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Strictly's Amy Dowden teaches a cancer-stricken couple to dance after they brought forward their wedding in her BBC series - amid her own battle with the disease


The Welsh professional dancer, 33, previously spoke of how she felt 'robbed' of the year she had planned after finding a lump in her breast in April shortly before her honeymoon.

The second season will feature a Wrexham FC-obsessed couple, who are getting married, and a cameo from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney, who co-owns the team with Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds. Helping her will be Strictly professionals Dianne Buswell and Graziano Di Prima along with a former dancer on the show turned Dancing On Ice judge Oti Mabuse. Nick Andrews, senior head of commissioning, BBC Cymru Wales, said: 'It's terrific to have Dare To Dance back on our screens but grab a hanky, it's emotional stuff.

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