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

Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
Genre	Documentary; Genealogy
Starring	Various
Narrated by	Richard Mellick
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	80
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Artemis Media (season 1 – season 7); Warner Bros. International Television Production (season 8 – present)
Release
Original network	SBS
Picture format	576i (SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	13 January 2008 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	Who Do You Think You Are? UK; Who Do You Think You Are? US
External links
	Website

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The seventh season aired on SBS from 4 August 2015.^[3] The eighth season started on Tuesday, 13 September 2016.^[4] The ninth season started on Tuesday 17 April 2018.^[5] Season 10 began on 30 April 2019. Season 11 began airing on 19 May 2020. Season 12 began airing on 8 June 2021.^[6]

Series Summary[]

Who Do You Think You Are series overview
Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	6	13 January 2008 (2008 -01-13)	17 February 2008 (2008 -02-17)
2	6	27 September 2009 (2009 -09-27)	1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01)
3	6	28 November 2010 (2010 -11-28)	2 January 2011 (2011 -01-02)
4	6	27 March 2012 (2012 -03-27)	1 May 2012 (2012 -05-01)
5	8	2 April 2013 (2013 -04-02)	21 May 2013 (2013 -05-21)
6	8	9 July 2014 (2014 -07-09)	26 August 2014 (2014 -08-26)
7	8	4 August 2015 (2015 -08-04)	22 September 2015 (2015 -09-22)
8	8	13 September 2016 (2016 -09-13)	1 November 2016 (2016 -11-01)
9	8	17 April 2018 (2018 -04-17)	12 June 2018 (2018 -06-12)
10	8	30 April 2019 (2019 -04-30)	18 June 2019 (2019 -06-18)
11	8	19 May 2020 (2020 -05-19)	7 July 2020 (2020 -07-07)
12	8	8 June 2021 (2021 -06-08)	27 July 2021 (2021 -07-27)

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2008)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 1 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Jack Thompson"	13 January 2008 (2008-01-13)
2	2	"Kate Ceberano"	20 January 2008 (2008-01-20)
3	3	"Geoffrey Robertson"	27 January 2008 (2008-01-27)
4	4	"Cathy Freeman"	3 February 2008 (2008-02-03)
5	5	"Dennis Cometti"	10 February 2008 (2008-02-10)
6	6	"Ita Buttrose"	17 February 2008 (2008-02-17)

Season 2 (2009)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 2 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
7	1	"Ron Barassi"	27 September 2009 (2009-09-27)
8	2	"Sigrid Thornton"	4 October 2009 (2009-10-04)
9	3	"Ben Mendelsohn"	11 October 2009 (2009-10-11)
10	4	"Christine Anu"	18 October 2009 (2009-10-18)
11	5	"Maggie Beer"	25 October 2009 (2009-10-25)
12	6	"John Butler"	11 November 2009 (2009-11-11)

Season 3 (2010-11)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 3 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
13	1	"Magda Szubanski"	28 November 2010 (2010-11-28)
14	2	"Rod Marsh"	5 December 2010 (2010-12-05)
15	3	"Tina Arena"	12 December 2010 (2010-12-12)
16	4	"Shane Bourne"	19 December 2010 (2010-12-19)
17	5	"Paul Mercurio"	26 December 2010 (2010-12-26)
18	6	"Georgie Parker"	2 January 2011 (2011-01-02)

Season 4 (2012)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 4 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
19	1	"Shaun Micallef"	27 March 2012 (2012-03-27)
20	2	"Kerry O'Brien"	3 April 2012 (2012-04-03)
21	3	"Melissa George"	10 April 2012 (2012-04-10)
22	4	"Vince Colosimo"	17 April 2012 (2012-04-17)
23	5	"John Wood"	24 April 2012 (2012-04-24)
24	6	"Michael O'Loughlin"	1 May 2012 (2012-05-01)

Season 5 (2013)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 5 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
25	1	"Adam Hills"	2 April 2013 (2013-04-02)
26	2	"Asher Keddie"	9 April 2013 (2013-04-09)
27	3	"Don Hany"	16 April 2013 (2013-04-16)
28	4	"Michael Caton"	23 April 2013 (2013-04-23)
29	5	"Lex Marinos"	30 April 2013 (2013-04-30)
30	6	"Susie Porter"	7 May 2013 (2013-05-07)
31	7	"Rove McManus"	14 May 2013 (2013-05-14)
32	8	"John Howard"	21 May 2013 (2013-05-21)

Season 6 (2014)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 6 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
33	1	"Andrew Denton"	9 July 2014 (2014-07-09)
34	2	"Rebecca Gibney"	16 July 2014 (2014-07-16)
35	3	"Jacki Weaver"	23 July 2014 (2014-07-23)
36	4	"Richard Roxburgh"	29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)
37	5	"Amanda Keller"	5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
38	6	"Adam Goodes"	12 August 2014 (2014-08-12)
39	7	"Lisa McCune"	18 August 2014 (2014-08-18)
40	8	"Paul McDermott^[7]"	26 August 2014 (2014-08-26)

Season 7 (2015)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 7 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
41	1	"Geoffrey Rush"	4 August 2015 (2015-08-04)
42	2	"Toni Collette"	11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)
43	3	"Luke Nguyen"	18 August 2015 (2015-08-18)
44	4	"David Wenham"	25 August 2015 (2015-08-25)
45	5	"Dawn Fraser"	1 September 2015 (2015-09-01)
46	6	"Peter Rowsthorn"	8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
47	7	"Greig Pickhaver"	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
48	8	"Ray Martin"	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)

