“Finding himself. One relative at a time.”
Having recently lost his job and his girlfriend, 30-year-old Tom Chadwick has a rather unsure sense of his own identity. But when he inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt he never met, Tom starts investigating his lineage and uncovers a whole world of unusual stories and characters, acquiring a growing sense of who he and his real family are.
1 season · 8 episodes
S1 E1The Box
May 12, 201330 min
Tom Chadwick and his sister Bea find out from their father that a great-aunt, Victoria, has died. An old picture in the box of things that she's left for Tom sends him on a search, accompanied by his pal Pete, to discover the identity of th
S1 E2Treading the Boards
May 19, 201330 min
Tom learns that his great-grandfather, Harry Chadwick, was an actor and visits Hove, where he performed. He and Pete decide to run a kind of race in honour of Harry's famous comic act.
S1 E3The Austerity Games
Jun 2, 201330 min
After discovering grandfather William was on the GB team in the cash-poor 1948 Olympics, Tom hears about his and Victoria's athletic feats from a close friend she bequeathed her flat to; he learns that William and Victoria had a brother, Br
S1 E4Country Life
Jun 9, 201330 min
Along with Bea, his father, and Luba, Tom visits his cousins in rural Derbyshire and learns why they have red hair. His American cousins in California invite him to visit.
S1 E5Welcome to America
Jun 16, 201330 min
Tom stays in Glendale with his American cousins Al and Kitty Chadwick, who host an extended-family BBQ. Dave Chadwick, visiting from North Carolina, reveals a record of Charles Chadwick's departure for England on April 16, 1865.
S1 E6Civil War
Jun 23, 201330 min
After learning that Charles had both Union and Confederate uniforms, Tom gets into some petty skirmishes during a Civil War re-enactment.
Chris O'Dowd
Tom Chadwick
Tom Bennett
Pete Stupples
Nina Conti
Bea Chadwick / Monkey
Jim Piddock
Mr. Pfister
Carrie Aizley
Kitty Chadwick
Ed Begley Jr.
Al Chadwick
Michael McKean
Keith Chadwick
Lisa Palfrey
Luba Chadwick
Maria Blasucci
Julie Fenneman
Matt Griesser
Rick Tillman
Christopher Guest
Dave Chadwick
Fred Willard
Mike Morton
