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Who Do You Think You Are? viewers weep along with Charles Dance

The actor discovered an emotional tale about his unknown father.
The actor discovered an emotional tale about his unknown father. The actor discovered an emotional tale about his unknown father.

Charles Dance kicked off a new series of Who Do You Think You Are? tonight with an emotional episode that had viewers crying along with him.

The Game Of Thrones star started the programme knowing next to nothing about his father, but discovered an enormous amount about his life and even travelled to South Africa to meet a great niece he had known nothing about.

Dance looked delighted to have been introduced to his new relatives and was touched when they offered him a photo of his father to keep.

Charles Dance
Charles Dance (Stephen Perry/BBC/Wall to Wall/Stephen Perry)
Charles Dance won over viewers (BBC)

Viewers tweeted that they had thoroughly enjoyed the return of the BBC genealogy show.

The actor shed more than a few tears throughout the episode as the emotion of learning about his father overwhelmed him and viewers admitted that they had found themselves crying over the tale, too.

Viewers could not believe the luck of Dance’s long-lost relatives who had only just discovered that they were related to him.

Other stars taking part in this series of Who Do You Think You Are? include Fearne Cotton, Craig Revel Horwood and Clare Balding.