Who Do You Think You Are? Series 23 Celebs Revealed

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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