TV tonight: Ross Kemp learns the truth about his shipwrecked ancestor

Who Do You Think You Are? turns the spotlight on EastEnders’ prodigal son. Plus: a Dad’s Army dance-off to commemorate VE Day. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC OneIn Ross Kemp’s family, the legend goes that Pop, his great-grandfather, was shipwrecked during his time in the merchant navy. As he follows his family tree, Kemp sifts fact from fiction. The actor also wants to know why his great-uncle Albert was known by the family as a “bad man” who was blacklisted from pubs – and learns the sad explanation. Then, he discovers the four-time great-grandfather who served in the Napoleonic wars. Hollie Richardson Continue reading...

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