Overview
- The broadcaster announced eight participants and shared fresh episode teasers drawn from new research into each family line.
- The rollout will be staggered, with four episodes in spring on BBC One and iPlayer and the remaining four after a summer break.
- The season spans the UK, India, Kenya, the Bahamas and Italy as private stories meet themes such as military service, migration and civil rights.
- Standout quests include Amy Dowden probing a family murder with personal echoes and Toby Jones following a rumour to Meerut in north India for an unexpected find about an ancestor.
- Other episodes trace Zoe Ball’s Scottish and Cornish roots, Dame Harriet Walter’s links to WWII intelligence and an Italian scandal, Ruth Madeley’s DNA-led search into a hidden adoption, Adeel Akhtar’s Indian‑Kenyan heritage in Nairobi, Katarina Johnson‑Thompson’s Bahamian migration story to Miami, and Joe Swash’s tale of Italian outlaws.