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Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)

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Who Do You Think You Are?
GenreDocumentary
Genealogy
StarringVarious
Narrated byRichard Mellick
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes112
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companiesArtemis Media (season 1 – season 7)
Warner Bros. International Television Production (season 8 – present)
Original release
NetworkSBS
Release13 January 2008 (2008-01-13) –
present
Related
Who Do You Think You Are? UK
Who Do You Think You Are? US

Who Do You Think You Are? is an Australian television documentary reality genealogy series, part of the international franchise and an adaptation of the original British series on BBC of the same name, airing on SBS. SBS first aired six episodes of the BBC series in late 2007, followed by six Australian episodes beginning 13 January 2008 and then six more from the original BBC version.[1] Each episode profiles a celebrity tracing their family tree and is narrated by Richard Mellick.

Season 15 began airing on 7 May 2024.[2]

Episodes

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Series overview

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Who Do You Think You Are series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1613 January  2008 (2008 -01-13)17 February  2008 (2008 -02-17)
2627 September  2009 (2009 -09-27)1 November  2009 (2009 -11-01)
3628 November  2010 (2010 -11-28)2 January  2011 (2011 -01-02)
4627 March  2012 (2012 -03-27)1 May  2012 (2012 -05-01)
582 April  2013 (2013 -04-02)21 May  2013 (2013 -05-21)
689 July  2014 (2014 -07-09)26 August  2014 (2014 -08-26)
784 August  2015 (2015 -08-04)22 September  2015 (2015 -09-22)
8813 September  2016 (2016 -09-13)1 November  2016 (2016 -11-01)
9817 April  2018 (2018 -04-17)12 June  2018 (2018 -06-12)
10830 April  2019 (2019 -04-30)18 June  2019 (2019 -06-18)
11819 May  2020 (2020 -05-19)7 July  2020 (2020 -07-07)
1288 June  2021 (2021 -06-08)27 July  2021 (2021 -07-27)
13821 June  2022 (2022 -06-21)9 August  2022 (2022 -08-09)
1482 May 2023 (2023-05-02)20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)
1587 May 2024 (2024-05-07)24 June 2024 (2024-06-24)

Season 1 (2008)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 1 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
11Jack Thompson13 January 2008 (2008-01-13)
22Kate Ceberano20 January 2008 (2008-01-20)
33Geoffrey Robertson27 January 2008 (2008-01-27)
44Cathy Freeman3 February 2008 (2008-02-03)
55Dennis Cometti10 February 2008 (2008-02-10)
66Ita Buttrose17 February 2008 (2008-02-17)

Season 2 (2009)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 2 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
71Ron Barassi27 September 2009 (2009-09-27)
82Sigrid Thornton4 October 2009 (2009-10-04)
93Ben Mendelsohn11 October 2009 (2009-10-11)
104Christine Anu18 October 2009 (2009-10-18)
115Maggie Beer25 October 2009 (2009-10-25)
126John Butler11 November 2009 (2009-11-11)

Season 3 (2010–2011)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 3 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
131Magda Szubanski28 November 2010 (2010-11-28)
142Rod Marsh5 December 2010 (2010-12-05)
153Tina Arena12 December 2010 (2010-12-12)
164Shane Bourne19 December 2010 (2010-12-19)
175Paul Mercurio26 December 2010 (2010-12-26)
186Georgie Parker2 January 2011 (2011-01-02)

Season 4 (2012)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 4 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
191Shaun Micallef27 March 2012 (2012-03-27)
202Kerry O'Brien3 April 2012 (2012-04-03)
213Melissa George10 April 2012 (2012-04-10)
224Vince Colosimo17 April 2012 (2012-04-17)
235John Wood24 April 2012 (2012-04-24)
246Michael O'Loughlin1 May 2012 (2012-05-01)

Season 5 (2013)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 5 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
251Adam Hills2 April 2013 (2013-04-02)
262Asher Keddie9 April 2013 (2013-04-09)
273Don Hany16 April 2013 (2013-04-16)
284Michael Caton23 April 2013 (2013-04-23)
295Lex Marinos30 April 2013 (2013-04-30)
306Susie Porter7 May 2013 (2013-05-07)
317Rove McManus14 May 2013 (2013-05-14)
328John Howard21 May 2013 (2013-05-21)

Season 6 (2014)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 6 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
331Andrew Denton9 July 2014 (2014-07-09)
342Rebecca Gibney16 July 2014 (2014-07-16)
353Jacki Weaver23 July 2014 (2014-07-23)
364Richard Roxburgh29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)
375Amanda Keller5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
386Adam Goodes12 August 2014 (2014-08-12)
397Lisa McCune18 August 2014 (2014-08-18)
408Paul McDermott[3]26 August 2014 (2014-08-26)

