk mening, net iets minder boeiend dan in voorgaande jaren-. Maar eerst nog even lachen om zijn persiflage op "Who do you think you are!"


"Comedian Alexander Armstrong always knew his family background was likely to be privileged, but he's keen to find out exactly how posh he is...
Appropriately enough Alexander's journey begins with Burke's Irish Landed Gentry, a register of Britain's landed families. He quickly finds his own name listed under his mother's family name, McCausland, and decides to follow this line to find out more. Moving up the family tree he finds a relative who holds an honoured position in the Royal household of the day.
Delving into more family papers, Alexander finds a letter from a direct ancestor over two hundred years ago, complaining about the shortcoming of her wastrel eldest son Edward. Alexander discovers that Edward inherits his baronetcy from a cousin and that foul play is suspected. Alexander's aristocratic roots are confirmed.
Searching even further back following a fascinating trail of ancient documents Alexander finds out that he has even more titled relatives descended from one of the richest families in Britain and intimately connected to the King. One is a Royalist military leader during the Civil War, who ploughs all his money into the King's cause. But in a curious twist of fate he ends up being"

Notaris van der Schalk

Notaris van der Schalk, de vader van Henriette Roland Holst- van der Schalk komt op 29 juni 1892 om het leven als gevolg van een ongeval met zijn koets nabij het Rapenburg te Leiden. Bij het ongeluk verliest ook zijn 20 jarige dochter Marie Jacoba Arnoldine het leven. Hun stoffelijk overschot worden naar Noordwijk vervoerd waar zij aan de schoot der aarde zijn toevertrouwd. Verdrietig verhaal zo op de eerste dag na de schoolvakantie.

Rupert Penry-Jones

Tot grote spijt van Afkomst is de aflevering van Monty Don volledig ongezien voorbijgegaan: jammer ook dat Ziggo niet de mogelijkheid biedt van het gratis BBC netwerk gebruik te maken! Foutje Ziggo, ga is terug naar de tekentafel om dit probleempje op te lossen! Misschien heeft u wel gekeken. Vol goede moed gaan we op weg naar de volgende aflevering, a.s. maandag!
Actor Rupert Penry-Jones has made his name playing dashing, quintessentially English heroes. But his family background is very different. His mother, actress Angela Thorne, was born in Karachi, when it was part of British India.
Rupert doesn't know much about his Raj relatives, but there is a family story that there is Indian blood in the family. Rupert is keen to find out the truth. He remembers his grandfather on his mothers' side, Bill, who was a doctor in India, and decides to start his search there.
Bill was a doctor in the Indian Medical Service and saw action in the Second World War, in the Italian Campaign at Monte Cassino. Rupert is keen to find out more about the Field Ambulance corps that Bill commanded, who were supporting the 8th Indian Division at the battle. He travels to Italy, and is humbled and impressed by his grandfather's unsung heroism.
Rupert wants to know when the Indian connection with his family first started. A trail of documents reveal that his great-great-great-great grandfather, Thomas, was the first Thorne in India. Rupert decides to follow in his footsteps to India. He travels to Allahabad, and discovers that Thomas was involved in the Great Indian Rebellion… but Rupert will have to go back even further if he's to discover the truth.

Monty Don

Beroemd tuinman Monty Don gaat op zoek naar het met marmelade verdiende familiefortuin. Het belooft een spannende aflevering te worden vanavond, 22.00 BBC1.
Famous gardener Monty Don comes from a well-known dynasty of architects on his mother's side of the family, but knows little about his other relatives.
He starts his investigation with a visit to his older brother David. Amongst the family memorabilia they find a photograph of their great grandmother, Charlotte Wyatt, whose maiden name was Hodge. Monty is intrigued as no-one in the family has spoken much of the Hodges.
Monty's efforts lead him to a port near Anglesey where he learns of extraordinary colonial travels and a national disaster that ended in a family tragedy.
On his father's side, Monty has heard that his ancestors were part of the famous Keiller marmalade dynasty, based in Dundee. Following their invention of chip marmalade, the Keillers became immensely rich but Monty's immediate family saw none of the fortune. So where did the missing marmalade millions go?
Monty travels to Scotland to discover how his great grandfather was involved in the business. He unearths a bitter family feud that finally answers his questions about the Keiller fortune.

Dervla Kirwan

Ierse Actrice gezien in Ballykissangel komt morgenavond 2 augustus 2010 met haar familieverhaal. Veel kijkplezier!

Irish actress Dervla Kirwan became a household name in the hit series Ballykissangel. But she has never spoken about her great-uncle Michael Collins, a national figure who changed Irish history and fought to establish the Irish Free State. Dervla wants to find out how her grandfather Finian, Michael's nephew, fits into the events shaped by his famous uncle.