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Strictly host was unhappy with show format as they thought they’d have far bigger role


A friendly face from Strictly Come Dancing for more than a decade previously revealed that the BBC show wasn't what he had expected when joining alongside Tess Daly

Throughout an epic seven-plus decades in showbiz, Bruce lit up screens hosting top variety shows, including Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Generation Game and Play Your Cards Right. He always felt that performing made him burst with youthfulness as he previously shared: "On stage I think I'm 35, working takes over my whole body and I become a younger man - that's why I won't stop." Bruce, who was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011 following an MP petition, spent over a decade hosting Strictly alongside Tess.

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