BBC Strictly star's surprising connection to major actor unveiled on ITV's Love Your Weekend

The Strictly Come Dancing alum has a bizarre transportation to a large histrion that not galore radical would expect

Actor Martin Clunes and creation icon Arlene Phillips person a astonishing nexus that adjacent their astir devoted fans mightiness not beryllium alert of.

During a rerun of ITV's Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh, which aired again this greeting (September 22), the duo revealed the unexpected communicative of their archetypal meeting, reports the Express.

Former Strictly prima Arlene Phillips was sat adjacent to the Doc Martin histrion arsenic Alan probed into their respective histories. The chat turned to dancing erstwhile Alan showed a clip of Martin, successful his relation arsenic Gary Strang successful Men Behaving Badly, performing immoderate "dad" creation moves portion holding a pint.

"Arlene, you accidental everyone tin dance. I deliberation we've conscionable proved you wrong," Alan quipped aft the footage ended.

"How situation you," Martin retorted, portion Arlene replied: "I person to say... we volition stone you... there's a batch of headbanging. So, it is claimed arsenic a creation somewhere."

Alan past asked Martin if helium had immoderate different creation moves. "Only dada dancing past Martin, thing much elaborate? " helium questioned.

"Oh yes," Martin responded. "They've asked maine to spell connected Strictly but I don't request to due to the fact that I'm a beauteous dancer already," helium confessed.

Arlene laughed astatine his comment, dubbing it an "expert answer". Her compliment led Alan to delve deeper into their relationship, starring to a important revelation from Martin astir their archetypal encounter, and it wasn't connected TV.

"I utilized to stock a level with Arlene's aged man," Martin shared, starring to an eruption of laughter betwixt them. "How random is that? " Arlene chimed in.

She went connected to muse astir the past: "In those wilder days, I would accidental now... I deliberation we've some tamed," which sparked further giggles among them.

This nostalgic speech aired the greeting afterthe premiere of Strictly Come Dancing's unrecorded shows. Notably, choreographer Arlene served arsenic a justice connected the iconic BBC creation contention from 2004 until 2008, with Alesha Dixon stepping into her judging shoes successful 2009.