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	14
No. of episodes	104
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Artemis Media (season 1 – season 7); Warner Bros. International Television Production (season 8 – present)
Original release
Network	SBS
Release	13 January 2008 –; present
Related
	Who Do You Think You Are? UK; Who Do You Think You Are? US

Who Do You Think You Are? is an Australian television documentary reality genealogy series, part of the international franchise and an 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.

Season 15 began airing on 7 May 2024.^[2]

Episodes edit

Series overview edit

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)
13	8	21 June 2022 (2022 -06-21)	9 August 2022 (2022 -08-09)
14	8	2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)	20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)
15	8	7 May 2024 (2024-05-07)	TBA

Season 1 (2008) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 1 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 2 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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 (2010–2011) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 3 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 4 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 5 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 6 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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^[3]	26 August 2014 (2014-08-26)

Season 7 (2015) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 7 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 8 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	Original air date
0	0	Retrospective	6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 9 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 12 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	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)

Season 13 (2022) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 13 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	Original air date
89	1	Simon Baker	21 June 2022 (2022-06-21)
90	2	Myf Warhurst	28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)
91	3	Justin Hodges	5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)
92	4	Dr Chris Brown	12 July 2022 (2022-07-12)
93	5	Paula Duncan	19 July 2022 (2022-07-19)
94	6	Matt Moran	26 July 2022 (2022-07-26)
95	7	Liz Ellis	2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
96	8	Sandra Sully	9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)

Season 14 (2023) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 14 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	Original air date
97	1	Barry Humphries	2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)
98	2	Jenny Brockie	9 May 2023 (2023-05-09)
99	3	Derryn Hinch	16 May 2023 (2023-05-16)
100	4	Rhonda Burchmore	23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)
101	5	Stephen Page	30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
102	6	Peter Helliar	6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)
103	7	Kerry Armstrong	13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)
104	8	John Waters	20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

Season 15 (2024) edit

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 15 episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Guest	Original air date
105	1	Manu Feildel	7 May 2024 (2024-05-07)
106	2	Miranda Otto	14 May 2024 (2024-05-14)
107	3	Pat Rafter	TBA
108	4	Kathy Lette	TBA
109	5	Wayne Blair	TBA
110	6	Melissa Doyle	TBA
111	7	Stephen Curry	TBA
112	8	Heather Ewart	TBA

Events edit

The success of the series led to SBS TV and the National Archives of Australia jointly organizing a Shake Your Family Tree Day on 27 February 2008 to promote genealogy.^[4]

Home release edit

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^[5]	None	2
The Complete Second Series	TBA	TBA	21 October 2009^[6]	25 minutes of additional scenes, Bonus track by John Butler	2
The Complete Third Series	TBA	TBA	12 January 2011^[7]	Magda Szubanski & Paul Mercurio – 34 minutes of additional scenes! ^[7]	2
The Complete Fourth Series	TBA	TBA	9 May 2012^[8]	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^[9]	TBA	2

References edit

^ Knox, David (24 September 2007). "Aussie celebs to trace family tree". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
^ Knox, David (4 April 2024). "Returning: Who Do You Think You Are? S15". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "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 edit

Official website
Who Do You Think You Are? at Artemis Media (seasons 1, 2, 3 Archived 3 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 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 (4 April 2024). "Returning: Who Do You Think You Are? S15". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[sbs-final3-3] "All-star cast in 2014 for Who Do You Think You Are?". Australia: Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). 27 November 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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

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

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

[Series_3-7] "Who Do You Think You Are? Australian Series 3 (DVD / iTunes Digital Download)". Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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

[9] "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	14
No. of episodes	104
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Artemis Media (season 1 – season 7) Warner Bros. International Television Production (season 8 – present)
Original release
Network	SBS
Release	13 January 2008 (2008-01-13) – present
Related
Who Do You Think You Are? UK Who Do You Think You Are? US