Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9

If you want a documentary that respects its subject, Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9 is available on and right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Rigorous in a way documentary storytelling does not always commit to. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9 earns its spot. What makes Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9 work is a willingness to sit with complexity instead of resolving it neatly. Season 9 of Who Do You Think You Are? Includes 10 episodes. It aired from August 2012 to December 2012. It was aired in 2012. Documentary work at this level requires access that is hard to get and storytelling that does justice to it — Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9 has both. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Anyone after documentary work that genuinely informs rather than confirms will value Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Rigorous in a way documentary work does not always commit to. Not background viewing — it rewards your full attention.

🎬 Who Do You Think You Are? Season 9 — Episode Guide

Samantha Womack

2012-08-15

Samantha Womack is best known for playing Ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders. Sam's parents separated when she was young, and she grew up with only a fractured sense of her family history. Sam starts her journey by looking into the military career of her great grandfather, Alexander Cunningham Ryan.

Gregg Wallace

2012-08-22

Gregg Wallace sets out to solve a long-standing family mystery: what happened to his great-grandfather, Henry Roland Springett, who abandoned his wife and children, including Gregg's grandfather, and was thought to have deserted the Navy?

Patrick Stewart

2012-08-28

Sir Patrick Stewart's memory of his late father, Alfred Stewart, is scarred by recollections of domestic abuse. In this deeply personal and moving film, Patrick investigates his father's extraordinary war career, and discovers the shocking impact it had on his character.

Annie Lennox

2012-09-05

Eurythmics singer and political activist Annie Lennox, whose grandmother's father died when she was only three, knows little about this branch of the family. Annie's episode uncovers an extraordinarily dark tale of tangled family relationships blighted by illegitimacy and poverty. On her journey, An...

Hugh Dennis

2012-09-12

Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis's grandfathers both fought in the First World War, but rarely spoke about what they went through. In this episode, Hugh uncovers their very different wartime experiences. For his paternal grandfather, Ronald Dennis, the war offered an opportunity to finally escape a ...

Alex Kingston

2012-09-19

Actress Alex Kingston knows that her great-grandfather, William Keevil, died during the First World War, leaving behind a wife and young family - including Alex's then 4-year-old grandmother. Alex sets out to investigate exactly what happened to William, and discovers how his pre-war career as a pho...

William Roache

2012-09-26

Actor William Roache has always known that his grandmother, Zillah Waddicor, ran a cafe in Alton Towers in the 1920s and 1930s, long before it became a theme park. But as Bill sets out to discover more about Zillah, whom he remembers as a kindly elderly lady, he is astonished to find out that the ca...

Celia Imrie

2012-10-10

Actress Celia Imrie knows that she comes from a long line of aristocrats on her mother's side, but has always resisted finding out any more about her illustrious heritage; her fear is that they will turn out to be privileged and boring, but she is quickly proved very wrong. In a film that ranges fro...

John Barnes

2012-10-17

Fifty years after Jamaica gained independence from Britain, former footballer and sports pundit John Barnes sets out to investigate the extraordinary role his grandfather, Frank Hill, played in the island's struggle for self-rule. John discovers how his grandfather became the subject of secret teleg...

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John Bishop

2012-12-06

John Bishop finds out what happened to his great great grandfather, a POW in the Crimea.

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