'Who Do You Think You Are?' season 1 debuts on DVD March 15, 2011

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PR NewsChannel) / January 06, 2011 / SILVER SPRING, Md. / Seen on NBC and following seven celebrities as they journey through ancestral history and share their life-altering discoveries, the critically acclaimed reality series 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Season 1 (U.S. Version) debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on March 15, 2011. Like never seen before, Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith, Oscar® winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking), Emmy®-winning director Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X) and actors Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Glory), Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan), and Lisa Kudrow (Friends) travel the world to uncover the secrets and surprises of their family trees. Lisa Kudrow is also an executive producer for the series.

The fascinating 2010 series paints an intimate portrait of how a journey through history can change everything – including one’s idea of self (DVD 2-Disc Set, $39.99, www.AcornOnline.com). Season 2 premieres on NBC on Friday, February 4th at 8:00pm ET (For a list of Season 2 celebrities, please visit http://www.nbc.com/news/2010/12/16/who-do-you-think-you-are-nbc-announces-the-celebrities-tracing-their-family-trees-on-season-two/).

Working alongside genealogists, researchers and historians, the stars excavates stories from their families’ past. Sarah Jessica Parker’s search leads back to the Salem witch trials. Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith follows his slave ancestors to Benin. Lisa Kudrow learns the truth of her great-grandmother’s fate in the Holocaust. Tony® winner Matthew Broderick traces his family to battlefields in France and America. Brooke Shields unearths her royal connections. Oscar® winner Susan Sarandon explores the racy life of her grandmother. And Emmy®-winning director Spike Lee meets a relative he didn’t know he had. After searching her family history, Sarah Jessica Parker noted, “It’s changed everything about who I thought I was, everything.”

Intriguing, moving, and ultimately uplifting, this series proves that genealogy is more than a pastime. It’s a journey through history that changes everything. The series was filmed on location in Benin, Belarus, Poland, Italy, France, among other locations.

Broadcast on NBC in March and April 2010, "Who Do You Think You Are?" is produced by Shed Media U.S. in association with Lisa Kudrow’s production company, Is or Isn't Entertainment. The series is based on the hit, ongoing British series that debuted on the BBC in 2004 and has aired for eight series so far.

Street: March 15, 2011                    
SRP: $39.99
DVD 2-Disc Set: 7 Episodes - Approx. 293 mins. - TV Documentary - SDH subtitles

“Acorn Media, chief curators of the best Brit TV” –TIME Magazine

About Acorn Media: The Acorn Media Group, a leading independent media company, provides distinctive home video products and other merchandise to consumers in North America, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.  With a special focus on the best of British television programming, Acorn Media has exclusive distribution rights to hundreds of collectible titles on DVD. Its U.S. division will release more than 100 DVDs in North America in 2011, including Upstairs, Downstairs Complete Series: 40th Anniversary Edition; NBC’s star-studded Who Do You Think You Are? Season 1 from Lisa Kudrow; BBC’s smash hit series New Tricks (Seasons 3-5); great new series Garrow’s Law, Single-Handed, and Reggie Perrin with Martin Clunes; more episodes from Doc Martin, Murphy’s Law, Poirot, Marple, George Gently, Murdoch Mysteries, Midsomer Murders; as well as several Blu-ray releases, including Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition, Visions of Europe, and Robin of Sherwood, Set 1; and acclaimed documentaries from our Athena line with Discovering Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, Genius of Britain, and more from Mike Wallace and the Bill Moyers library

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.

Press Contact (DVD/Photos):
Alyssa Schimmel
Phone:  301.608.2115 *163
Email:  aschimmel@acornmedia.com

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