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Brucie's week off from Strictly Come Dancing ends up touching a nerve

Bruce Forsyth
Horror holiday: Bruce Forsyth plans for a mid-series rest were scuppered. Photograph: Brian J Ritchie/Rex Features

Spare a thought, if you will, for Sir Bruce Forsyth, who took a much publicised week off from presenting duties on Strictly Come Dancing to recharge the batteries. Except the time off didn't go entirely to plan, reports the Sun. Brucie's plans to jet off to Spain were scuppered after Mrs F – Wilnelia – slipped a disc. "The weekend was for me to have a break but in the end I didn't because my wife had this pinched nerve," says the former Play Your Cards Right man. Forsyth says this year's series has been so popular – apart from the contestants, natch – because the BBC gave it a regular 6.30pm start time. "Before that we were five to six, six, then 10 past six ... It makes an extraordinary difference." The price, sorry, time is right.

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