Who Do You Think You Are?
BBC iPlayer
Till Monday, 9pm
Usually this is an exercise in celebrity mawkishness – famous person goes through family tree till they find poor ancestors who had a hard time (Zoe bloody Wannamaker didn't stop the waterworks for an hour), and try to borrow some fortitude off them (how Fiona Bruce thought that some fishermen in her background that she'd never heard of before shaped the way she's "achieved" all she's achieved, only she knows).
However, this episode featured Kevin Whately ("Come on, Leeeewiiiis") discovering his ancestors were loaded – and being terribly embarrassed. He showed a healthy level of curiosity instead of calling it "a journey" and believing he'd discovered some secret to himself - just like any normal person would. How refreshing.
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