Who Do You Think You Are?
Shirley Ballas
Season 15 Episode 5 of 8
Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas investigates a family story that said her maternal great-grandmother abandoned her husband and children for a more exciting life in America, and what she discovers casts her relative in a completely new light. The ballroom dancer and teacher also pursues a rumour that she has black ancestors on her father's side - and follows a trail that leads her to colonial Cape Town and the era of slave trafficking to South Africa by way of the Indian Ocean
Who Do You Think You Are? airs on BBC Two Wales at 4:25 PM, Tuesday 7 January. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Family and Friends
History
Shirley Ballas
Contributor
Paul Tilzey
Director
Colette Flight
Executive Producer
Sarah Feltes
Series Producer