{"id":46826,"date":"2024-02-29T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1999998"},"modified":"2024-02-29T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:04:20","slug":"strictlys-amy-dowden-and-graziano-surprise-dare-to-dance-star-in-teaser","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictlys-amy-dowden-and-graziano-surprise-dare-to-dance-star-in-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Amy Dowden and Graziano surprise Dare to Dance star in teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The dance series returns to BBC One this Friday. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 06:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Amy Dowden\u2019s Dare to Dance is returning for its second season this Friday, and this time some of Amy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2024-release-date\/\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> friends are joining in the fun.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive clip from the first episode of season 2, Dowden is seen surprising the star of this week\u2019s show, north Wales firefighter Richard, by bringing along Graziano Di Prima to rehearsals.<\/p>\n<p>Dowden\u2019s plan is to teach Richard how to perform lifts in his routine, and Di Prima is more than happy to demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the exclusive clip for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> right here now.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; 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And I think it added [to it] and I think the contributors loved the surprise of them coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-amy-dowden-cancer-no-evidence-newsupdate\/\">Dowden was told<\/a> that her cancer check-up results came back with \u201cno evidence of disease\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Amy Dowden\u2019s Dare to Dance returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Friday 1st March at 7pm. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something to watch in the meantime? Check out more of our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\"><strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\"><strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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