Come Dancing, New Year’s Day, 19.00, BBC4

Wow! When this first appeared in the schedules we assumed it was a one-off repeat as a novelty but, remarkably, it looks like we’re getting a whole series of it. Everyone has fond memories of Come Dancing, although nobody seems to be exactly sure as to when it actually started, and even in its prime it was never a primetime proposition, spending most of the seventies and eighties in a late night slot and almost never broadcast before ten o’clock. That was the case here in 1979, where Tel was in charge, although he never enjoyed it that much and always said that when he announced he was leaving, the biggest reaction came from people saying they’d forgotten he was even doing it in the first place, failing to stamp much of his personality on proceedings despite his old mate Ray Moore on commentary duties. This series offers a bit of excitement as it’s the first to include a disco round, while the competition between the Midlands and West vs that classic Come Dancing conurbation Home Counties North has a Strictly connection with members of the Clifton dynasty competing.