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Daru Rooke helps people investigate the life of a remarkable ancestor.
5. Maybrick (29 mins)
- Family FootstepsA seemingly regular family traces its roots through the centuries.
- Living LegendsMagnus Magnusson re-examines the story of the infamous bodysnatchers. (1979)29 mins
- The Strange Affair of...Robert Symes investigates the background to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. (1986)30 mins
- Who Do You Think You Are? USASarah Jessica Parker discovers that her family's roots are set deep in American history.28 mins
- DNA Family SecretsStacey Dooley helps people to answer life-changing questions through the power of DNA.
- TimewatchTimewatch unravels the circumstances which turned a killer into a Gothic hero. (1988)50 mins
- Stephen Nolan Ulster-Scots, My Family & MeExploring his roots, Stephen Nolan learns where his people came from and how they lived.58 mins
- The Secret Letters of Mary Queen of ScotsIngenuity and imprisonment. Codebreakers crack the cryptic queen to reveal royal secrets59 mins
- Who Do You Think You Are?Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the east London docks.59 mins
- Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy WorsleyLucy Worsley uncovers the myths written about the English Reformation.
- Buried TreasureA programme on the well-preserved body of a 2000-year-old Dane found in a peat bog. (1954)42 mins
- Lady KillersWhere true crime meets history with a twist—comes live from the Crossed Wires Festival.48 mins
