Week one dances in full swing as Amy Dowden returns after cancer treatment - The pressure is on as celebrity contestants ...

But it was Craig's new beard that captured the audience's attention ... former footballer Paul Merson, TV presenter Nick Knowles, Gladiator Montell Douglas, Olympic swimmer Tom Dean, Eastenders ...

unleashed from beneath Craig’s beard along with an 8 (basically a ... my blood pressure sufficiently to face the prospect of Paul Merson dancing an American Smooth to Vindaloo.

While Nick stood looking justifiably proud that he had got through the routine, Craig Revel Horwood, with his new beard, was ...

“Hopefully, I’ll be as gifted at dancing as I was at football,” says Paul Merson with all the optimism ... underneath that startling new beard? Some things remain comfortingly familiar ...

In new pictures released ahead of Strictly's return to BBC One on Saturday, Craig is sporting a very different look as he shows off his brunette locks and matching beard. Strictly viewers will ...

Bit of a beard. Tattoos." Plenty of people picked up on the fact ... Stars including Pete Wicks, Paul Merson, Nick Knowles, JB Gill and Chris McCausland are also part of the line-up.