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Charles Dance

Who Do You Think You Are?Series 14
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Celebrity genealogy series. Actor Charles Dance explores his family history and is determined to learn about his dad, who died when Charles was four.

Actor Charles Dance has made his name playing aristocrats, including Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones. But the upstairs world Charles inhabits on screen is nothing like his own background as his mum was an under house parlour maid. Charles wants to know if he comes from a long line of servants or if he can uncover some grander origins.

He is also determined to learn about his dad, who died when Charles was four. Charles knows hardly anything about him, not even when he was born. Charles's search for information takes him to the other side of the world to meet close relatives he never knew he had.

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Tue 7 Jan 202015:15
BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD & BBC Scotland

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  • Anders Niska, Klas Wahl

    A Day At The Time

Credits

ParticipantCharles Dance
DirectorRosie Schellenberg
Series ProducerSarah Feltes
Production CompanyWall to Wall Media

Broadcasts

  • Thu 6 Jul 201721:00
    BBC One
  • Tue 11 Jul 201700:00
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales, Wales HD & West Midlands
  • Tue 11 Jul 201700:25
    BBC One Wales HD, Wales, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Tue 11 Jul 201700:30
    BBC One West Midlands
  • Thu 20 Jul 201700:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Thu 20 Jul 201700:45
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Tue 29 Jan 201914:00
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Tue 7 Jan 202015:05
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
  • Tue 7 Jan 202015:15
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales & BBC Scotland

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