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Sheila Hancock

Celebrities trace their ancestry. Sheila Hancock discovers that her grandfather was a successful manager and guide for Thomas Cook's travel agents in glamorous Milan.

Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past. Actress Sheila Hancock believed that her family's history was very boring. But she discovers that her grandfather was a successful manager and guide for Thomas Cook's travel agents in glamorous Milan, and that her great-grandfather was the superintendent of the Western Pumping Station, part of the Victorians' grand sewage scheme.

1 hour

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Role Contributor
Participant Sheila Hancock
Director Mary Cranitch
Producer Lucy Carter

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