Who Do You Think You Are? - Season 14 Episode 10
Ruby Wax's Jewish parents fled Vienna and the Nazis for America in 1938. 'They took the war with them and brought it to our kitchen,' says the comedian and mental-health campaigner at the start of this remarkable episode. They raised their only daughter in a dramatically dysfunctional household - Ruby's father was volatile and her mother 'hysterical... screaming in the street.' Ruby wonders if her own mental illness had its origins in her upbringing and the trauma her parents went through, or whether it is in her family's genes. Ruby journeys to central Europe, where she learns about her parents' flight and the distressing fate of family who remained in Vienna during the war, and she makes a startling discovery about her great-aunt and great-grandmother, which is both harrowing and surprisingly affirming.
First Air Date : 2004-10-12
Last Air date : 2025-04-22
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary, Family
Cast :
Crew : Demi McGarrell (Production Manager), Colette Flight (Executive Producer), Lucy Swingler (Producer)
Quality :
Subtitles :
- Season 14 : Episode 12017-07-06
- Season 14 : Episode 22017-07-13
- Season 14 : Episode 32017-07-20
- Season 14 : Episode 42017-07-27
- Season 14 : Episode 52017-08-03
- Season 14 : Episode 62017-08-17
- Season 14 : Episode 72017-08-24
- Season 14 : Episode 82017-08-31
- Season 14 : Episode 92017-09-07
- Season 14 : Episode 102017-10-04