Marj Hogarth age confirmed in Our Welsh Chapel Dream series 3 on Channel 4

Keith Brymer Jones, 60, and partner Marj Hogarth, 58, have moved into Capel Salem, their 163-year-old chapel in Pwllheli, north Wales.

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The move is documented in the third series of Our Welsh Chapel Dream on Channel 4.

• Marj Hogarth turned 58 earlier this year, and she keeps many personal details private, but public records and reports tie her birth to that month and year (she was born in 1966), and it was also hinted at in her latest show, so that's how we know her actual age.

The renovation has remained unfinished for three and a half years after they bought the building. Marj said:

"With a project like this, it's never going to be finished."

The pair met 16 years ago at a trade fair. Both had divorced and started again with little to their names. 

Marj works as an actor and designer. She makes bags from repurposed materials and has credits in Still Game, Rab C Nesbitt, The Karen Dunbar Show and BBC Radio 4's Fags, Mags and Bags. Keith trained as a potter after discovering clay at age 11 and later supplied Heal's, Habitat and Barneys NY. He serves as a judge on The Great Pottery Throw Down. 

When they bought Capel Salem it had been empty for more than a decade. Water ran down walls from missing slates and blocked gutters. Dry rot ate through staircases, lintels and walls.

Marj told Substack writer Katherine Hassell the television cameras did not capture the full experience:

"And the original series really didn't show the horror of it all because it's not smell-o-vision, it's not feel-o-vision. You don't have all the hairs on your skin standing up because it's so damp."

Series three premiered on 7 April 2026. Episode two on 14 April followed work to convert two dark storerooms into a guest suite and to clear years of chapel clutter. Episode four on 28 April showed Keith's 60th birthday cabaret party in the Sunday school hall before it becomes a pottery studio.

Earlier in the series the couple held a public sale of pottery and vintage clothing to raise money for the build. More than 2,000 people queued in Pwllheli.

Marj addressed comments about bravery:

"I'm always a bit shocked when people say, 'You're so brave...' because we've never felt brave, we've just done a thing and we continue to do a thing. And, we still talk to each other."

She spoke about midlife and self-acceptance:

"We're living in a time when people are constantly trying to change themselves. When, actually, all of us would quite like just to feel validated. Would quite like just to be comfortable in our own skin. I'm more comfortable now in my own skin than I've ever been and part of that is down to this process."

She added:

"I don't give a s**t. Literally. And that's amazing because I didn't think I'd ever feel like that."

She continued:

"I'm of an age where, regardless of all the things I feel about myself, I know who I am. People will either like that or not. I don't care."

On fitting in, Marj said:

"I've never fitted in and I've got to an age where I'm quite happy with that, thanks."

Keith said:

"If you are yourself, you'll find your tribe"

Outside the television project, the couple toured the UK with their stage show Us, Pots, And A Welsh Chapel.

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The 18-date tour ran from 13 May to 25 June 2026, starting in Aberystwyth and ending in Colchester.

The show featured live pottery demonstrations and a discussion of the chapel restoration.