Who Do You Think You Are?

Produced by Wall 2 Wall Media for the BBC. Past Preservers provided expert, Dr Kathryn Ferry.

Celebrities are given the opportunity to research their family trees with surprising and often unexpected results. In this episode, Comedian and actor Emily Atack knows she is from a long line of larger-than-life entertainers. Her mum is singer, actor and comedian Kate Robbins and Paul McCartney is Emily’s grandmother’s cousin, making him Emily’s first cousin twice removed. Recalling fun days out with the McCartney family when she was little and how Grandad Mike turned every opportunity into a comedy show, Emily sets out to find out more about her showbiz genes.