And They're Off: Week One of Strictly!

Well it's that time of year again; the nights are drawing in and as the trees shed their leaves the Glitter Balls descend in a BBC studio at Wood Lane.

Yes Strictly Come Dancing has returned to our screens and already provided quite a bit of entertainment, surprises and scandal.

We Ooohed over Matt Baker's very accomplished and athletic Cha Cha Cha (then we found out he'd been a gymnast and all nodded sagely), we were distinctly underwhelmed (maybe our expectations where unrealistically high) by Felicity Kendal and Michelle Williams (but OMG Girlfriend check out those pins), but were surprised and impressed by Pamela Stephenson's graceful and joyous waltz.

We Booed Paul Daniels over 'Sausagegate' (back peddle all you want mate, it still has a very strong whiff of Homophobia about it), our hearts went out to a terrified Patsy Kensit (Sweetheart, please relax; and I could see that you also had to deal with a costume problem which doesn't help), and we held our collective breath as Ann Widdecombe took to the floor. I believe the term is 'Stately as a Galleon'.

However I think the surprise of the night was Gavin Henson, who delivered a smooth, confidence waltz with good footwork and an air of sophistication and went from this:

To this:

I was also very taken with Katya's peach dress, which was very lovely and (by Strictly standards!) very simple.



BB xx