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2022/03
March 2022
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC 1 / UK

Who Do You Think You Are? Matt Lucas

Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004, in which celebrity participants trace their family history.

It is created by the production company Wall to Wall. The celebrity of this episode is Matt Lucas. An English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain and Come Fly With Me.

Matt Lucas learns what his late grandmother went through as a Jew in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and what happened to the family she left behind. He also uncovers a connection to Anne Frank.

A trailer from this Who Do You Think You Are? Episode is published on the Featurez media page.

For this production Featuez booked a rental car, did the driving while accompanying the recce of the director and producer, gave advice, did research, booked rental vans, drivers and accompanied the filming.

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The Amsterdam City Archives.
Matt Lucas being informed by archivist Harmen Snel in the Amsterdam City Archives. DOP Justin Evans (in front), soundman Luke Wheaton, producer Kathryn Ellinger and cameraman Sam Al-Kadi.
Matt Lucas looking at a document given to him by archivist Harmen Snel in the Amsterdam City Archives. Cameraman Sam Al-Kadi
Close-up of document Amsterdam City Archives.
Statue of Anne Frank at the Merwedeplein in Amsterdam. The square where Anne and her family lived from December 1933 till July 1942.
Crew preparing gear before filming at the Merwedeplein in Amsterdam. DOP Justin Evans (right), assistant cameraman Sam Al-Kadi and soundman Luke Wheaton.
Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) of the Frank family in front of the apartment where they lived at the Merwedeplein in Amsterdam.
Crew filming conversation Matt Lucas and Dutch historian Gertjan Broek at the Merwedeplein in Amsterdam. Crew: director Edmund Moriarty (left), soundman Luke Wheaton, producer Kathryn Ellinger, DOP Justin Evans and assistant cameraman Sam Al-Kadi.
Matt Lucas looking at a photo in the apartment where the family Frank lived. Opposite him Dutch historian Gertjan Broek. Cameraman Sam Al-Kadi, producer Kathryn Ellinger in right bottom corner.
Crew filming in the centre of Amsterdam. DOP Justin Evans (left), soundman Luke Wheaton, Matt Lucas, researcher Jack Miller and producer Kathryn Ellinger.
Matt Lucas looking at documents in an apartment in the South of Amsterdam. Crew: director Edmund Moriarty (left), producer Kathryn Ellinger, cameraman Sam Al-Kadi and DOP Justin Evans
Matt Lucas interviewed by producer Kathryn Ellinger in the South of Amsterdam. Soundman Luke Wheaton, and DOP Justin Evans.
Photo at the Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre.
Camp Westerbork researcher José Martin informing Matt Lucas about his his family history. Crew: producer Kathryn Ellinger (right), soundman Luke Wheaton and cameraman Sam Al-Kadi.
Camp Westerbork researcher José Martin showing documents to Matt Lucas inside the Memorial Centre. Crew: producer Kathryn Ellinger (right) and director Edmund Moriarty and in the back DOP Justin Evans (right) and cameraman Sam Al-Kadi.
Historical photo Camp Westerbork.
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