The first episode of the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? aired on Tuesday at 9pm on BBC One, and featured presenter Zoe Ball, as well as a brief cameo by her father, the comedian Johnny Ball.
Zoe was expecting her family to be from the North-East — which many were. Others, however, were from as far away as Glasgow in Scotland, and Camborne in Cornwall.
A quick post today to let you all know that Who Do You Think You Are? series 23 starts next Tuesday!
The first episode will air on Tuesday, 26 May, at 21.00 BST on BBC One.
Hopefully it’ll be a good series! (You can see who the celebs are here.)
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Who Do You Think You Are? is set to return this year for its 23rd series.
Four episodes will air in the spring (…presumably May or June,) followed by a short gap, with the remaining four episodes airing in the summer.
This year’s celebrities are as follows:
Toby Jones — actor
Adeel Akhtar — actor
Amy Dowden — Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer
Harriet Walter — actor
Joe Swash — actor and reality star
Katarina Johnson-Thompson — Olympian heptathlete
Ruth Madeley — actor
Zoe Ball — presenter and DJ
(Source: Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine)
There looks to be an interesting mix of backgrounds and careers — although we seem to be leaning heavily on actors this series, with only three celebs (Amy Dowden, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Zoe Ball) not being actors.
Obviously, I’m especially looking forward to Amy Dowden’s episode as she’s likely to have a lot of Welsh ancestry — and while I specialise in British family history generally, I’m especially experienced in Welsh research (and will be taking the opportunity to nerd-out 😉.)
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