S13E01: Danny Dyer | Who Do You Think You Are?

Duration: 58'12''

Synopsis

EastEnders actor Danny Dyer hopes that he will 'freak a few people out' with his family history. Danny sets out to discover the history of his tough working-class family in the East End of London, but in the process he unearths an extraordinary lineage stretching back to the Norman conquest.

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