The Best Episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(58 votes)

   #1 - Jeremy Paxman

   S2:E11/11/2006

   Jeremy Paxman's not sure he's interested in family history, but he does love social history. However, he quickly realises that his family's story is inextricably linked to that of Britain.

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   8.5/10(48 votes)

   #2 - Sheila Hancock

   S2:E21/18/2006

   Sheila Hancock believed that her family's history was very boring. But she discovers that her grandfather was a successful manager and guide for Thomas Cook's travel agents in Milan.

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   8.4/10(118 votes)

   #3 - Stephen Fry

   S2:E31/25/2006

   Stephen Fry knows that people always think of him as being quintessentially English, but his mother is from a large European Jewish family. Stephen traces his maternal grandfather, Martin Neumann, back to modern-day Slovakia.

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   8.2/10(58 votes)

   #4 - Julian Clary

   S2:E42/1/2006

   Growing up Clary knew very little about his family history. His Grandfather had died before Julian was born and was curious about his story. Clary found out that his grandfather was on the front line of WW1 and was very important of post war history.

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   7.7/10(51 votes)

   #5 - Jane Horrocks

   S2:E52/8/2006

   Jane Horrocks's family history is rooted in Lancashire - three generations of her family lived in the same street in Rawtenstall. Her ancestors form part of the town's cotton-weaving heritage.

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   3.9/10(53 votes)

   #6 - Gurinder Chadha

   S2:E62/15/2006

   Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend It Like Beckham, grew up in Southall in West London. But she was born in Kenya, and her family's story is tied up with that of the British Empire.

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