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Joe Lycett

Who Do You Think You Are? Series 18
Episode 4 of 7

Comedian and presenter Joe Lycett manages to find humour everywhere, but apart from his Edwardian great-grandad, Joe uncovers a darker family history.

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. ing 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.

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58 minutes

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Thu 25 Nov 2021 23:50
BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD

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Credits

Participant Joe Lycett
Narrator Phil Davis
Executive Producer Colette Flight
Series Editor Sarah Feltes
Director David Vincent
Producer Kathryn Ellinger

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Nov 2021 21:00
    BBC One except Wales, Wales HD, Cambridgeshire HD, Channel Islands HD, East HD & 12 more
  • Tue 2 Nov 2021 22:35
    BBC One Wales & Wales HD only
  • Thu 25 Nov 2021 23:50
    BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD

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