All who watch Strictly Come Dancing are well aware of Craig Revel Horwood's dramatic scores and harsh comments which he delivers time and time again to the BBC show's celebrity cohort taking part year in year out. But many will be less familiar with the story of how the tight-lipped professional dancer and choreographer got to where he is today nor that he was inspired by his grandfather.
On Strictly Come Dancing's spin-off show It Takes Two, hosted by former Strictly professional Janette Manrara and singer Rylan Clarke, Craig, 57, revealed his journey to the Strictly judging panel from his humble, heartbreaking, and hard-working beginnings in Ballaarat in Australia to his alter-ego in a heartwarming segment.
"I was born on the fourth of January 1965 in Australia in a little town called Ballaarat. When I think back I thought: 'Where did all of this performance and desire come from?' And I guess it can be related back to my grandfather Revel. He used to ride a penny farthing dressed as a clown. I suppose you could say I did take after him a little bit."