Season 7 (2015)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 7 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
411Geoffrey Rush4 August 2015 (2015-08-04)
422Toni Collette11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)
433Luke Nguyen18 August 2015 (2015-08-18)
444David Wenham25 August 2015 (2015-08-25)
455Dawn Fraser1 September 2015 (2015-09-01)
466Peter Rowsthorn8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
477Greig Pickhaver15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
488Ray Martin22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)

Season 8 (2016)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 8 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
00Retrospective6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
491Julia Morris13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)
502Peter Garrett20 September 2016 (2016-09-20)
513Delta Goodrem27 September 2016 (2016-09-27)
524Mal Meninga4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
535Rachel Griffiths11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)
546Shane Jacobson18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)
557Jane Turner25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)
568John Newcombe1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)

Season 9 (2018)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 9 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
571Noni Hazlehurst17 April 2018 (2018-04-17)
582Charlie Teo24 April 2018 (2018-04-24)
593Natalie Imbruglia1 May 2018 (2018-05-01)
604John Jarratt8 May 2018 (2018-05-08)
615Justine Clarke15 May 2018 (2018-05-15)
626Todd McKenney22 May 2018 (2018-05-22)
637Ernie Dingo29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)
648Patti Newton5 June 2018 (2018-06-05)

Season 10 (2019)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
651Scott Cam30 April 2019 (2019-04-30)
662Jennifer Byrne7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)
673Marta Dusseldorp14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)
684Karl Kruszelnicki21 May 2019 (2019-05-21)
695Casey Donovan28 May 2019 (2019-05-28)
706Kurt Fearnley4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)
717Kerri-Anne Kennerley11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
728Rodger Corser18 June 2019 (2019-06-18)

Season 11 (2020)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
731Lisa Wilkinson19 May 2020 (2020-05-19)
742Bert Newton26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)
753Cameron Daddo2 June 2020 (2020-06-02)
764Lisa Curry9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)
775Denise Scott16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)
786Kat Stewart23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)
797Julie Bishop30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)
808Troy Cassar-Daley7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)

Season 12 (2021)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 12 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
811Celia Pacquola8 June 2021 (2021-06-08)
822Malcolm Turnbull15 June 2021 (2021-06-15)
833Denise Drysdale22 June 2021 (2021-06-22)
844Jeff Fatt29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)
855Uncle Jack Charles6 July 2021 (2021-07-06)
866Grant Denyer13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)
877Chris Bath20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)
888Natalie Bassingthwaighte27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)

Season 13 (2022)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 13 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
891Simon Baker21 June 2022 (2022-06-21)
902Myf Warhurst28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)
913Justin Hodges5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)
924Dr Chris Brown12 July 2022 (2022-07-12)
935Paula Duncan19 July 2022 (2022-07-19)
946Matt Moran26 July 2022 (2022-07-26)
957Liz Ellis2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
968Sandra Sully9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)

Season 14 (2023)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 14 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
971Barry Humphries2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)
982Jenny Brockie9 May 2023 (2023-05-09)
993Derryn Hinch16 May 2023 (2023-05-16)
1004Rhonda Burchmore23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)
1015Stephen Page30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
1026Peter Helliar6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)
1037Kerry Armstrong13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)
1048John Waters20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

Season 15 (2024)

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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 15 episodes
No.
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No. in
season
GuestOriginal air date
1051Manu Feildel7 May 2024 (2024-05-07)
1062Miranda Otto14 May 2024 (2024-05-14)
1073Kathy Lette21 May 2024 (2024-05-21)
1084Wayne Blair28 May 2024 (2024-05-28)
1095Pat Rafter4 June 2024 (2024-06-04)
1106Melissa Doyle11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)
1117Stephen Curry18 June 2024 (2024-06-18)
1128Heather Ewart24 June 2024 (2024-06-24)

Events

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The success of the series led to SBS TV and the National Archives of Australia jointly organizing a Shake Your Family Tree Day on 27 February 2008 to promote genealogy.[4]

Home release

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Series Release dates DVD Extras
and
Bonus Features
Number
Of Discs
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
The Complete
First Series
TBA TBA 20 February 2008[5] None 2
The Complete
Second Series
TBA TBA 21 October 2009[6] 25 minutes of additional scenes, Bonus track by John Butler 2
The Complete
Third Series
TBA TBA 12 January 2011[7] Magda Szubanski & Paul Mercurio – 34 minutes of additional scenes! [7] 2
The Complete
Fourth Series
TBA TBA 9 May 2012[8] Celebrity Interviews, Additional Scenes: Melissa George & Shaun Micallef, Subtitles include English for the hard of hearing (Episodes only) 2
The Complete
Fifth Series
TBA TBA 3 July 2013[9] TBA 2

References

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  1. ^ Knox, David (24 September 2007). "Aussie celebs to trace family tree". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
  2. ^ Knox, David (4 April 2024). "Returning: Who Do You Think You Are? S15". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ "All-star cast in 2014 for Who Do You Think You Are?". Australia: Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). 27 November 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Shake your family tree". National Archives of Australia. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 1". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 2 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 3 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 4 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 5". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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