Family Tree

From Christopher Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) comes this comedy series that follows one mans quest to track down his genealogy.

2013 HD 30min United Kingdom English

Christopher Guest Chris O'Dowd Tom Bennett Nina Conti

Comedy

mockumentary family

S1E1 - The Box 2013-05-12

Tom Chadwick and his sister Bea find out from their father that a great-aunt, Victoria, has died. An old picture in the box of things that shes left for Tom sends him on a search, accompanied by his pal Pete, to discover the identity of the man in the photograph.

S1E2 - Treading the Boards 2013-05-19

Tom learns that his great-grandfather, Harry Chadwick, was an actor and visits Hove, where he performed. He and Pete decide to run a kind of race in honour of Harrys famous comic act.

S1E3 - The Austerity Games 2013-06-02

After discovering grandfather William was on the GB team in the cash-poor 1948 Olympics, Tom hears about his and Victorias athletic feats from a close friend she bequeathed her flat to; he learns that William and Victoria had a brother, Brian. Bea and Monkey try performing. His great-great-grandfather Charles, Tom finds, was born in the USA.

S1E4 - Country Life 2013-06-09

Along with Bea, his father, and Luba, Tom visits his cousins in rural Derbyshire and learns why they have red hair. His American cousins in California invite him to visit.

S1E5 - Welcome to America 2013-06-16

Tom stays in Glendale with his American cousins Al and Kitty Chadwick, who host an extended-family BBQ. Dave Chadwick, visiting from North Carolina, reveals a record of Charles Chadwicks departure for England on April 16, 1865.

S1E6 - Civil War 2013-06-23

After learning that Charles had both Union and Confederate uniforms, Tom gets into some petty skirmishes during a Civil War re-enactment.

S1E7 - Indians 2013-06-30

Tom, Bea, and Pete drive to Barstow, where they find that great-great-grandmother Rebecca was not Native American, as Tom had thought.

S1E8 - Cowboys 2013-07-07

Tom learns more about his Jewish ancestor, Bea has a breakdown on the beach when she loses Monkey, and Tom has to say goodbye to Ally as his departure from LA approaches.

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