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Strictly Come Dancing 2022 Launch Show live: Helen Skelton, Tony Adams and more meet their partners
The 20th series of the ballroom show begins. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged 2022, bbc, blog, celebrity, dance, dancing, helen skelton, launch, matt goss, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tony adams, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Launch show
Hurrah, we’re back! Hello, fellow Strictly watchers – I’m so glad that our Saturday nights are sparkly once more. Read my full Dancing Times blog here
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, dancing, dancing times, launch, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv
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Strictly Come Dancing 2021 Launch
Catch up with my talking points from Saturday’s exciting opener – including our first all-male pairing and the return of champion Bill Bailey. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged bbc, bill bailey, dancing, johannes radebe, john whaite, launch, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv
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Strictly Speaking: The Launch Show
I must begin on an earnest note: what a minor miracle it is to have this sliver of sequinned normality back on our screens. Thank you, thank you to everyone on Team Strictly whose tireless work allowed us to forget … Continue reading
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Strictly Come Dancing 2020: launch show – who impressed on the dance floor? Who was ‘horribly wooden’?
We got our first chance to assess the Series 18 celebrity hopefuls in the launch show’s group dance – and it’s great news. Not only is it a treat to have Strictly back, but this year’s cast is seriously promising. Read my full … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: Launch Show
Hello again, Strictly fans! It’s Series 16! Woohoo! Series 16, AKA the one where Marianka continually squawks “A YouTuber?” at her screen in the manner of Lady Bracknell’s “A handbag?” and feels about 102 and begins to contemplate the yawning … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: The Launch
Welcome back, dance fans! Doesn’t everything feel great and not at all like the End of Days?! Honestly, Series 15 of Strictly Come Dancing could not have come at a better time, bringing sparkle, humour and warmth to combat the, er, Biblical … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking
It’s been a turbulent summer. Warring nations. Deadly disease. Ferocious independence debates. And, of course, a luxuriously bearded baking hipster getting a bit cross with someone from the WI. But fear not, morose nation! Strictly is back, and we can all … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: launch show
It’s back! Forget X Factor, forget Stepping Out, if you can (my eyes! Oh, my eyes!), for Strictly Come Dancing, the real star of Saturday-night entertainment, has returned, and it’s as joyously deranged as ever. We have a new studio (lovely big floor), new … Continue reading
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