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Barbara Windsor

Who Do You Think You Are? Series 3
Episode 1 of 8

Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the east London docks and discovers that she's related to the artist Constable.

Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the east London docks and finds out that his mother was a match girl at the Bryant and May factory. Barbara's father's family has generations of cockneys, mostly labourers, costermongers and barrow boys. She discovers that her mother's ancestors were Irish, leaving Cork after the potato famine, and that she's related to the artist Constable.

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58 minutes

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Tue 18 Feb 2025 00:10
BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD

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Credits

Participant Barbara Windsor
Producer Richard Klein

Broadcasts

  • Wed 6 Sep 2006 21:00
    BBC One Wales & Scotland only
  • Mon 9 Oct 2006 00:55
    BBC One South, Wales & Scotland only
  • Sun 23 Dec 2007 11:00
    BBC Two England, Wales, Wales (Analogue) & Scotland only
  • Thu 10 Apr 2008 21:00
    BBC One
  • Tue 22 Dec 2009 11:25
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, England, Wales & Scotland only
  • Tue 18 Feb 2025 00:10
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Scotland