Series synopsis
Family Tree is a British comedy television series that premiered on HBO on May 12, 2013. It ended on July 7, 2013. It was created by Christopher Guest, Jim Piddock. It stars Chris O'Dowd, Tom Bennett and Nina Conti.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: Finding himself. One relative at a time.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Chris O'Dowd as Tom Chadwick
- Tom Bennett as Pete Stupples
- Nina Conti as Bea Chadwick / Monkey
Guest cast
- Spencer Jones as Personnel Officer
- Trisha Paytas as Extreme Character (uncredited)
- Andrew Santino as Confederate Soldier
- Jake Swift as 13 Yr. Old Boxer
- Graham Greene as Chief Running Bull
- Jake Harders as Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes: The New Frontier)
- Christopher Fairbank as Neville St. Aubrey
- Michael McKean as Keith Chadwick
- Lisa Palfrey as Luba Chadwick
- Ben Farrow as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
- Jim Piddock as Mr. Pfister
- Natalie Walter as Ellie
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 8 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | May 12, 2013 | July 7, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Box 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. |
May 12, 2013 |
| 2 |
Treading the Boards 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. |
May 19, 2013 |
| 3 |
The Austerity Games 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. |
June 2, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | HBO |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 12, 2013 |
| Last aired | July 7, 2013 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:30:00 |