Strictly speaking

After bassist Dougie Poynter won I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, drummer Harry Judd showed nimble footwork to win the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing – and now members of the group are to test their knowledge on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Given how such programmes are crucial to rebuilding careers or enhancing reputations – hence McFly’s decision to stage an extra concert in York next year – perhaps ITV will have to rename their jungle test I’m A Celebrity... Get Me In Here. That said, there is still something appealing about Strictly, even if it was the sight of a flustered Sir Bruce Forsyth when Judd’s bandmates invaded the ballroom stage after he had danced to glory.

This is the type of family entertainment that was once the hallmark of the BBC – and which is likely to be in short supply over the Christmas period. Yet because of Strictly’s successful format, there will never be a shortage of celebrities trying to distinguish their foxtrot from their pasodoble.