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Come Dancing BBC4

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Parts · 08/01/2023 19:30

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.

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MuseThrower · 05/02/2023 19:21

Finger pistols!

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:22

That pro couple are throuple goals!

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 05/02/2023 19:24

Love the shorts, sparkly top and bowtie look 😁

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:24

The men look like they've got up for a boogie in a wine lodge.

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:26

Peggy Spencer, the Al Capone of the dance world!

CMOTDibbler · 05/02/2023 19:27

OMG, how have I missed this before! The disco women (apart from hotpants girl) look like they've just come out of a nite club where you dance round your handbag.

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 05/02/2023 19:28

These two were dancing before some of their teammates were born!

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:28

Bet the Mercers throw the best cheese and wine evenings.

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:34

Ooh, with the lights down the NI formation team look a bit like a Degas painting. (A bit.).

MuseThrower · 05/02/2023 19:36

It was the 70s - probably having a power cut.

SpikyHatePotato · 05/02/2023 19:37

Running a bit late, so I'm starting now. Can anyone tell me please why Terry Wogan's mic is wired up to his crotch?

Come Dancing BBC4
EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:37

Delaney's Donkey!

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:38

SpikyHatePotato · 05/02/2023 19:37

Running a bit late, so I'm starting now. Can anyone tell me please why Terry Wogan's mic is wired up to his crotch?

Because his costume was made by his mum?

Housewife2010 · 05/02/2023 19:40

What is this music?

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 05/02/2023 19:41

It's Mack the Knife now (jive). I'd have to listen again for the rumba.

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:41

Love is Blue. I used to do a dance to it when I was younger.

Housewife2010 · 05/02/2023 19:42

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 19:41

Love is Blue. I used to do a dance to it when I was younger.

Thank you. I recognised it when they played it a couple of weeks or so ago and my husband & I couldn't remember what it was.

MuseThrower · 05/02/2023 19:47

Was Love Is Blue a theme tune for anything? It’s so familiar!

Housewife2010 · 05/02/2023 19:56

I've just had Alexa playing Love is Blue & my husband and I have been ballroom dancing round the kitchen to it. 😆

SpikyHatePotato · 05/02/2023 19:56

My word, the pro woman's outfit it unflattering, that fringe hanging down from under her boobs makes it look like she's that wide all the way down to her hips

Housewife2010 · 05/02/2023 19:58

Apparently it was 4th in the Eurovision for Luxembourg in 1967.

EsmaCannonball · 05/02/2023 20:00

It was used at the end of an episode of Mad Men.

Limer · 06/02/2023 17:45

OMG I love this! No inane chatting, no introductions to the contestants, no stupid special effects and no words at all from the judges! Just dancing. My idea of perfection!

Was a bit bemused by the simultaneous outdoor and indoor versions of the same dance, wouldn't it have ruined their shoes?

SydneyCarton · 06/02/2023 18:34

Strong Nosferatu energy from George Mercer

JamMakingWannaBe · 08/02/2023 22:49

DH and I randomly found this on the other night - it's brilliant! 8yo DD is a massive fan of SCD so I'll report back on what she thinks.