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Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 15

Episode 6: Marvin Humes

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

Available for 10 months

DJ, presenter and former member of boy band JLS, Marvin Humes delves into his Jamaican and his English heritage, and finds exceptional stories on both sides of the family.

Deep in the Jamaican countryside, Marvin's discoveries about the lives of his black ancestors during the time of slavery turn his expectations upside down.

In England, Marvin's follows the trail of his great-grandfather about whom he knows almost nothing. But Marvin's research reveals a hero, who overcame a traumatic childhood to play a part in one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War. Show less

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