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


Who Do You Think You Are? is an Australian television documentary reality genealogy series, part of the international franchise and 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. Each episode profiles a celebrity tracing their family tree and is narrated by Richard Mellick.
SBS renewed the series for a sixth series on 29 August 2012.
The seventh season aired on SBS from 4 August 2015. The eighth season started on Tuesday, 13 September 2016. The ninth season started on Tuesday 17 April 2018. Season 10 began on 30 April 2019. Season 11 began airing on 19 May 2020.

Series Summary

Episodes

Season One (2008)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
11Jack Thompson13 January 2008
22Kate Ceberano20 January 2008
33Geoffrey Robertson27 January 2008
44Cathy Freeman3 February 2008
55Dennis Cometti10 February 2008
66Ita Buttrose17 February 2008

Season Two (2009)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
71Ron Barassi27 September 2009
82Sigrid Thornton4 October 2009
93Ben Mendelsohn11 October 2009
104Christine Anu18 October 2009
115Maggie Beer25 October 2009
126John Butler1 November 2009

Season Three (2010-11)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
131Magda Szubanski28 November 2010
142Rod Marsh5 December 2010
153Tina Arena12 December 2010
164Shane Bourne19 December 2010
175Paul Mercurio26 December 2010
186Georgie Parker2 January 2011

Season Four (2012)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
191Shaun Micallef27 March 2012
202Kerry O'Brien3 April 2012
213Melissa George10 April 2012
224Vince Colosimo17 April 2012
235John Wood24 April 2012
246Michael O'Loughlin1 May 2012

Season Five (2013)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
251Adam Hills2 April 2013
262Asher Keddie9 April 2013
273Don Hany16 April 2013
284Michael Caton23 April 2013
295Lex Marinos30 April 2013
306Susie Porter7 May 2013
317Rove McManus14 May 2013
328John Howard21 May 2013

Season Six (2014)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
331Andrew Denton9 July 2014
342Rebecca Gibney16 July 2014
353Jacki Weaver23 July 2014
364Richard Roxburgh29 July 2014
375Amanda Keller5 August 2014
386Adam Goodes12 August 2014
397Lisa McCune18 August 2014
408Paul McDermott26 August 2014

Season Seven (2015)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
411Geoffrey Rush4 August 2015
422Toni Collette11 August 2015
433Luke Nguyen18 August 2015
444David Wenham25 August 2015
455Dawn Fraser1 September 2015
466Peter Rowsthorn8 September 2015
477Greig Pickhaver15 September 2015
488Ray Martin22 September 2015

Season Eight (2016)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
491Julia Morris13 September 2016
502Peter Garrett20 September 2016
513Delta Goodrem27 September 2016
524Mal Meninga4 October 2016
535Rachel Griffiths11 October 2016
546Shane Jacobson18 October 2016
557Jane Turner25 October 2016
568John Newcombe1 November 2016

Season Nine (2018)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
571Noni Hazlehurst17 April 2018
582Charlie Teo24 April 2018
593Natalie Imbruglia1 May 2018
604John Jarratt8 May 2018
615Justine Clarke15 May 2018
626Todd McKenney22 May 2018
637Ernie Dingo29 May 2018
648Patti Newton5 June 2018

Season Ten (2019)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
651Scott Cam30 April 2019
662Jennifer Byrne7 May 2019
673Marta Dusseldorp14 May 2019
684Karl Kruszelnicki21 May 2019
695Casey Donovan28 May 2019
706Kurt Fearnley4 June 2019
717Kerri-Anne Kennerley11 June 2019
728Rodger Corser18 June 2019

Season Eleven (2020)

No. In seriesNo. In seasonCelebrityAirdate
731Lisa Wilkinson19 May 2020
742Bert Newton26 May 2020
753Cameron Daddo2 June 2020
764Lisa Curry9 June 2020
775Denise Scott16 June 2020
786Kat Stewart23 June 2020
797Julie Bishop30 June 2020
808Troy Cassar-Daley7 July 2020

Events

The success of the series led to SBS One and the National Archives of Australia jointly organising a Shake Your Family Tree day on 27 February 2008 to promote genealogy.

DVD releases