Helen Skelton has bid an early goodbye to the latest series of her hit Channel 5 show On The Farm, so she can focus on learning two new dances for this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing semi final.
Channel 5 viewers were delighted to see former Blue Peter star Helen back on screen on Monday night, when the much loved family show returned for a week long run of new episodes. As she returned to hosting duties alongside colleague Jules Hudson, Helen had to juggle her presenting commitments with learning both an Argentine Tango and a waltz for the Strictly semi, which will be on Sunday this week, rather than Saturday, although the BBC's decision to move it has proved to rather redundant, given that it will be ITV who show England v France in the World Cup and not them.
As she got ready to go live on On The Farm, Helen and her Strictly pro partner Gorka Marquez appeared on spin off show It Takes Two from a barn, as Gorka travelled up with Helen so they could get some practice in. Gorka even appeared on camera when the week's second episode of On The Farm went out on Tuesday night.
