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David's in for a big surprise; Celebrity.


Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One For the BBC radio station, see .
BBC One is the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and was the first to be launched in the United Kingdom (as the BBC Television Service until 1960, and then renamed BBC tv until 1964).
, 9pm) APPARENTLY Michael Parkinson was all set to appear in the hit genealogy series - until its researchers couldn't find anything interesting about his ancestors.

David Mitchell is the latest to hunt for skeletons in the closet. He's the big-eyed, floppy-haired one from comedy duo Mitchell and Webb

David Mitchell (left) and Robert Webb.

Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, comprising David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
 - but not all of his family were angels it seems. He already knows that the Mitchell's owned and ran a farm, Ribigill in Tongue, Scotland. However, they gave it up in 1933, and now David wants to know whether his family were involved in the notorious Highland Clearances.

But the real surprise comes when he investigates another branch of his clan, who hailed from the Isle of Skye Noun 1. Isle of Skye - an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery
Inner Hebrides - islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland
. He learns one ancestor was a hero - but also had a more disturbing side.
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Date:Aug 5, 2009
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