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Strictly Speaking: Launch Show

Posted on September 10, 2018 by mkmswain

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 Final

Posted on December 18, 2017 by mkmswain

And then we came to the end. All in all, it’s been a cracker of a series, and the final really was the, er, brandy cream on the pudding. We had a great run of dances from all four couples, … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on October 30, 2017 by mkmswain

Oh Strictly Halloween. Every year I forget how grim your Fright Night will be, and every year I am gripped anew with its frightfulness. Read my full Dancing Times blog here

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Strictly Speaking: Week 4

Posted on October 16, 2017 by mkmswain

No theme this week, thank the Strictly gods, unless you count the tidal wave of emotion that saw a nation reaching for more Kleenex. If an overcome Alexandra wishing her late mother could have seen her 10s-scoring jive didn’t get you, how … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: The Launch

Posted on September 11, 2017 by mkmswain

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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BWW Interview: Russell Grant

Posted on October 29, 2016 by mkmswain

The actor and astrologer talks Strictly and new show The Golden Age of Dance. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Strictly Speaking: Launch show

Posted on September 5, 2016 by mkmswain

Sci-fi nonsense, ringer protestations and Ed “Glitter” Balls: our introduction to the class of 2016. Read my full Dancing Times blog here

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Strictly Speaking: the final

Posted on December 21, 2015 by mkmswain

Never question the commitment of boyband voters. A final that zigzagged between possible winners (well, apart from Katie) ended up feeling somewhat redundant as Jay’s fans carried him over the finishing line regardless of his distinctly underwhelming performance. Aliona’s dubious … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 9

Posted on November 25, 2015 by mkmswain

Welcome to Blackpool, where, according to Strictly, the beaches are positively balmy in November, time has stood still since Len’s Fifties heyday, and the local scoring exchange rate is approximately 1:1.5 – 9s and 10s for all the vaguely good … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 8

Posted on November 16, 2015 by mkmswain

We need to talk about music. Strictly precariously straddles the worlds of ballroom and entertainment, so it can’t – and shouldn’t – be wall-to-wall Victor Silvester, but we’ve reached a crisis point. Song and theme choices (as I understand it, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: tess daly

Strictly Speaking: Launch Show

Strictly Speaking: The Final

Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Strictly Speaking: Week 4

Strictly Speaking: The Launch

BWW Interview: Russell Grant

Strictly Speaking: Launch show

Strictly Speaking: the final

Strictly Speaking: Week 9

Strictly Speaking: Week 8

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