Josh Widdicombe
Winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year title in 2010 and finalist in So You Think You're Funny? 2008, a few months after he started stand-up.
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Josh Widdicombe joins Strictly Come Dancing
Comedian will be in this year’s Christmas show
Josh Widdicombe has been announced as the first celebrity to be taking part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special.
The comedian will be paired with professional dancer Karen Hauer, it was announced on the spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two tonight.
The comedian and Last Leg co-host said: 'I am utterly terrified this will end in humiliation and worried I’m going to be so bad I will ruin Christmas for the nation. Why have I done this?"
In the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, produced by BBC Studios, each of the six couples will perform a festive fuelled routine in the hope of impressing the judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and head judge Shirley Ballas, and the voting studio audience.
The remaining Christmas line up will be announced on Strictly: It Takes Two soon.
Published: 11 Nov 2024
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Products
Book (2021)
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life y Josh Widdicombe
DVD (2016)
Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now?
DVD (2013)
Josh Widdicombe Live
DVD (2013)
Channel 4 Comedy Gala 2013
Past Shows
Edinburgh Fringe 2012
Comedy Gala 2012: In Aid of Waverley Care
Josh Widdicombe: Further Adventures Of
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