Coming Home - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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