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Mark Gatiss

Who Do You Think You Are? Series 12
Episode 9 of 10

Celebrity genealogy series. Actor and writer Mark Gatiss travels to Ireland, where he finds out that his family were storytellers and, allegedly, vampire slayers!

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss has always had a love of storytelling and a passion for the ghastly and ghoulish, but has always wondered where it comes from. So when he discovers that his mother's side of the family goes back five generations to the wilds of Northern Ireland, his imagination is awakened. Mark travels to Ireland, where he untangles a tale of rags to riches and finds out that his family were storytellers and (allegedly) vampire slayers!

58 minutes

Last on

Thu 12 Dec 2019 15:00
BBC Two & BBC Scotland

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Credits

Participant Mark Gatiss
Series Producer Kathryn Taylor
Director Sarah Feltes
Production Company Wall to Wall Media

Broadcasts

  • Thu 8 Oct 2015 21:00
    BBC One
  • Tue 13 Oct 2015 23:40
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
  • Wed 14 Oct 2015 00:10
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 14 Oct 2015 00:40
    BBC One Scotland HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & Scotland only
  • Tue 20 Oct 2015 02:15
    BBC Two
  • Fri 12 Feb 2016 14:00
    BBC Two
  • Tue 21 Jun 2016 23:55
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Wed 22 Jun 2016 00:30
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Mon 25 Sep 2017 14:45
    BBC Two
  • Mon 8 Oct 2018 14:45
    BBC Two
  • Thu 12 Dec 2019 15:00
    BBC Two except Scotland & BBC Scotland

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