Who Do You Think You Are Michelle KeeganSeason 15, Episode 1 - Michelle Keegan

Actress Michelle Keegan uncovers some exceptional women on her family tree. On her mother's side, Michelle discovers that her Gibraltarian great-grandmother Leonor had to up sticks when all women and children and the elderly were evacuated from harm's way in Gibraltar to the apparent safety of London during the WWII, a month before the start of the Blitz. Further back, Michelle discovers her great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Kirwan living in poverty in Manchester at the start of the 20th century. Michelle unearths a special connection to suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and her great-great-grandmother's commitment to the cause that put her name on the electoral roll - voting for the very first time in 1918.

Who Do You Think You Are Michelle Keegan was broadcast on SBS ONE at Tuesday 29 December 2020, 05:35. This episode was initially placed on Saturday 2 November 2019.