# Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)

Who Do You Think You Are? is an Australian television documentary reality genealogy series, part of the international franchise and an adaptation of the original British series on BBC of the same name, airing on SBS. SBS first aired six episodes of the BBC series in late 2007, followed by six Australian episodes beginning 13 January 2008 and then six more from the original BBC version. Each episode profiles a celebrity tracing their family tree and is narrated by Richard Mellick.
Season 15 began airing on 7 May 2024.

## Episodes
### Series overview

Who Do You Think You Are series overview :
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 January 2008 (2008 -01-13) | 17 February 2008 (2008 -02-17) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 September 2009 (2009 -09-27) | 1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01) |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 28 November 2010 (2010 -11-28) | 2 January 2011 (2011 -01-02) |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 27 March 2012 (2012 -03-27) | 1 May 2012 (2012 -05-01) |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 April 2013 (2013 -04-02) | 21 May 2013 (2013 -05-21) |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 July 2014 (2014 -07-09) | 26 August 2014 (2014 -08-26) |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 August 2015 (2015 -08-04) | 22 September 2015 (2015 -09-22) |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 September 2016 (2016 -09-13) | 1 November 2016 (2016 -11-01) |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 April 2018 (2018 -04-17) | 12 June 2018 (2018 -06-12) |
| 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 April 2019 (2019 -04-30) | 18 June 2019 (2019 -06-18) |
| 11 | 8 | 8 | 19 May 2020 (2020 -05-19) | 7 July 2020 (2020 -07-07) |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 June 2021 (2021 -06-08) | 27 July 2021 (2021 -07-27) |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 21 June 2022 (2022 -06-21) | 9 August 2022 (2022 -08-09) |
| 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) | 20 June 2023 (2023-06-20) |
| 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 May 2024 (2024-05-07) | 24 June 2024 (2024-06-24) |

### Season 1 (2008)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 1 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Thompson | 13 January 2008 (2008-01-13) |
| 2 | 2 | Kate Ceberano | 20 January 2008 (2008-01-20) |
| 3 | 3 | Geoffrey Robertson | 27 January 2008 (2008-01-27) |
| 4 | 4 | Cathy Freeman | 3 February 2008 (2008-02-03) |
| 5 | 5 | Dennis Cometti | 10 February 2008 (2008-02-10) |
| 6 | 6 | Ita Buttrose | 17 February 2008 (2008-02-17) |

### Season 2 (2009)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 2 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 7 | 1 | Ron Barassi | 27 September 2009 (2009-09-27) |
| 8 | 2 | Sigrid Thornton | 4 October 2009 (2009-10-04) |
| 9 | 3 | Ben Mendelsohn | 11 October 2009 (2009-10-11) |
| 10 | 4 | Christine Anu | 18 October 2009 (2009-10-18) |
| 11 | 5 | Maggie Beer | 25 October 2009 (2009-10-25) |
| 12 | 6 | John Butler | 11 November 2009 (2009-11-11) |

### Season 3 (2010–2011)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 3 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 13 | 1 | Magda Szubanski | 28 November 2010 (2010-11-28) |
| 14 | 2 | Rod Marsh | 5 December 2010 (2010-12-05) |
| 15 | 3 | Tina Arena | 12 December 2010 (2010-12-12) |
| 16 | 4 | Shane Bourne | 19 December 2010 (2010-12-19) |
| 17 | 5 | Paul Mercurio | 26 December 2010 (2010-12-26) |
| 18 | 6 | Georgie Parker | 2 January 2011 (2011-01-02) |

### Season 4 (2012)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 4 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 19 | 1 | Shaun Micallef | 27 March 2012 (2012-03-27) |
| 20 | 2 | Kerry O'Brien | 3 April 2012 (2012-04-03) |
| 21 | 3 | Melissa George | 10 April 2012 (2012-04-10) |
| 22 | 4 | Vince Colosimo | 17 April 2012 (2012-04-17) |
| 23 | 5 | John Wood | 24 April 2012 (2012-04-24) |
| 24 | 6 | Michael O'Loughlin | 1 May 2012 (2012-05-01) |

