Strictly Come Dancing

I've heard Vanessa Feltz and the girl off Countdown (don't watch it so don't know her name)

Who are the rest of them then? They are usually "celebrities" who want to raise their profile and get more work/speaking engagements etc

Definitely not, he must surely be over the hill, as was Jimmy Tarbuck. It is really quite embarrassing on occasions.

Anyone impressed with Tony Jacklin as a contestant

Surely they could not find a costume to fit his ego?

Oh now you're talking petra I think he'd be brilliant and he'd look wonderful in the costumes

And suitably androgynous petra

I wonder if the BBC have thought of John Barryman. If not, why not. I think he's gorgeous.

I think Anton could be really good. I should miss seeing him dancing though. He reminds me of the days when I did ballroom dancing when I was 14. Usually we danced with the young boys, but now and again an older man would sweep us on to the dance floor and I would suddenly realise that THIS was what dancing was supposed to feel like.

I love Brucie!

I love Brucie!

Kitty Mmmmmm

What about Anton?

Just so long as it's NOT Matt Baker

I'm quite looking forward to SCD, but I do hope that they stop styling Tess as though she is a part time hooker! Some of her clothes last season were dreadful.
Bruce is definitely past his sell by date, we need someone with a twinkle in his eye and some charisma (can't think of anyone though)

printmiss Thank you for the clarification. ......And I so agree with you about too much soccer and not enough cricket. As I'm Welsh I am eager for the rugby season to start.

Good luck with recovering from your break; as quickly or as slowly, for operational reasons, as you wish.

Back to Strictly. I so agree with everyone else on Bruce hanging up his tap shoes and his 'groan-making' joke book.

flowerfirend, I did not put that quite right, I meant that football has started too soon, and it would be good if the season started later, although it seems to go on all year now, with cricket (my sport) getting pushed into the background. Our weather might have something to do with that, and yes NannaAnna we have had a glorious summer in Sussex, and the countryside looks lovely. I am really cross that my arm was in plaster for six weeks, and I am still not able to use it properly, you just do not realise how much you use your body until you cannot use it. It means I have been unable to garden properly, missed all the good weather for playing bowls and had to withdraw from competitions. On the good side, peeling potatoes, washing up, hanging out the washing and all sorts of very mundane jobs became impossible for me (so she said).

jess

Their hair and makeup people sometimes get it wrong too - they managed to make the lovely Victoria Pendleton, who looks beautiful with no make up on her bike look like a drag queen. And cycling does not seem to be one of the sports that gives you the right software to transfer to dancing - unlike gym, cricket or hurdling.
Am still struggling with the retired athletes question. Phillips Idowu has not finally committed to retirement yet and he is a bit on the tall side Chris Hoy? Now, there is a sobering thought

PRINTMISS Yes, it has ended up being a lovely summer down here in Sussex, hasn't it, once we were through that awful June!
I'd like our 'Autumn' programmes to start later too - along with the football season. It shouldn't be allowed to start until the cricket season has ended!

Downton and Strictly.....signs that the summer is over

Can't think of any of the current retired athletes who could match Louis JessM I love Strictly, although I do fast forward through the boring bits. I wish their costume designers were better though - they make everyone over a size 10 look like a sack of potatoes.

printmiss I agree with you about wishing it would start a little later in the year. However, I am baffled by what you mean by "like football". The football season has already started. Alas and alack.

And me, it was so much better when he had a week off and Tess was in charge. Assume he has some kind of not-get-out clause with the beeb.
They are not going to get another Lewis Smith, ever, are they.
Wanders off wondering which retired athletes she would nominate for this years show...

No Feetle you're not alone.... I love ballroom dancing but I loathe Strictly, it seems nothing like the dances I enjoy and I dislike the celebs and their horrible get-ups too, and the feigned emotion the winners and losers display.