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A Come Dancing legend has expressed mixed views about Bruce Forsyth’s association with Strictly Come Dancing.
Peggy Spencer MBE, 89, from King’s Lynn, said she felt Forsyth was core to the programme, but said she understood the public
criticism he receives.
“I don’t think you can tear [Bruce] away from it now,” Peggy told BBC Norfolk.
“If [the BBC] are thinking about starting again, then maybe they should have a rethink,” she added.
A renowned dance expert and choreographer, the multi-award winning Peggy has been linked with Come Dancing since the 1950s,
but turned down the BBC’s offer to present Strictly when the show returned to television in 2004.
“I said they should get someone younger… so they chose Bruce Forsyth,” said Peggy.
She has no ambition to return to the spotlight to present any future series.
“No, I would not do it at all, not at 89!” she said.
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has confirmed the government did not want to see Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-
Megrahi die in a Scottish prison.
But he insisted there had been no “double dealing” and told the BBC the UK had “never expressed a different view” to the US
over the issue.
He also insisted “no pressure” had been placed on the Scottish government ahead of its decision to release Megrahi.
Tory leader David Cameron has said ministers must be “straight”.
Megrahi was freed earlier this month, eight years into a life sentence imposed for his part in the bombing of Pan Am flight
103 over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.
The Scottish government, which deals with criminal justice matters in Scotland, said the decision had been made on
compassionate grounds, as Megrahi has terminal cancer.