[steve]

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special for this year has the most dreadful line up - no big names, no one of interest.  Someone said it looks like a Christmas version of the original Come Dancing, as the line up may as well be regular members of the general public.

Strictly seems to have really had problems attracting even big names for just one night event.

Interesting take. 

As a Radio 1 listening, soap watching, Gavin and Stacey fan who has a young child, but also listens to one of the most popular comedy podcasts around - I thought it was a pretty strong line up. I knew of all 6.

100% agree. You can never please everyone but a real mix of people from different genres appealing to a range of ages is exactly what I want from a Christmas Day special with three or more generations around the tv.