Who Do You Think You Are (UK) Season 18 Episode 4 - Joe Lycett

Airdate: 2021-Nov-02

Episode summary:

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.

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 >