Come Dancing BBC4

[Parts]

Oh, the absolute joy of it. Terry Wogan, dancers who look 34 but are actually 19 yr old secretaries and mechanics, awkward descriptions of the enormous sequinned dresses (created by Carol's mother, Sheila), the proper dance band, cutaways to the dinner-dance audience smoking grumpily through the 'now traditional Come Dancing disco section!', brutal marking...

Can't believe my childhood now looks as ancient as a Pathe newsreel.

I wondered where that was going Polka: 'Amanda came over in rehearsals and impressed on me very strongly...'

Oh did she Terry! Glad he elaborated about the rifle shooting 😁

That’s quite the hairdo…

16?!?!?

This peach dress is almost spherical 😂

They definitely need a retro round on Strictly.

That’s a fine pair of buggers’ grips Ron has there.

She looks like she should be hanging up
in the shower!

Controversy…

Time for the outside broadcast!

I'm surprised she can get any purchase on that grass in her heels.

Dancing on a grassy slope no less!

I hope they’ve checked that grass for dog shit. She’ll never get it off that satin.

I bet even his Cuban heels are sinking into that grass.

These rumbas are making me realise how limited the ones on Strictly are.

I was thinking the grass/earth itself would screw up her dance shoes irretrievably 😳

Is it my telly or have these disco dancers overdosed on Ready Brek?

Those tight trousers are creating problems regarding ballroom…

Leo Sayer!

How many Miss X's were there in the 70s?!

Loved the first lot's matching disco dancers in the pink catsuits, Christmas tinsel and the jaunty pink handkerchief for the men 😂

I missed the Disco scores, oops!

Julie works for the local gas board. I hope she doesn't have to go near any open flames.

*arse-handkerchief

That’s a good quickstep.

I think anyone who gets criticised for gapping on Strictly needs to discover tulle.

Imagine being 22, such a good dancer, and a clever dressmaker too.

Dress designers, wedding cake makers, personal hairdressers. These blokes are frigging handy.

Definitely, Esma!

The dresses used to be so much fuller and more intricately constructed on Strictly. I understand in the earlier series they had a deal with one of the major dancewear companies to supply ex-competitionwear etc. The pros also wore some of their own competitive outfits which reduced the pressure on wardrobe.

On Mother Kelly's Doorstep! I used to have to do a song and dance routine to that when I was little.