Family Tree

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2013-05-12

Last Air Date: 2013-07-07

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Christopher Guest, Jim Piddock

Networks: HBO, BBC Two

View Technical Specifications on IMDb

Top Cast

Chris O'Dowd as Tom Chadwick
Tom Bennett as Pete Stupples
Nina Conti as Bea Chadwick / Monkey
Jim Piddock as Mr. Pfister
Carrie Aizley as Kitty Chadwick
Ed Begley Jr. as Al Chadwick
Michael McKean as Keith Chadwick
Lisa Palfrey as Luba Chadwick
Maria Blasucci as Julie Fenneman
Matt Griesser as Rick Tillman

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Box (2013-05-12)

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 the man in the photograph.
Ep. 2: Treading the Boards (2013-05-19)

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.
Ep. 3: The Austerity Games (2013-06-02)

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, Brian. Bea and Monkey try performing. His great-great-grandfather Charles, Tom finds, was born in the USA.
Ep. 4: Country Life (2013-06-09)

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.
Ep. 5: Welcome to America (2013-06-16)

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.
Ep. 6: Civil War (2013-06-23)

After learning that Charles had both Union and Confederate uniforms, Tom gets into some petty skirmishes during a Civil War re-enactment.
Ep. 7: Indians (2013-06-30)

Tom, Bea, and Pete drive to Barstow, where they find that great-great-grandmother Rebecca was not Native American, as Tom had thought.
Ep. 8: Cowboys (2013-07-07)

Tom learns more about his Jewish ancestor, Bea has a breakdown on the beach when she loses Monkey, and Tom has to say goodbye to Ally as his departure from LA approaches.