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Who Do You Think You Are? Winners' Acceptance Speech, Features, Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2017

14 May 2017

Winner's acceptance speech by on behalf of Colette Flight, Sarah Feltes, Anna Kirkwood and Helen Nixon for Who Do You Think You Are? in the Features category

SPEAKER:  Wow.  Thank you.  Thank you so much, BAFTA. This is the fourth time that Who Do You Think You Are? has been nominated for a BAFTA and it is the first time we have won.  So our ...

 (Applause)

 So, yes.  Our 13th series has been lucky for us. I just want to say thank you to our brilliant and talented team, especially our researchers and genealogists, who do such a fantastic job, and it is their patient detective work that uncovers all these amazing stories in everyone's family trees. I would also like to thank Alex Graham who started the series in the first place.  Leanne Klein and everyone at our company, Wall to Wall.  The BBC for all their support, especially Charlotte Moore and our commissioning editor, Jenny Petterley(?). Of course, I would like to thank all the celebrities, like Danny, who have come on this journey with us, and let us root around their family tree. Thank you.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.

 (Applause)