Secrets of the past

Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker on uncovering wartime tragedy and a coal mining controversy in her ancestry...

- CAREN CLARK, HANNAH DAVIES, JO LEWIS

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Monday, 9 pm BBC1 Factual

Q What did your family know about its history?

A In our family it’s not like it goes blurry after 300 years – it goes blurry after my mum and dad!

Q You discovered that your great-uncle Walter Clements fought in World War One before being injured and dying, aged 24, in 1918. Was that tough to find out?