### Season 5 (2013)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 5 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 25 | 1 | Adam Hills | 2 April 2013 (2013-04-02) |
| 26 | 2 | Asher Keddie | 9 April 2013 (2013-04-09) |
| 27 | 3 | Don Hany | 16 April 2013 (2013-04-16) |
| 28 | 4 | Michael Caton | 23 April 2013 (2013-04-23) |
| 29 | 5 | Lex Marinos | 30 April 2013 (2013-04-30) |
| 30 | 6 | Susie Porter | 7 May 2013 (2013-05-07) |
| 31 | 7 | Rove McManus | 14 May 2013 (2013-05-14) |
| 32 | 8 | John Howard | 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21) |

### Season 6 (2014)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 6 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 33 | 1 | Andrew Denton | 9 July 2014 (2014-07-09) |
| 34 | 2 | Rebecca Gibney | 16 July 2014 (2014-07-16) |
| 35 | 3 | Jacki Weaver | 23 July 2014 (2014-07-23) |
| 36 | 4 | Richard Roxburgh | 29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) |
| 37 | 5 | Amanda Keller | 5 August 2014 (2014-08-05) |
| 38 | 6 | Adam Goodes | 12 August 2014 (2014-08-12) |
| 39 | 7 | Lisa McCune | 18 August 2014 (2014-08-18) |
| 40 | 8 | Paul McDermott | 26 August 2014 (2014-08-26) |

### Season 7 (2015)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 7 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 41 | 1 | Geoffrey Rush | 4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) |
| 42 | 2 | Toni Collette | 11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) |
| 43 | 3 | Luke Nguyen | 18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) |
| 44 | 4 | David Wenham | 25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) |
| 45 | 5 | Dawn Fraser | 1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) |
| 46 | 6 | Peter Rowsthorn | 8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) |
| 47 | 7 | Greig Pickhaver | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) |
| 48 | 8 | Ray Martin | 22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) |

### Season 8 (2016)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 8 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 0 | 0 | Retrospective | 6 September 2016 (2016-09-06) |
| 49 | 1 | Julia Morris | 13 September 2016 (2016-09-13) |
| 50 | 2 | Peter Garrett | 20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) |
| 51 | 3 | Delta Goodrem | 27 September 2016 (2016-09-27) |
| 52 | 4 | Mal Meninga | 4 October 2016 (2016-10-04) |
| 53 | 5 | Rachel Griffiths | 11 October 2016 (2016-10-11) |
| 54 | 6 | Shane Jacobson | 18 October 2016 (2016-10-18) |
| 55 | 7 | Jane Turner | 25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) |
| 56 | 8 | John Newcombe | 1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) |

### Season 9 (2018)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 9 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 57 | 1 | Noni Hazlehurst | 17 April 2018 (2018-04-17) |
| 58 | 2 | Charlie Teo | 24 April 2018 (2018-04-24) |
| 59 | 3 | Natalie Imbruglia | 1 May 2018 (2018-05-01) |
| 60 | 4 | John Jarratt | 8 May 2018 (2018-05-08) |
| 61 | 5 | Justine Clarke | 15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) |
| 62 | 6 | Todd McKenney | 22 May 2018 (2018-05-22) |
| 63 | 7 | Ernie Dingo | 29 May 2018 (2018-05-29) |
| 64 | 8 | Patti Newton | 5 June 2018 (2018-06-05) |

### Season 10 (2019)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 65 | 1 | Scott Cam | 30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) |
| 66 | 2 | Jennifer Byrne | 7 May 2019 (2019-05-07) |
| 67 | 3 | Marta Dusseldorp | 14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) |
| 68 | 4 | Karl Kruszelnicki | 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) |
| 69 | 5 | Casey Donovan | 28 May 2019 (2019-05-28) |
| 70 | 6 | Kurt Fearnley | 4 June 2019 (2019-06-04) |
| 71 | 7 | Kerri-Anne Kennerley | 11 June 2019 (2019-06-11) |
| 72 | 8 | Rodger Corser | 18 June 2019 (2019-06-18) |

