Who Do You Think You Are?

Actors who have appeared on each show.

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In September 2007, a Canadian version comprising 13 episodes began airing on CBC Television. A second season has been commissioned for the 2012–13 season.[18]
An Australian version aired on SBS in January 2008, after six episodes of the BBC version had been shown; the BBC programmes were those featuring Stephen Fry, Bill Oddie, Julia Sawalha, Jeremy Clarkson, Gurinder Chadha and Nigella Lawson.
An American adaptation of the show premiered on 5 March 2010 on NBC. In Britain this began airing on BBC One on Sunday 13 June 2010.
Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ has aired two series of Irish version of Who Do You Think You Are? in autumn 2008 and autumn 2009. The Irish version has included internationally recognised names such as Ardal O'Hanlon, Dana, Rosanna Davison and Dermot Gavin.[19][20] The British version of the show already airs on TG4 in Ireland.
TVP1 has aired a Polish version called Sekrety rodzinne, which was broadcast from November 2006 to March 2007.
Sveriges television, the Swedish public service broadcasting network, aired a Swedish version called Vem tror du att du är? in Spring 2009. Later that spring, in May and June, they aired the BBC episodes featuring Stephen Fry, Jeremy Irons, Nigella Lawson, John Hurt and Jane Horrocks.
Also on 31 May 2009, South African station SABC2 premiered its version, split up into two parts, featuring local personalities.[21]
In 2010 the Dutch version of the show started. The show is called Verborgen Verleden (Hidden Past). So far three series of 8 episodes each have been shown in 2010, 2011 and 2012. For 2013 a fourth series has been commissioned. From 2005–2008 4 series of the show Verre Verwanten (Distant Relatives) were shown on Dutch television.
In January 2011 the Norwegian TV station NRK started to air the Norwegian version called Hvem tror du at du er?
In September 2010 the Danish TV station Danmarks Radio aired the first episode of the Danish version called Ved du hvem du er?
In 2008, ARD's Das Erste aired the German version called Das Geheimnis meiner Familie (The secret of my family). They aired four episodes featuring Marie-Luise Marjan, Armin Rohde, Christine Neubauer and Peter Maffay.
Starting on 9 January 2012, Finland's national public-broadcasting company, YLE, aired 15 episodes of the Finnish version titled Kuka oikein olet? in which local public figures searched for their origins.[22]
A furthering of the concept was developed for American public broadcast TV, called Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates. This series adds DNA profiling to the format; including Y-chromosome DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA analyses to infer both ancient and recent genetic relationships. Series started airing on 25 March 2012.[citation needed]
In January 2013, Czech broadcaster ČT started broadcasting their version of this show called Tajemství rodu (translated into English: The secret of the lineage).[23]
Starting 15 January 2013, RTP broadcast a Portuguese version called Quem É que Tu Pensas Que És? (Who Do You Think You Are?) on RTP1 on the 10:30pm timeslot. The first season featured such names as the comedian Herman José, the actresses Maria do Céu Guerra and Maria João Abreu, the musician Zé Pedro from the Xutos & Pontapés rock band and the fadista Camané.[citation needed]

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