First look at Strictly and Line of Duty stars in new DNA Journey series
DNA Journey has shared a first official look at its new series lineup, including Strictly Come Dancing and Line of Duty stars.
The ITV show, which spun out of a two-part special with Ant & Dec, sees pairs of celebrities setting out on a journey to explore their family heritage and history. In some cases, they uncover stories about family members they never even knew about.
A post from Ant & Dec's production company Mitre Studios, which makes the show, tweeted a short video teasing that DNA Journey wanted to "DNAirdrop" fans four new photos.
— Mitre Studios (@mitrestudios) February 14, 2023
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As announced earlier this month, Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse and her sister Oti, a former Strictly pro who is now a judge on Dancing on Ice, will be appearing on the show together.
Meanwhile, comedians Johnny Vegas and Alex Brooker will be paired together, as will John Bishop and Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville.
— Mitre Studios (@mitrestudios) February 14, 2023
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The series will also feature a pair of Line of Duty actors — Neil Morrissey, who played Nigel Morton, and Adrian Dunbar, who played Ted Hastings.
— Mitre Studios (@mitrestudios) February 14, 2023
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Speaking in 2020, Ant and Dec reflected on the importance of acknowledging how their friendship was tested following Ant's drink-driving arrest in 2018.
"We took the journey and then our lives both took a turn in the middle of filming and we didn't expect that to happen," said Dec at the time. "Then that became a huge learning process for us."
"We decided that we would keep it in, and talk about it, because we had to," Ant added. "It's such an honest show – if we'd have dodged it, it would have been dishonest. It's all in there, and the end result was crazy."
Since then, the show has transformed to explore the backgrounds of many celebrities. The most recent series of DNA Journey featured Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, Alison Hammond and Kate Garraway, Joel Dommett and Tom Allen, and Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb.
DNA Journey airs on ITV1 and is also available to stream on ITVX.
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