Strictly Come Dancing’s oldest contestant Angela Rippon’s life off-screen

The return date for Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed, and fans have just weeks to wait.The show will return to BBC One on 23 September 2023, meaning viewers have just over five weeks to wait. This year's line-up is full of big names as the likes of former Emmerdale star Adam Thomas, Ellie Leach, EastEnders star Bobby Brazier, ex Love Islander Zara McDermott and Angela Rippon get ready to take to the dance floor.

The return date for Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed, and fans have just weeks to wait.The show will return to BBC One on 23 September 2023, meaning viewers have just over five weeks to wait. This year's line-up is full of big names as the likes of Adam Thomas, Ellie Leach, Bobby Brazier, and Angela Rippon get ready to take to the dance floor.

Strictly Come Dancing is just weeks away from returning to screens, but it seems the competition is already hotting up between the professionals.The cast of celebrities has been confirmed, with stars such as Layton Williams, Annabel Croft and Nigel Harman being announced, but two stars in particular are said to have impressed so far. EastEnders sweetheart Bobby Brazier and Love Island's Zara McDermott are said to be causing quite the stir amongst the professional dancers.

Amy Dowden has told fans she's a 'step closer' to being back on the dancefloor as she continued to update them on her cancer journey. The Strictly Come Dancing star has been documenting her progress after finding out she had been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.

Strictly Come Dancing star John Whaite has broken his silence after it was revealed earlier this week that he had previously cheated on his fiancé. The 34 year old star, who first shot to fame on the Great British Bake Off back in 2012, took to social media on Tuesday to address reports of his infidelity, just one year on since becoming a household name on the 2021 series of Strictly.

Exactly two years ago to the day, Bad Education actor Layton Williams was prepping for the UK tour of hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Strictly Come Dancing's newest star Layton Williams has finally broken his silence after his involvement in the upcoming series was hit with fix complaints.

With the full line-up of contestants for this year's Strictly Come Dancing finally complete, viewers are already placing their bets on who will take home the coveted glitterball trophy this Christmas. Huge household names have been announced, including former Coronation Street star Ellie Leach - who starred as Faye Windass on the soap for 12 years – as well as Emmerdale's Adam Thomas (who played Adam Barton), EastEnders' Freddie Slater actor Bobby Brazier and TV newsreaders, Angela Rippon and Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

The final contestant taking part in Strictly Come Dancing has been announced as TV star Les Dennis.

Strictly Come Dancing has announced Les Dennis as the final celebrity joining the ballroom cast in 2023. It's not the first time that Les has been asked to be a part of the hit BBC show, as he was originally asked when he was starring on Coronation Street, between 2014 and 2016, but he turned it down. Revealing he would be joining the show on Friday morning, he said: "I was asked when I was in Corrie but you can't do it when you're in Corrie so you have to wait til you come out." The TV presenter, 69, joins stars including Angela Rippon, Layton Williams, Nigel Harman and Zara McDermott on the dancefloor this autumn.

TV presenter Jeff Brazier has reacted to the news that his eldest son Bobby Brazier will be joining the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing celeb lineup.The proud dad, 44, revealed that Strictly viewers will be impressed by his son's "politeness and his manners." Jeff also took to Instagram to share his excitement with his 260,000 followers. Just moments after Strictly Come Dancing uploaded a dazzling clip revealing 20-year-old Bobby as the 12th celeb to join the show, Jeff reposted the glitzy video to his page. He sweetly wrote: "Go on the boy," followed by a red heart emoji alongside the clip.

Annabel Croft has been announced as the 13th celebrity contestant hoping to take home the glitterball trophy in the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing - which will be kicking off in just a few weeks' time. Discussing her newest venture, Annabel said: "I have always loved watching Strictly and can’t quite believe I’m going to be part of this magical show – swapping tennis balls for glitter balls and looking forward to finding some joyfulness in the process." Annabel is a former British Number One tennis player who at 15 years old was the youngest British player to compete at Wimbledon for 95 years, and is now turning her impressive sporting skills to the Strictly dancefloor.

Strictly Come Dancing's 13th contestant has been revealed as former EastEnders star Nigel Harman. The news was announced on Thursday morning non ITV's Lorraine show by Christine Lampard.

Adam Thomas has hit out at rumours of a “fix” on Strictly Come Dancing this year as he denies he has an unfair advantage.The former Emmerdale star, 34, was announced as the eighth star joining the show on 8 August, but faced backlash after it emerged that his wife Caroline is a trained dancer who owns her own dance school. Caroline, 32, founded the dance school, ABCD Dance in Altrincham, in 2021.Taking to his Instagram account, where he boasts more than a million followers, he said: “Well the news is finally out.” He added, “I do not know what I have gotten myself into as I cannot dance to save my life as you'll probably find out sooner or later.

Angela Scanlon has performed all over the world with the O'Shea Irish Dance Company it's been revealed, which raises the question: does she have an advantage in this year's Strictly Come Dancing? BBC One's golden goose is set to return to our screens very soon, with the likes of Angela Rippon, Amanda Abbington, Layton Williams, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Adam Thomas, Zara McDermott, Eddie Kadi and Nikita Kanda all confirmed to be competing in the ballroom competition as well. Layton, 28, whose role as Stephen Carmichael in Bad Education catapulted him to TV fame, isn't without some invaluable dance experience either, having appeared in hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie and Billy Elliot across his career.

BBC Asian Network’s Breakfast Show host Nikita Kanda and Waterloo Road actor Adam Thomas are the latest stars to join the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 line-up.

Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed the ninth celebrity of the cast of 2023. Radio and TV host Nikita Kanda is joining the show when it returns later this year.The news was announced on her breakfast show on the BBC Asian Network on Tuesday morning.

Adam Thomas has been confirmed as the eighth celebrity contestant taking part in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing. The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for its new series this autumn, once again bringing glitter, glamour and glorious dancing to homes across the nation. After much speculation, former soap star Adam, 34, was finally revealed as the latest star set for the dancefloor.

Zara McDermott has been announced as the latest contestant taking part in Strictly Come Dancing. The Love Island alum, who is dating reality star Sam Thompson, has joined the line-up for Strictly alongside Layton Williams, Angela Rippon, and Amanda Abbington.

Zara McDermott is set to make history as the first ever Love Island star to take part in Strictly Come Dancing. The 26 year old is the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series, which will air on BBC One in the autumn. Zara said: “I am so excited to be joining the world of Strictly! I grew up watching it every year with my nan and she was the biggest Strictly fan.