TV
  • Image of Lulu
  • Image of Jason
  • Image of Holly
  • Image of Chelsee
  • Image of Rory
  • Image of Harry
  • Image of Anita
  • Image of Nancy
  • Image of Russell
  • Image of Dan
  • Image of Edwina
  • Image of Audley
  • Image of Alex
  • Image of Robbie
Get tickets to the 2012 Strictly Come Dancing live tour

Dunwoody: 'Strictly tougher than National'

Published Friday, Sep 25 2009, 12:24 BST | By Alex Fletcher
Dunwoody: 'Strictly tougher than National'

BBC

Richard Dunwoody has claimed that Strictly Come Dancing is tougher than the Grand National.

The three-time Champion Jockey will make his debut on the BBC dance contest tonight, alongside professional dancer Lily Kopylova.

"I never thought I would be good at dancing, but I really wanted to give it a go," he told Claudia Winkleman on It Takes Two.

"Comparing it to the start of the Grand National? I will be more nervous on Friday and Saturday night that I would be lining up for the National. At least I knew what I was doing there!"

Speaking about his partner Kopylova, the 45-year-old added: "She's a top girl, but she's been cracking the whip a lot lately. It did not come easy at all in the early weeks, it’s been very slow progress."

Strictly continues tonight at 8.30pm on BBC One.

Top Stories

Play games on DS
Bingo for big cash prizes – hundreds of winners every day
Play games on DS
Search for a husband who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in Letters from Nowhere
S21 T1.9685502052307 {run_id}