Olivia Colman Traces Her Indian Heritage | Who Do You Think You Are

Olivia Colman discovers her 3x great grandmother Harriot Bazett was born in India in 1807, so she heads to Kishanganj, in North East India to find out more. What will she discover?

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[littlebunnyblew]

Ms Anuradha Chatterjee was my History Professor almost 20 years ago. Wow!

[randyneil]

I am Indian my family left India in 1845 and went to Trinidad and Tobago.
I sure wish someday I could find my family in India.

[archanadanappa]

I'm an Indian and I know a little about how women were treated here back then. Whatever happened to Harriet's mom, it was probably heartbreaking

[jeanjacquesjell]

"British involvement in India" such a tender way of explaining East Indian Company lol

[michaelgreen]

I recently did the CRI Genetics test and was found to have Indian, Sri Lankan and Bengali ancestry. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. My ancestor/s probably had a somewhat similar story and ended up in England.

I have always had a fascination with Indian culture and art. It's in my DNA so I guess it's the ancestors calling out through time to get my attention.

[jitaamesuluma]

i am part indian too, i love who my ancestors were all of them, i am proud to be part indian

[vasundharabhriguvanshi]

I absolutely adore Olivia and absolutely ecstatic to know she shares her roots in India. It’s minuscule but still. She was just amazing in Fleabag, so conniving and passive aggressive. She played it brilliantly.

[brendadrew]

Interesting. I find Olivia Colman so refreshingly down to earth and real compared to some actresses who are pretentious and walk around with their noses in the air! She's not a conventional beauty but so alive with life with a very expressive face, attractive but not a ravishing beauty like so many actresses are expected to be! Thanks for sharing~

[k-]

Olivia Coleman and Emilia Clarke both have indian ancestry, how cool

[ronjacobe]

Olivia is such a kind gracious soul. This only made me admire her more.

[daisy-fulc]

Unfortunately she does not actually have Indian blood. After the episode aired, a will was published which revealed Harriot Slessor's mother was a European woman called Seraphina Donclere.

[shayorihalder]

I live near the tea estates shown in this video in Bagdogra, darjeeling ( which is on the connector route from the airport to Kishanganj ) and stroll there almost everyday. Seeing OLIVIA COLMAN appreciate it is so surreal!!

[kunalketkar]

Mrs Chatterjee is amazing... They way she explained the entire story is mesmerizing

[williamwestwood]

Isn't she just one of the most likeable people. I could listen to her all day.

[mizanrahi]

I am from Kishanganj.
I hope one day you find your ancestors.
we people of kishanganj really proud of you that your ancestors belong to Kishanganj 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[shreyanachappa]

Half of what is being narrated is from a very biased English perspective of course. I’d urge you all to watch Dr. Shashi Tharoor, an Indian Parliamentarian’s speech at the Oxford about the British Raj in India. Will open up your eyes that have been blinded by colonial history that the English Govt and the school chooses to hide and forget to mention in their history friends. I happen to have a couple of friends from England, who are English they were baffled at their own history after watching that video

[gratitude.]

I'm feeling so lucky having come across this video. 😊
I couldn't stop laughing on her encounter with the traffic situation in India..."which side is he on..." 🤣
And the Namaste was so warm... Totally loved her!!
And the excitement, you can literally feel it with her..."I'm so much more interesting than I thought"💕
I'm completely invested in her story!!

[shay]

Love that olivia was excited to learn more about her great great grandmother Harriet who was half indian but why didnt they ever mention abt Harriet's father being a literal colonizer💀 who came to India to colonize. And there's a huge possibility that what Harriet's father and mother had was unconsensual and that wasn't mentioned too great😭

[cozymable]

When Olivia starts expressing her concerns for the rule of the road in India. 😂😂 I’m with her on that!

[sayakchoudhury]

Kishangunj is very near to where I was born.It's a major rail station. Now it has a connection with a future Oscar winner.