Who Do You Think You Are?

Comedian and presenter Joe Lycett manages to find humour everywhere, but apart from his Edwardian great grandad, a member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of the Buffaloes in Nottingham, Joe uncovers a darker family history. Joe finds out that his two-times-great grandfather Robert Wilkinson was a boy chimney sweep in the 1850s. Joining the Royal Marines, Robert travelled the world, but his involvement in razing villages in China following the Opium Wars leads to alcoholism and a breakdown.

Category

Biography / Documentary / History / Reality

Original air date

02/11/2021