Roots

Roots 1977

7.37

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.

1977

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots 2012

6.20

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.

2012

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? 2004

6.50

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

2004

Alt for Norge

Alt for Norge 2010

8.20

Americans of Norwegian descent, but who have never visited Norway, compete in various tasks while traveling the country, aiming to win $50,000 and meet their Norwegian relatives.

2010

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? 2010

6.60

From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of some of the most well-known names in American popular culture. Watch as celebrities discover unknown details about themselves and their families while researching their ancestry with the help of historians and genealogical experts.

2010

Allt för Sverige

Allt för Sverige 2011

6.00

Allt för Sverige is a Swedish reality show based on the original Norwegian format Culture Shock:Norway. The first season of Allt för Sverige premiered on Sveriges Television SVT1 on October 30, 2011, and the last episode aired on December 18, 2011. The series is about Swedish Americans who return to their Swedish roots. In the program, they give the participants more about their families but in each episode one in the group must leave the show and therefore know less about their ancestry.

2011

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? 2008

2.80

Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Along the way there will be scandal, adultery, pioneers, bushrangers, artists and royalty. Join the trail of discovery to uncover where these celebrities came from as they find out just who they think they are.

2008

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 2011

8.30

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.

2011

Ancestors in the Attic

Ancestors in the Attic 2006

1

Got any secrets in your family tree, skeletons in ye olde ancestral closet? Were your ancestors sinner or saints, royals or rogues? Part personal drama, part CSI-like forensic investigation and part historical revelation, Ancestors in the Attic reveals to Canadians not only their roots, but also the diverse stories that make up the history of our country.

2006

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? 2011

8.00

A Norwegian genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

2011

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? 2008

1

Popular Irish personalities trace their roots, and this journey through generations of ordinary lives reveals extraordinary stories.

2008

Darwin's Brave New World

Darwin's Brave New World 2009

7.00

A docudrama series focusing on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection; it uses reconstruction of the 19th century with present day documentary.

2009

The Genetic Detective

The Genetic Detective 2020

7.80

Investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore uses her unique research skills to transform the face of crime solving. By working with police departments and crime scene DNA, Moore is able to trace the path of a violent criminal's family tree to reveal their identity and help bring them to justice.

2020