Season 8 (2016)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 8 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
49	1	"Julia Morris"	13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)
50	2	"Peter Garrett"	20 September 2016 (2016-09-20)
51	3	"Delta Goodrem"	27 September 2016 (2016-09-27)
52	4	"Mal Meninga"	4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
53	5	"Rachel Griffiths"	11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)
54	6	"Shane Jacobson"	18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)
55	7	"Jane Turner"	25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)
56	8	"John Newcombe"	1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)

Season 9 (2018)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 9 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
57	1	"Noni Hazlehurst"	17 April 2018 (2018-04-17)
58	2	"Charlie Teo"	24 April 2018 (2018-04-24)
59	3	"Natalie Imbruglia"	1 May 2018 (2018-05-01)
60	4	"John Jarratt"	8 May 2018 (2018-05-08)
61	5	"Justine Clarke"	15 May 2018 (2018-05-15)
62	6	"Todd McKenney"	22 May 2018 (2018-05-22)
63	7	"Ernie Dingo"	29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)
64	8	"Patti Newton"	5 June 2018 (2018-06-05)

Season 10 (2019)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
65	1	"Scott Cam"	30 April 2019 (2019-04-30)
66	2	"Jennifer Byrne"	7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)
67	3	"Marta Dusseldorp"	14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)
68	4	"Karl Kruszelnicki"	21 May 2019 (2019-05-21)
69	5	"Casey Donovan"	28 May 2019 (2019-05-28)
70	6	"Kurt Fearnley"	4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)
71	7	"Kerri-Anne Kennerley"	11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
72	8	"Rodger Corser"	18 June 2019 (2019-06-18)

Season 11 (2020)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
73	1	"Lisa Wilkinson"	19 May 2020 (2020-05-19)
74	2	"Bert Newton"	26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)
75	3	"Cameron Daddo"	2 June 2020 (2020-06-02)
76	4	"Lisa Curry"	9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)
77	5	"Denise Scott"	16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)
78	6	"Kat Stewart"	23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)
79	7	"Julie Bishop"	30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)
80	8	"Troy Cassar-Daley"	7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)

Season 12 (2021)[]

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 12 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
81	1	"Celia Pacquola"	8 June 2021 (2021-06-08)
82	2	"Malcolm Turnbull"	15 June 2021 (2021-06-15)
83	3	"Denise Drysdale"	22 June 2021 (2021-06-22)
84	4	"Jeff Fatt"	29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)
85	5	"Uncle Jack Charles"	6 July 2021 (2021-07-06)
86	6	"Grant Denyer"	13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)
87	7	"Chris Bath"	20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)
88	8	"Natalie Bassingthwaighte"	27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)

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.^[8]

DVD releases[]

Series	Release dates			DVD Extras and Bonus Features	Number Of Discs
Series	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	DVD Extras and Bonus Features	Number Of Discs
The Complete First Series	TBA	TBA	20 February 2008^[9]	None	2
The Complete Second Series	TBA	TBA	21 October 2009^[10]	25 minutes of additional scenes, Bonus track by John Butler	2
The Complete Third Series	TBA	TBA	12 January 2011^[11]	Magda Szubanski & Paul Mercurio – 34 minutes of additional scenes! ^[11]	2
The Complete Fourth Series	TBA	TBA	9 May 2012^[12]	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^[13]	TBA	2

References[]

^ Knox, David (24 September 2007). "Aussie celebs to trace family tree". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
^ Knox, David (29 August 2012). "Renewed: Who Do You Think You Are?". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ Knox, David (3 August 2015). "Who Do You Think You Are?: Aug 4". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ Knox, David (1 August 2016). "Delta, Rachel, Julia & Newc to appear in Who Do You Think You Are?". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Who Do You Think You Are? S9 Sizzle Reel". YouTube. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
^ Knox, David (13 May 2021). "Returning: Who Do You Think You Are? S12". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "All-star cast in 2014 for Who Do You Think You Are?". Australia: Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). 27 November 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ "Shake your family tree". National Archives of Australia. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 1". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 2 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 3 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 4 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 5". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

External links[]

Official website
Who Do You Think You Are? at Artemis Media (seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
Who Do You Think You Are? at IMDb

[tt-1] Knox, David (24 September 2007). "Aussie celebs to trace family tree". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2008.

[2] Knox, David (29 August 2012). "Renewed: Who Do You Think You Are?". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

[3] Knox, David (3 August 2015). "Who Do You Think You Are?: Aug 4". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[4] Knox, David (1 August 2016). "Delta, Rachel, Julia & Newc to appear in Who Do You Think You Are?". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[5] "Who Do You Think You Are? S9 Sizzle Reel". YouTube. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[6] Knox, David (13 May 2021). "Returning: Who Do You Think You Are? S12". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[sbs-final3-7] "All-star cast in 2014 for Who Do You Think You Are?". Australia: Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). 27 November 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[8] "Shake your family tree". National Archives of Australia. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2008.

[9] "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 1". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[10] "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 2 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[Series_3-11] "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 3 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[12] "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 4 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[13] "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 5". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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Who Do You Think You Are?
Genre	Documentary Genealogy
Starring	Various
Narrated by	Richard Mellick
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	80
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Artemis Media (season 1 – season 7) Warner Bros. International Television Production (season 8 – present)
Release
Original network	SBS
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	13 January 2008 (2008-01-13) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Who Do You Think You Are? UK Who Do You Think You Are? US
External links
Website