Family Tree

Finding himself. One relative at a time.

Created by Christopher Guest, Jim Piddock

On HBO, BBC Two

A mockumentary comedy about self-discovery through family history, balancing gentle humor with genuine warmth as a lost man finds grounding in his lineage.

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.