Tracing Your Roots

Last Edited: 29-Sep-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
12-Mar-2007
S01e01
The clotted cream murder --
Parish Records -- First steps in genealogy
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:27, 25747, S
19-Mar-2007 S01e02
Life as a Pauper
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:55, 26173, S

26-Mar-2007 S01e03
Lost Ancestors
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:46, 26039, S

02-Apr-2007 S01e04
Spreading family trees
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:58, 26226, S

09-Apr-2007 S01e05
Personal memorabilia
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:39, 25928, S

16-Apr-2007
S01e06
The Appliance of Science
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught

27:32, 25817, S

24-Oct-2007
S02e01
What did your ancestor do for a living?
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:49, 26080, S
31-Oct-2007 S02e02
Is there a skeleton in your family closet?
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:43, 26000, S
07-Nov-2007 S02e03
Does your family tree have roots in the sea?
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:52, 26129, S
14-Nov-2007 S02e04
How the writers of the past can shed light on family history
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
28:15, 26653, S
21-Nov-2007 S02e05
How a musical ancestor can be a bonus for the family historian
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught
27:48, 26076, S
28-Nov-2007
S02e06
Does genealogy have to take years out your own life?!
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught

27:48, 26065, S
11-May-2008
special Special from Who Do You Think
You Are Live Show

Sally Magnusson
Produced by Anne McNaught

27:46, 26034, S

20-Aug-2008
S03e01
Does illegitimacy feature in your family tree?
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Rona Brudnell
27:41, 25964, S
27-Aug-2008 S03e02
Tracing Jewish Roots Sally Magnusson
Produced by Rona Brudnell
27:54, 26160, S
03-Sep-2008 S03e03
Wartime Secrets Sally Magnusson
Produced by Moira Hickey
27:49, 26089, S
gaps
10-Sep-2008 S03e04
Irish Ancestors Sally Magnusson
27:49, 26008, S
gaps
17-Sep-2008 S03e05
Witnesses to History Sally Magnusson
Produced by Moira Hickey
27:57, 26207, S
24-Sep-2008 S03e06
Intriguing Deaths Sally Magnusson
Produced by Moira Hickey
27:46, 26037, S
07-Nov-2008 special Remembrance Sally Magnusson
Produced by Clare White
27:52, 26136, S
02-Aug-2009 special Homecoming Scotland
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Clare White
27:36, 25891, S
31-Aug-2009 4-1 Wartime Losses
Sally Magnusson
produced by Kate Bissell
27:52, 26126, S
07-Sep-2009 4-2 the practice of researching family history
Sally Magnusson
produced by Kate Bissell
27:51, 26112, S
14-Sep-2009 4-3 Roots in India
Sally Magnusson
produced by Moira Hickey
27:58, 26225, S
21-Sep-2009 4-4 the roots of Britain's immigrant families
Sally Magnusson
produced by Moira Hickey
27:54, 26167, S
28-Sep-2009 4-5 researching the life of an adoptive relative
Sally Magnusson
Produced by Clare White
27:49, 26084, S
14-Sep-2010 5-1 ancestors who vanished without trace
Sally Magnusson
produced by Moira Hickey
27:56, 26194, S
21-Sep-2010 5-2 How do you trace the roots of rootless people
Sally Magnusson
produced by Moira Hickey
27:58, 26221, S
28-Sep-2010 5-3 Radicals and Revolutionaries
Sally Magnusson
produced by Amanda Hargreaves
27:56, 26204, S
05-Oct-2010 5-4 Caribbean roots
Sally Magnusson
produced by Moira Hickey
27:56, 26197, S
12-Oct-2010 5-5 objects and family heirlooms
Sally Magnusson
produced by Amanda Hargreaves
27:57, 26212, S
20-Mar-2011 special Census Special
Sally Magnusson
produced by Rona Brudenelle
27:39, 25929, S
13-Sep-2011 6-1 What's in a name?
Sally Magnusson
produced by Lucy Lloyd
27:49, 26033, S
20-Spe-2011 6-2 Life in Confinement
Sally Magnusson
produced by Liza Greig
27:50, 26045, S
27-Sep-2011 6-3 Follow the Money
Sally Magnusson
produced by Liza Greig
27:48, 26013, S
04-Oct-2011
11-Oct-2011
6-4
6-5
What Happens Next
Sally Magnusson
produced by Kate Bissell
27:46, 25987, S
27:51, 26063, S