It’s one of my favourite programmes, I make no bones about that. I love Who Do You think You Are? and to me it’s just really interesting, entertaining and enlightening. Surely a perfect combo for a successful TV show. Anyway, it’s back this summer and the lastest batch of slebs that will be taking part have been announced. Last series we saw John Hurt unimpressed with his actual roots (he had lived a life dining out on his perceived Irish ancestry), Graham Norton turn out to be a Yorkshireman and, perhaps most movingly, Carol Vorderman find out new and amazing things about her estranged father while he was part of the resistance in World War II Holland (he sadly died a few weeks after filming). Now that really was an incredible episode. But onto this year. Over the jump is the list of celebrities, but as you can see a great big picture of Patsy Kensit starring at you, it’s safe to say that she will be one of them.

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Apart from Patsy, there will be:

Esther Ranzen
Jodie Kidd
Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen
Boris Johnson
Jerry Springer

Patsy’s dad used to hand with the Krays, and takes a look at how far back ‘the family trade’ goes. Esther Ranzen finds out that there’s a black sheep in the family, Jodie Kidd is just plain posh, Laurence LB’s ancestors were scatter cushions or something, Boris Johnson is Turkish and Jerry Springer’s recent past is tied up the Jewish evacuation of Nazi Germany.

Only a six-part series this year (there has been eight and 10-parters in the past), but it all looks good!