### Season 11 (2020)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 10 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 73 | 1 | Lisa Wilkinson | 19 May 2020 (2020-05-19) |
| 74 | 2 | Bert Newton | 26 May 2020 (2020-05-26) |
| 75 | 3 | Cameron Daddo | 2 June 2020 (2020-06-02) |
| 76 | 4 | Lisa Curry | 9 June 2020 (2020-06-09) |
| 77 | 5 | Denise Scott | 16 June 2020 (2020-06-16) |
| 78 | 6 | Kat Stewart | 23 June 2020 (2020-06-23) |
| 79 | 7 | Julie Bishop | 30 June 2020 (2020-06-30) |
| 80 | 8 | Troy Cassar-Daley | 7 July 2020 (2020-07-07) |

### Season 12 (2021)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 12 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 81 | 1 | Celia Pacquola | 8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) |
| 82 | 2 | Malcolm Turnbull | 15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) |
| 83 | 3 | Denise Drysdale | 22 June 2021 (2021-06-22) |
| 84 | 4 | Jeff Fatt | 29 June 2021 (2021-06-29) |
| 85 | 5 | Uncle Jack Charles | 6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) |
| 86 | 6 | Grant Denyer | 13 July 2021 (2021-07-13) |
| 87 | 7 | Chris Bath | 20 July 2021 (2021-07-20) |
| 88 | 8 | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) |

### Season 13 (2022)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 13 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 89 | 1 | Simon Baker | 21 June 2022 (2022-06-21) |
| 90 | 2 | Myf Warhurst | 28 June 2022 (2022-06-28) |
| 91 | 3 | Justin Hodges | 5 July 2022 (2022-07-05) |
| 92 | 4 | Dr Chris Brown | 12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) |
| 93 | 5 | Paula Duncan | 19 July 2022 (2022-07-19) |
| 94 | 6 | Matt Moran | 26 July 2022 (2022-07-26) |
| 95 | 7 | Liz Ellis | 2 August 2022 (2022-08-02) |
| 96 | 8 | Sandra Sully | 9 August 2022 (2022-08-09) |

### Season 14 (2023)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 14 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 97 | 1 | Barry Humphries | 2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) |
| 98 | 2 | Jenny Brockie | 9 May 2023 (2023-05-09) |
| 99 | 3 | Derryn Hinch | 16 May 2023 (2023-05-16) |
| 100 | 4 | Rhonda Burchmore | 23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) |
| 101 | 5 | Stephen Page | 30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) |
| 102 | 6 | Peter Helliar | 6 June 2023 (2023-06-06) |
| 103 | 7 | Kerry Armstrong | 13 June 2023 (2023-06-13) |
| 104 | 8 | John Waters | 20 June 2023 (2023-06-20) |

### Season 15 (2024)

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia season 15 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 105 | 1 | Manu Feildel | 7 May 2024 (2024-05-07) |
| 106 | 2 | Miranda Otto | 14 May 2024 (2024-05-14) |
| 107 | 3 | Kathy Lette | 21 May 2024 (2024-05-21) |
| 108 | 4 | Wayne Blair | 28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) |
| 109 | 5 | Pat Rafter | 4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) |
| 110 | 6 | Melissa Doyle | 11 June 2024 (2024-06-11) |
| 111 | 7 | Stephen Curry | 18 June 2024 (2024-06-18) |
| 112 | 8 | Heather Ewart | 24 June 2024 (2024-06-24) |

## Events

The success of the series led to SBS TV and the National Archives of Australia jointly organizing a Shake Your Family Tree Day on 27 February 2008 to promote genealogy.

## Home release

| Series | Release dates | Release dates | Release dates | DVD Extras and Bonus Features | Number Of Discs |
| Series | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | DVD Extras and Bonus Features | Number Of Discs |
| The Complete First Series | TBA | TBA | 20 February 2008 | None | 2 |
| The Complete Second Series | TBA | TBA | 21 October 2009 | 25 minutes of additional scenes, Bonus track by John Butler | 2 |
| The Complete Third Series | TBA | TBA | 12 January 2011 | Magda Szubanski & Paul Mercurio – 34 minutes of additional scenes! | 2 |
| The Complete Fourth Series | TBA | TBA | 9 May 2012 | Celebrity Interviews, Additional Scenes: Melissa George & Shaun Micallef, Subtitles include English for the hard of hearing (Episodes only) | 2 |
| The Complete Fifth Series | TBA | TBA | 3 July 2013 | TBA | 2 |