Aired Tuesday 18 February, 1:10am - 2:10amon BBC One London

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 3 Episode 1: Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the east London docks and finds that his mother was a matchgirl at the Bryant and May factory. Barbara's father's family has generations of Cockneys, mostly labourers or costermongers and barrow boys. She discovers that her mother's ancestors were Irish, leaving Cork after the potato famine, and that she's related to the artist Constable.

Category
Biography / Documentary / History / Reality
Original air date
06/09/2006
Cast and crew
  • Mark StrongNarrator
  • Barbara Windsor