The sparkliest night of the year arrived. As the final four couples took to the floor, who would raise the glitterball trophy in Strcitly’s 20th year?

And for once, we don’t mean Pete Wicks’ pink ones from Blackpool. A rerun of Wallace & Gromit’s Oscar-winning 1993 animation is on BBC One now, warming us up for their comeback on Christmas Day. Just me or does Feathers McGraw look a bit like Anton du Beke?

Mere minutes to wait now, my hoofing hombres…