mostly david ephgrave

It’s hard to believe we’re teetering toward the end of the current series of Strictly Come Dancing. Before we know it, it’ll all be over, and the show will decamp to Channel Four for a reboot hosted by Paul Hollywood, sans Mary, Mel and Sue. I, for one, don’t relish this, as the BBC is Strictly’s natural environment, even when hosted by the less-than-natural Tess Daly; I think she's made of polyester. (I may be a little confused.) See below for my twitter running commentary for tonight. It’s a laugh-a-minute, or your money back. 6:55pm: Ah, the awkwardness of the judges-dancing-on bit. 7:00pm: There's a conveyor belt on stage; where's Brucie? 7:01pm: (I'd like to point out, I got the Brucie 'conveyor belt' joke in seconds before Len). 7:02pm: Hallo...the Craig Revel Horwood Panto Beard is in progress. 7:03pm: Why they haven't had Louise dance to her Top 4 single 'Arms ...

This week’s Great British Bake Off saw the exit of this series’ Mr Cool (second to Paul Hollywood, of course) Selasi. It was a shame to see him go, as he’s one of my favourites. I’m in the slightly unusual situation this time around of not disliking any of the people who are left; there’s usually someone who gets under my skin, though thankfully, this time around, they’re all very pleasant. Selasi was the last big character though, so it’s a pity he didn’t make the final. As ever, I tweeted along as this evening’s baking adventures unfolded. See below for what I said. 8:02pm: I wonder how many takes Mel & Sue's intro took. 8:04pm: Will the £25million fee for C4's version of #GBBO stretch to buying Paul Hollywood a pair of cufflinks? 8:07pm: "Puff the magic pastry lived by the Selasi..." 8:13pm: Jane's hair confuses me. 8:14pm: Lamination's what you need, if you want to be a puff...

Rather intriguingly, one of my tweets about last night’s Strictly Come Dancing semi-final was included in The Telegraph’s Strictly Liveblog (which you take a peek at here ). I’m amongst illustrious company, including Gaby Roslin and ex-Strictly contestant Denise van Outen; I’ve either finally achieved fame, or small-scale notoriety. It was nice to be included. I sometimes worry that I tweet too much about Strictly; I know Twitter shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but I don’t want to clutter up people’s feeds with uninteresting content. That said, I follow plenty of people who tweet frequently about programmes I don't watch, such as The X Factor or The Apprentice -  and can easily filter the inapplicable out. As it goes, the tweet that was included wasn’t exactly my funniest work; if I’d realised that the UK broadsheets scoured the SCD hashtag I would have tried a little harder.      It turns out that it wasn’t jus...