Come Dancing BBC4

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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.

Are we all singing 'Hitler has only got one ball'?

Do the Penge ladies have matching wigs?

Ofc

Put 50p in the meter somebody!

😂

Are you impugning that is not indeed their own hair?

Well, I’m sure they paid for it…

Those judges have crossed Frank and Peggy Spencer! Bet they are all lying somewhere at the bottom of Carsington Reservoir right now.

Oh yes they do.

We do all those except the Veleta regularly at social dances.

I've been to Carsington Reservoir!

I had to laugh at all the partner swapping (oo-er) in that routine. I'd definitely be adrift in the middle without a partner, trying to recreate and amateur attempt.

Whenever anyone mentions Disco my mind goes straight here:

You have to skip to 4:30 to get to the good stuff!

Where? I’d love to go somewhere that did those!

I'm in Northampton. We social dance most weeks.

Did no-one tell their costume designers...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief_code

😂

I want to believe they were being deliberately subversive!

It’s started!

I'm enjoying these opening numbers!

I thought the third judge has forgotten his trousers 😁

I thought Tony Manero had turned up to judge.

Omg what a frock! I was convinced this couple were in their 50s 😂

I like the dyed shoes matching the dresses.

This week sponsored by Tango?

Diane’s 19, but her hair is 45.

The NW are killing it!

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

The outfits on this pro couple are the peak of my life. It's like Noele Gordon meets Loretta Lynn and Al Pacino meets John Travolta.