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Evening Standard
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Charlotte McLaughlin

Strictly’s first ‘amateur professionals’ to perform Red Nose Day comedy sketch

Comedians Russell Kane and Rachel Parris will become part of the Strictly Come Dancing professional cast in a new Red Nose Day sketch.

The pair will portray Strictly’s first amateur professional dancers, Melissa (Parris) and Johnny (Kane), who have been selected due the BBC One show’s “inclusivity rules, which require a certain percentage of professionals to be amateurs” in the observational documentary-style skit.

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