Who Do You Think You Are?

Paralympian gold medal-winner Jonnie Peacock was named for his maternal grandfather, who died the year before he was born. Like Jonnie, his grandfather was a sportsman: an excellent amateur footballer scouted by a professional team, only to be thwarted by parental pressure to take a `proper' job as a painter-decorator. Pushing back down the generations, Jonnie uncovers the legacy of poverty and unexpected disease that led the family to value job security over the beautiful game.

Category

Biography / Documentary / History / Reality

Original air date

20/08/2018