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It's a gloomy Saturday night and the capital is in the grip of the 'storm of the year'. Why not lighten your mood with a trip to the school disco... more

Top-quality quips from Julian Clary

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Somehow, despite the corny filth, Julian Clary's show at the Leicester Square Theatre was a hugely enjoyable romp of a comeback... more

Strictly Come Dancing set to split but it has 'nothing to do with X Factor'

18.11.09
Strictly Come Dancing will be split into two shows in the run-up to the final, it was revealed today.... more

Camilla Dallerup quits I'm A Celebrity after too much jungle fever

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Sporting Miscellanies

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In a fetching little irony, the man who began his career as Barcelona's interpreter falls victim to a pesky translation problem himself... more

Simon Cowell convinces Mariah Carey to pull out of Strictly

16.11.09
Simon Cowell was named best TV judge at the annual Variety Awards only hours after it emerged he had convinced singer Mariah Carey to appear exclusively on the X Factor... more

Tess Daly flaunts post-baby figure for sexy lingerie campaign

16.11.09
Tess Daly has flaunted a figure that will be the envy of other new mums as part of a new La Senza lingerie campaign.... more

BBC Trust boss claimed £19,000 in six months

24.07.09
Chairman of the BBC Trust claimed more than £19,000 expenses in a six-month period, including a £251 fare to get home after the final of Strictly Come Dancing... more

It's strictly the axe for celeb judge Arlene Phillips

18.06.09
Arlene Phillips has been dropped from Strictly Come Dancing, it has been reported.... more

Rachel Stevens mugged for her engagement ring

10.06.09
Pop star Rachel Stevens was robbed of jewellery by three muggers who followed her home, it has emerged... more

Video: Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova on Latin Fever

09.06.09
Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova are in town for their latest show, Latin Fever and we caught up with the Strictly Come Dancing favourites. Watch our exclusive interview here.... more

Le Corsaire is a roistering romp

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Le Corsaire is no more than two‑and‑a-half hours of fancy dress and flashy moves.... more

Wanted: men to Come Dancing for £7.50 an hour

03.04.09
TV show Strictly Come Dancing has sparked such demand from women for dance classes that men are being paid to partner them... more

Slick moves from Tango Fire

19.03.09
The 10-strong troupe in Tango Fire are young and energetic, with a whiplash slickness and conspicuous glamour.... more

1973 - Does this look familiar?

13.02.09
Wildcat strikes, four-day weeks, flares, garish prints, Bruce Forsyth on TV and a national feeling of uncertainty... more

Credit crunch quiz

29.12.08
It was the year the economic bubble finally burst, but can you remember the financial events that made the headlines in 2008? Nick Curtis asks the questions... more

Strictly still in it!

01.12.08
Strictly Come Dancing star Rachel Stevens looked chipper at the Bafta Children's Awards.... more

Why people power has led Strictly such a merry dance

20.11.08
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Kate gets the chance to dance again

12.11.08
GMTV star Kate Garraway got an impromptu dance lesson from Strictly Come Dancing's Kristin Rihanoff at the launch party for Embassy Dubai.... more

Alesha shows she's a Tommy Cooper fan

16.10.08
Alesha Dixon is definitely game for a laugh; sporting a Tommy Cooper style fez on a night out. ... more

Strictly come off it, Brendan

15.10.08
Brendan Cole threatened to pull out of a photoshoot unless organisers gave in to certain demands. ... more

Tougher than Vietnam! BBC's John Sergeant prepares for Strictly Come Dancing with daily five-hour training sessions

05.09.08
At 64 he will be the most senior celebrity in the forthcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing. But John Sergeant is making no allowances for his age.... more

Revealed: Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood's alter-ego is a 7ft dancing drag queen named Lavish!

05.09.08
As a 20-year old dancer, I invented my alter ego, Lavish. I was dancing in heels every night in La Cage Aux Folles - a musical about drag queens - so a glamorous, female alter ego was a fitting way for me to shine.... more

The most unlikely contestant in the new Strictly Come Dancing tells how he finally succumbed..

30.08.08
When I signed the top-secret contract a month ago, there was a strict proviso. I must not tell anyone apart from my closest family members. But the BBC’s drivers always find out, as the Government chauffeurs do at Westminster on the eve of a Cabinet reshuffle. ... more

The boozy father, the secret wife, the sugar daddy: The outrageous story of Craig Revel Horwood

29.08.08
The Strictly Come Dancing judge reveals all in our exclusive extract from his new autobiography, All Balls and Glitter.... more

Rachel Stevens and Teddy Sheringham picked to join new Strictly Come Dancing team

21.08.08
Pop star Rachel Stevens is no stranger to the stage, and her long legion of male fans would agree she is a natural performer.... more

What would Brucie say? Argentine Strictly Come Dancing opts for pole-dancers and bikinis

21.07.08
The latest episode of Bailando Por Un Sueno (Dancing For A Dream) featured 32 Argentine celebrities pole-dancing with regular people.... more

Strictly dancers are brilliant fun

28.01.08
With waltzing celebrities (Zoe Ball, Letitia Dean, etc), audience voting, chandeliers, glitter balls, and ooh-ing and ahh-ing, Strictly Come Dancing Live is brilliant fun.... more

Strictly song aims to beat X Factor single

17.12.07
The theme tune to TV's Strictly Come Dancing is being released as a single in a bid to become the Christmas No 1.... more

600 dancers hoping for West End success

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