Celebrities from War Hero In My Family

Celebrities

Find out more about the featured personalities and their journeys into the past

  • Pamela Stephenson

    Pamela Stephenson explores her New Zealand roots by investigating the wartime experiences of her uncle, Norman, who was killed in action in 1944.

  • Dom Littlewood

    Dom Littlewood sets out to better understand the experiences that brought his grandfather, John Grant, home from World War II a changed man.

  • Sara Cox

    Sara remembers grandfather Vince's pride in his war medals, but she never got round to asking him what he did to earn them; now she really wants to find out.

  • David Gower

    David sets out to meet learn more about the personal loss felt by the Gower family during World War II, and about the roles his uncles played in the conflict.

  • Helen Lederer

    Helen’s grandfather, Arnost, fled the Czech Republic before the war; what happened to the family he left behind was unknown until Helen undertook this project.

  • Lord Paddy Ashdown

    A former Royal Marine, intelligence officer and politician from a proud military family, Lord Paddy Ashdown seeks to trace the history of his father John.

  • Quentin Willson

    Quentin attempts to uncover what exactly his father, Bernard Willson, did while at Bletchley Park - the heart of British code-breaking during World War II.

  • Ann Widdecombe

    Ann follows the experiences of her uncle, Donald Widdecombe, who was an army chaplain with Field Marshall Montgomery's 8th Army.

  • Chris Tarrant

    Chris sets off an emotional journey to find out what his father Basil did while serving in the British army during World War II.

  • Lisa Faulkner

    In the time that Lisa knew her grandfather she never asked about his experiences in the RAF, and now wants to find out exactly the role he played.