The dancer, 37, admitted he called in a favour with one of Strictly's choreographers to be paired up with Stacey, 33. The pair went onto be crowned series champions in 2018.

On Wednesday's Good Morning Britain, the professional dancer, 53, said he's optimistic about the competition series' return amid the global pandemic.

The dance pro, 37, showed off her jaw-dropping physique in skimpy black sportswear as she worked up a sweat on the cross trainer in her garden.

The documentary maker, 33, took to Instagram to post a glamorous photo of herself with the former Strictly Come Dancer, 37, in their home with a love heart emoji.

Strictly Come Dancing's professional dancer Oti Mabuse gave a little bit of hope to the show's fans when she appeared on the Graham Norton show. 

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Five years ago, when I was already plenty old enough to know better, I went to Orlando to chronicle the end of Tiger Woods' career.

Beset by illness, diminished by injuries and one Test down, England's cricketers were entitled to feel a little beleaguered as they wandered through the corridors of The Cullinan hotel.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: It was late in the afternoon on the fifth day of the second Test at Newlands when a beautiful thing happened in the stand next to the Oaks Enclosure.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: They sold Solskjaer's best goalscorer to Inter. They loaned his best defender to Roma. His best midfielder rarely plays. It's time for Ed Woodward to explain.

OLIVER HOLT: Andy Holt, the owner of Accrington Stanley has accused big clubs of being like a boa constrictor, squeezing the life out of the teams in the lower leagues of English football.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: There is nothing wrong with the offside rule and there is nothing wrong with the way VAR is interpreting it. The facts really are that bald. 

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: So the Premier League is planning a Hall of Fame. There is no news yet on how much it is going to cost to get in or where it's going to be situated.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: So let me get this right: becuase Liverpool finally lost a game we are supposed to recalibrate their season as a brush with ordinariness? Seriously?

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: For the first time in 30 years, Liverpool are the champions. We knew that already and it looks now as though the coronavirus has confirmed it.

OLIVER HOLT: At the Olympic Museum in Tokyo, in the shadow of the beautiful new Olympic Stadium, there is an exhibition dedicated to the 1964 Games, when Tokyo last hosted the event.

OLIVER HOLT: And so, after all the years of taking, when the nation was plunged into a crisis and football's rainy day came, Premier League's billionaire owners had a simple message for us.

OLIVER HOLT: Billy Joe Saunders has pledged £25,000 to charities supporting the victims of domestic violence. The money may not last long after his tutorial for men on how to hit their partners.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: In the midst of all this, in the midst of the lockdown and my dad in a care home no one can visit any more and my mum reaching for her shopping.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Voiding the Premier League season is not an option that we should even be entertaining. The same applies to all our leagues.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Are we so desperate for football to return that we turn a sport that we cherish for its escapism, its tribalism and its beauty into a giant sterile zone?

Anthony Watson has yet to make an appearance in the Championship because of a calf problem but his presence in the group attending a three-day camp in Oxford points to his improving fitness.

George Kruis knows he has a crucial decision to make in the next few weeks - stay at Saracens and remain in contention for England selection or accept a lucrative offer from Japan.

EXCLUSIVE BY WILL KELLEHER: Welsh victories at Twickenham are rare but much-celebrated occasions. Sportsmail spoke to those involved in the most recent triumphs.

MIKE BROWN: Slay the Dragon was our theme of the week for Eddie Jones' first game against Wales. At our Monday meeting, all of the players were given a black A4 folder filled with tactical instructions.

The Tigers will confirm up to five new deals. England scrum-half Youngs has agreed a substantial pay cut to stay, and wing Jonny May will also have to reduce his salary demands if he wants a new contract.

Sky are in line to secure a £300million agreement to screen the competition from 2021, leaving terrestrial channels BBC and ITV on the margins with potentially huge implications for the sport.

EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: England's World Cup winning captain Johnson shoots down the prospect of Sky Sports taking over the Six Nations broadcast rights in an instant.

EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS FOY: Coronavirus fears have prompted ITV to abandon plans to send commentators and pundits out to Rome for England's game against Italy on March 14.

Mako Vunipola has been named in the Saracens starting side to face Leicester Tigers this weekend despite being stood down from England duty over coronavirus fears.

WILL KELLEHER: Bristol have pulled off another transfer coup by signing young Saracens duo Ben Earl and Max Malins on loan for a year from next season.

CHRIS FOY: Twickenham will be a sanitised zone but the health and safety initiatives will not extend to the field of play, as England seek to end Six Nations campaign with a vengeance.

Josh Navidi once turned All Blacks heads and has now been backed to leave England blue too at Twickenham. He had hamstring trouble but is now fit to start on Saturday.

NIK SIMON AT TWICKENHAM: To be continued. England's Six Nations hopes are still alive but, like any good cliff-hanger, no one quite knows what will happen next.

Sportsmail runs the rule over every player from the two sides after England survive a late Wales onslaught and win 33-30 at Twickenham to keep their Six Nations title hopes alive.

Eddie Jones launched a scathing attack on the decision to send off Manu Tuilagi for a high tackle during England's 33-30 Six Nations victory against Wales at Twickenham. 

WILL KELLEHER AT TWICKENHAM: Are Wales now dashing instead of dogged? Under Warren Gatland they were rarely, if ever, easily beaten in a game that mattered. Not in the Six Nations anyway.

England could find themselves in treble trouble after Eddie Jones slammed the 'rubbish' refereeing at Twickenham and Joe Marler grabbed Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones by his genitals.

MIKE BROWN: Players love seeing what grenades Eddie Jones throws during his press conferences. Sometimes they will be watching on social media to see what he comes out with.

Mako Vunipola was 'gutted' at missing out on a 60th Test cap due to England's decision to stand him down over the coronavirus scare. He played for Saracens on Saturday instead.

England were on course for their first Six Nations title since 2017 after Scotland stunned title favourites France at Murrayfield.

Joe Marler's England future has been left in doubt as he awaits confirmation of a citing for manhandling Alun Wyn Jones's genitals, amid fresh Test retirement speculation.

Joe Marler has given his response to the storm over his manhandling of Alun Wyn Jones's genitals with Piers Morgan among those weighing into the debate on Twitter.

England are facing a triple ban after Joe Marler, Manu Tuilagi and Courtney Lawes were all cited following Saturday's ill-tempered victory over Wales.

Player's union chief executive Damian Hopley has urged rugby authorities to apply 'common sense' to the process of re-scheduling matches postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

NIK SIMON FOR THE DAILY MAIL: Danny Care issued a staunch defence of Harlequins team-mate Joe Marler ahead of today's disciplinary hearing in Dublin.

CLAIRE BLOOMFIELD AT THE TOYOTA STADIUM: England end their SheBelieves Cup campaign with just three points from three games after losing 1-0 to Spain in Dallas.

England coach Eddie Jones has been disciplined by his bosses at the RFU following his scathing criticism of referee Ben O'Keeffe.

Joe Marler has been banned until June 8 for grabbing Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones's groin during England's 33-30 Six Nations win over their neighbours at Twickenham last Saturday.

Wales are still livid at Joe Marler for his grabbing of Alun Wyn Jones' genitals with Wayne Pivac saying there is 'no place in the game' for the England prop's act.

Maro Itoje has had a one-year loan move to French side Racing 92 blocked by Premiership Rugby clubs after Saracens relegation from the English topflight.