Who Do You Think You Are?
Anna Maxwell Martin
Season 19 Episode 4 of 5
Actress Anna Maxwell Martin researches her family tree. Travelling to the small town in Northern Ireland where her father grew up, her understanding of her grandparents - who suffered a heartbreaking family tragedy - is turned on its head. On her mother's side, Anna starts with her grandfather Maxwell, whose name she added to her own to create her stage name. Looking into his childhood, she uncovers a dark history of domestic abuse and family separation. However, she also discovers extraordinary familial solidarity and love that changed the pattern for the generations that followed
Who Do You Think You Are? airs on RTE One HD at 11:35 PM, Sunday 1 December. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Family and Friends
History
Phil Davis
Narrator
Anna Maxwell Martin
Contributor
Noa Snowdon
Producer