These include The Ballroom Boys, a documentary about four lads from Wales who want to be dancers, and Dance, Dance, Dance, in which celebrities attempt to recreate pop videos and film sequences. Being the possessor of two left feet, I seek refuge in a rival programme, Planet Earth. This is all about the living treasures of our world — golden eagles soaring among mountain peaks rather than Ed Balls swirling across the dance floor. PLANET EARTH SERIESThe first episode of a new Planet Earth series was presented by the great David Attenborough, aged 90, from the basket of a hot air balloon floating above the Himalayan mountains. The report on him said: “Can’t act, can’t sing, can dance a little.” The young man was Fred Astaire, probably the finest movie dancer of all time.

Source: Daily Nation November 26, 2016 19:46 UTC