Overview

• After missing Movie Week on medical advice, Dennis reunited with professional partner Dianne Buswell for a Charleston to Dance Monkey at Elstree.
• Judges called it their best outing so far and awarded 26 out of 40, with Anton Du Beke leading the praise.
• Buswell’s visible pregnancy drew widespread support on social media, and she urged fans not to judge other women’s pregnancies.
• The BBC granted the pair a week‑three bye under competition rules after Dennis fell ill, which he later described as a vertigo episode.
• Bookmakers had them among the weekend’s elimination candidates and as long shots to win at around 100/1, though they remain in the competition.