No they are both on at the same time. Strictly starts in September on the BBC.

I noticed when I was over in the States in September 2009 and my mum (who lived in Oregon) insisted on watching DWTS. I saw Len was a judge and I was surprised because I knew he did the British show.

He's 78 now but he only stopped doing both at 73. That's a really busy schedule for a young man, let alone a man of Len's age. I think it's quite the achievement for him, being able to do those shows to the standard he did. He never appeared tired and was always his usual happy self.

He deserves a break now. He's done what he wanted to do, get ballroom dancing back on prime time tv.

The show 'Come Dancing' had run for decades on the BBC but it got taken off just before the millenium. In 2004 it had a makeover, added celebrities and got a new name 'Strictly Come Dancing'. It's never looked back since. Len is a big part of why it was so successful, you can't hear the number "seven" without thinking of him now.