Our Girl 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 Second World War, a month before the start of the Blitz.\n\nFurther 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.
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Series 18: 1. Josh Widdicombe
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Series 15: 5. Shirley Ballas
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Series 18: 5. Pixie Lott
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Series 16: 8. Mark Wright
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Series 17: 4. Ruth Jones
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Series 15: 4. Boy George
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Series 15: 8. Jonnie Peacock
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Series 19: 5. Ralf Little
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