The Oscar-nominated 41-year-old’s exploration of his ancestry takes him from the hell of Treblinka, a Nazi death camp in occupied Poland, to the sun and glamour of Hollywood.
Equally as dramatic, moving and fascinating are the histories of the seven other stars, whose stories will be aired from next month.
EastEnders actor Ross Kemp, 60, who had a short stint back in Albert Square for the soap’s 40th anniversary, ends up in Casablanca trying to solve a family mystery.
On the way he discovers a forebear was a drummer boy during the Napoleonic wars.
Singer and Pop Idol winner Will Young, 46, finds his grandfather was a pilot who became a prisoner of war in Germany and that there are both villains and royalty in his family tree.
Motherland star Diane Morgan, 49, has to step back from her comedy role as clueless historian Philomena Cunk to accept the findings of the show's genealogy experts.
They reveal a poignant love story and an ancestor's brave fight for the rights of her illegitimate children.
First Dates’ Fred Sirieix, 53, finds a wartime romance in his native France worthy of his Channel 4 series, ...
Equally as dramatic, moving and fascinating are the histories of the seven other stars, whose stories will be aired from next month.
EastEnders actor Ross Kemp, 60, who had a short stint back in Albert Square for the soap’s 40th anniversary, ends up in Casablanca trying to solve a family mystery.
On the way he discovers a forebear was a drummer boy during the Napoleonic wars.
Singer and Pop Idol winner Will Young, 46, finds his grandfather was a pilot who became a prisoner of war in Germany and that there are both villains and royalty in his family tree.
Motherland star Diane Morgan, 49, has to step back from her comedy role as clueless historian Philomena Cunk to accept the findings of the show's genealogy experts.
They reveal a poignant love story and an ancestor's brave fight for the rights of her illegitimate children.
First Dates’ Fred Sirieix, 53, finds a wartime romance in his native France worthy of his Channel 4 series, ...
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