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After losing his job and his girlfriend, 30-year-old Tom Chadwick begins to explore his family heritage when he inherits a mysterious box from a great-aunt he never met. Unsure of his identity, he uncovers a world of unusual stories and characters, as well as a growing sense of who he and his real family are.

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The Box
F1
The BoxTom 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.
Treading the Boards
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Treading the BoardsTom sees a photo of his great-grandfather Harry in costume for "The Mikado" and travels with Pete to Hove to meet the very elderly Sybil, who used to live next door to Harry. Rex gives Tom the horse costume and he and Pete wear it in a charity race and come in last.
The Austerity Games
F3
The Austerity GamesAfter 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.
Country Life
F4
Country LifeTom traces his American ancestry to Charles and Rebecca Chadwick, who came to England and had three children--Victoria, Brian, and Tom's great-grandfather Harry. Tom, Bea, Keith, and Keith's Moldovan wife Luba head to a farm in Derbyshire to meet Tom's great-uncle's son Graham.
Welcome to America
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Welcome to AmericaTom 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.
Civil War
F6
Civil WarPete rings Tom to tell him he has a job interview on return to England, but Tom and his cousins are more intrigued by photographs showing Charles in uniforms of soldiers of both the North and South, suggesting that he changed sides at the end of the Civil War.
Indians
F7
IndiansAfter going on a date with Ally, Tom finds out that Rebecca was apparently a Mojave Indian. so he meets Bea and Pete in his expensive hire car and they head off for the reservation at Barstow. Meanwhile, they spend the day pretending to be natives.
Cowboys
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CowboysAlly and Tom visit Melvin to see evidence of his grandfather, Jewish cowboy star Tumbleweed Tim, whose silent-film career was ended by scandal. Meanwhile, Bea goes ape when Monkey goes missing, until Tom discovers that he has been donated to a charity worker.