Coming Home - Season 8

Coming Home - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes4
DatesNov 29, 2013 - Dec 16, 2013
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Episodes

John Rhys-Davies
Season 8Episode 129 min

John Rhys-Davies

Veteran Hollywood actor John Rhys-Davies, star of over 100 movies from Lord of the Rings to Indiana Jones makes an emotional journey to his childhood home of Ammanford in South Wales in search of his Welsh ancestry. He's determined to uncover the story of his grandfather William's life, discovering a dramatic story of bravery and sacrifice in the coal mines of Carmarthenshire.

Nov 29, 2013
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Season 8Episode 229 min

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson makes a highly emotional journey in search of her Welsh ancestry. She is moved by the discovery that she wasn't the first in her family to be honoured in Buckingham Palace - a story that leads her to uncover a tale of extraordinary heroism in her family.

Dec 6, 2013
Shakin' Stevens
Season 8Episode 329 min

Shakin' Stevens

Rock 'n' roll singer Shakin' Stevens makes an emotional journey in search of his Welsh ancestry. Shaky is the youngest of thirteen children, and remarkably, his father served in the First World War. But it's the fate of his grandmother, Charlotte, and his uncle that moves him to tears as he finds out about the lasting effect the war had on his family.

Dec 13, 2013
John Humphrys
Season 8Episode 429 min

John Humphrys

BBC journalist and Mastermind host John Humphrys makes a poignant journey to his home town of Cardiff in search of his Welsh ancestry. Joined by his brother Graham, John learns of the shipwreck that changed the course of his family history and the moving story of his great grandmother's childhood in an orphanage.

Dec 16, 2013

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