Who Do You Think You Are (UK) Season 16 Episode 6 - Paul Merton

Airdate: 2019-Aug-28

Episode summary:

Comedian Paul Merton was very close to his late mum, and he knows that her Irish parents died when she was very young. Her father was a shadowy figure said to have been lost at sea. Paul pieces together his grandfather's story and discovers that he was involved in some of the key events leading to Irish independence in the 1920s, and that the true circumstances of his death were different from the story that has been handed down. In London, on his father's side, Paul traces a great-great-grandmother who was sent to prison for her part in an assault... involving a banjo.

About Who Do You Think You Are (UK) series:

Well known faces within the British media each embark on individual journeys to answer some questions in regards to their own family history. An in...Show more >