<Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Freeman researches his paternal grandfather, whom he learns died while serving as a medic during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II . He discovers that his great - grandfather was blind, married three times, and meets a cousin he never knew he had . He also discovers how syphilis (a common disease at the time) ravaged his family in the late 1800s and early 1900s . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Celebrity </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Bruce Forsyth </Td> <Td> 19 July 2010 (2010 - 07 - 19) </Td> <Td> 7.22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Rupert Everett </Td> <Td> 26 July 2010 (2010 - 07 - 26) </Td> <Td> 5.97 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Dervla Kirwan </Td> <Td> 2 August 2010 (2010 - 08 - 02) </Td> <Td> 5.58 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Growing up, Kirwan knew she was related to Irish national hero Michael Collins but did not know how . She discovers he was her great - great uncle: his sister, Margaret Collins O'Driscoll, was the mother of Kirwan's maternal grandfather . Kirwans seeks to find how her grandfather, Finian O'Driscoll, was involved in the IRA . She travels to Clonakilty, County Cork, birthplace of Michael Collins . On her father's side, she finds out her great grandfather, Henry Kahn, was a Polish Jew from the Russian Empire who broke with his community to marry an Irish Catholic girl in the late 19th century . Kirwan was surprised to discover they were married in the Protestant Church of Ireland, after the Catholic church refused to marry them . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Monty Don </Td> <Td> 9 August 2010 (2010 - 08 - 09) </Td> <Td> 5.95 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Rupert Penry - Jones </Td> <Td> 16 August 2010 (2010 - 08 - 16) </Td> <Td> 5.68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Penry - Jones travels to India and confirms the family rumour that they have Indian ancestry . His great - great - great grandfather Thomas Johnstone was a sergeant major in the Royal Madras Fusiliers, and was part of the British attempts to quell the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . He discovers Johnstone's wife, Louisa Collum, was of Anglo - Indian heritage . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Alexander Armstrong </Td> <Td> 23 August 2010 (2010 - 08 - 23) </Td> <Td> 6.46 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Armstrong traces his mother's side of the family, who are descended from Irish landed gentry . The McCauslands were originally seated in Drenagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and trace their ancestry through the Rouse - Boughton family, to Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of William the Conqueror via Edward III and the Beauforts, Dukes of Somerset . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Jason Donovan </Td> <Td> 30 August 2010 (2010 - 08 - 30) </Td> <Td> 5.55 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Hugh Quarshie </Td> <Td> 6 September 2010 (2010 - 09 - 06) </Td> <Td> 5.42 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Alan Cumming </Td> <Td> 13 September 2010 (2010 - 09 - 13) </Td> <Td> 5.15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Cumming traces the life of his maternal grandfather, whom the family was told died while cleaning his pistol while serving as a British police officer in Malaya . He learns about his grandfather's terrifying experiences as a war hero during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II, his battle wounds received while helping stave off the Empire of Japan's invasion of India during the Burma Campaign, and his psychological problems which led to his death while playing Russian roulette in Malaya . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Celebrity </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Bruce Forsyth </Td> <Td> 19 July 2010 (2010 - 07 - 19) </Td> <Td> 7.22 </Td> </Tr>

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