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Stricttly Come Tweeting (03.11.18)


Today’s Strictly was one of the most enjoyable episodes in some time, largely due to the strength of the routines.

Some of the best dances tonight were  unexpected; perhaps my favourite was Kevin and Stacey’s street commercial routine that packed a lot of punch. I also really enjoyed Graeme’s dance for polar opposite reasons, as it managed to capture the elegance of the era with a perfectly contained performance to go with it.

As ever, I tweeted along with precedings :

Today’s Strictly was one of the most enjoyable episodes in some time, largely due to the strength of the routines.

Some of the best dances tonight were  unexpected; perhaps my favourite was Kevin and Stacey’s street commercial routine that packed a lot of punch. I also really enjoyed Graeme’s dance for polar opposite reasons, as it managed to capture the elegance of the era with a perfectly contained performance to go with it.

As ever, I tweeted along with precedings :


7:25PM: Nothing quite like a dance pagoda.


7:35PM: There's a Del-Boy-and-Rodney Granddad in each of Darcey's ears, about to hammer her chandelier-earrings off.

7:40PM: Someone needs to tell Tess you don't deliver the set-up to a punchline like it's the punchline.

7:49M: Don't kiss her behind the hat, Kevin; you know what happened to Seann.

7:52PM: There was so much detail to Stacey & Kevin's routine set against such a sparse song; very impressive.

8:09PM: ...meanwhile, the guy from Homes Under the Hammer is locked out of Elstree Studios.

8:19PM: Piano Man; what a song; bloody yes.

8:32PM: I miss Brucie's little interjections that linked the judges' feedback; that was how to do it.

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