Doll Dance

Elaine C. Smith would like to do Strictly as a tribute to her father.

Elaine, who plays Mary Doll in comedy Rab C Nesbitt, lost her father last year. He was a keen dancer, and Elaine feels that taking part in Strictly would be a great way to honour his memory.

She told the Scottish edition of The Sun: “I’d like to do ballroom dancing. My father danced four nights a week and one of the things that kept him going in the hospice was watching Strictly. That would be the main reason for doing it — not because I think I’m Ginger Rogers.”