Watching the blind comedian Chris McCausland’s cha-cha-cha on Strictly, complete with lifts, slides, jumps and swinging his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell through his legs, it seemed the BBC had served up the perfect antidote to the ugly controversies that have recently dogged its flagship show.
Shirley Ballas declared herself “quite shocked and very emotional” while fellow judge Anton du Beke acclaimed the performance to be “one of the most incredible things I’ve seen in my entire life, just brilliant”.
