It can feel like a long, lonely Spring and Summer without Strictly for fans of the hit BBC show. But Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals, puts the swing, or a host of other fabulous dances anyway, into the season with its glitz, glamour and general gorgeousness.
Featuring 11 dancers, including Strictly Come Dancing choreographer-cum-dancer Arduino Bertoncello, the show includes all of the drama and beauty audiences have come to adore, premiering at The Lowry in Salford this week. Highlights include a tantalisingly tempestuous tango featuring a suitably sassy Luba Mushtuk in the most covetable outfit ever.
The James Bond themed section is also breath-taking, Graziano did Prima, Kai Widdrington and Neil Jones injecting a marvellous helping of manliness into proceedings as the ladies melt like butter into their arms. If only we all collapsed so elegantly after a night out dancing.