MAGICAL history tour

JAYNE TORVILL and CHRISTOPHER DEAN on their journey into the past

- VICTORIA WILSON

DNA JOURNEY

LAST ONE TUE, 9PM, ITV FACTUAL

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are delighted to be investigating their family trees as the latest celebrity duo taking part in ITV's DNA Journey.

As well as returning to their home city of Nottingham, where their ice-skating partnership began when they were teenagers, the Olympic gold medallists' genealogy road trip also takes them to London and Bristol, where they discover campaigners, explorers and some sporting connections in their ancestry.

Here, Dancing on Ice judges Jayne, 64, and Chris, 63, tell us more about their journey...

At the start, what were you hoping to discover?

CHRIS I remember, when I was six, seeing my mother leaving with a suitcase and, two hours later, Betty, my step mum, turning up. My dad was the only constant.

That was the day I became my own little island; my background is a mystery to me. These three people are all I know.

I wanted to see who else is out there that I'm related to.

JAYNE I know both of us were hoping we didn't have any criminals in the family!