TV presenter Nick Knowles returns to Strictly dancefloor following injury

DIY SOS prima Nick Knowles returned to the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor this week aft helium was incapable to instrumentality portion successful past week’s movie-themed peculiar due to the fact that of injury.

Knowles, 62, and Strictly nonrecreational Luba Mushtuk performed the regular they had planned for movie week, a Charleston to Rain On The Roof from the Paddington 2 soundtrack.

The TV prima explained that helium had injured his genu during rehearsals connected the Friday anterior to past week’s Saturday nighttime show, saying “it was a immense disappointment”.

The 2 scored a full of 21 for their Charleston with justice Motsi Mabuse welcoming them backmost saying: “I deliberation it takes a batch of courageousness you came back.”

Prior to dancing, Knowles revealed helium had been looking guardant to doing the regular for his 10-year-old lad Eddie, whom helium said was a immense instrumentality of the Paddington movie.

Mabuse said she was “100% sure” Knowles’s lad was arrogant of him pursuing the dance.

Knowles was cleared to creation by the aesculapian and physio teams, the BBC announced connected Friday.

The amusement was opened by vocalist Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu, who scored a full of 30 for their cha cha, portion Miranda prima Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola were fixed 27 for their foxtrot to Billie Eilish’s Birds Of A Feather.

Last week, Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec topped the leaderboard with 34 points, pursuing a rumba to different Eilish song, What Was I Made For?, from the Barbie movie.

Singer Toyah Willcox and nonrecreational creation spouse Neil Jones were the latest mates to permission the competition.