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Come Dancing

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First episode dateSeptember 29, 1950
Final episode dateDecember 29, 1998
GenresTalent Show
Presented by Peter West
Terry Wogan
Peter Marshall
David Jacobs
Angela Rippon
Rosemarie Ford
Networks BBC
BBC One
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Come Dancing


Come Dancing is a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1950 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows. Unlike its follow-up show, Strictly Come Dancing, contestants were not celebrities.

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Coronavirus: Kate Garraway opens to man ' s fight with the 'evil virus'

Nov 12,2023 12:21 am

TV presenter Kate Garraway 's husband, Derek Draper , said in a coma for nearly 10 weeks

TV presenter Kate Garraway , is it "a miracle" Her Husband is Still Alive , according to his "Extraordinary struggle" with the "evil" coronavirus.

Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Garraway your partner Derek Draper has been confirmed in an induced coma with The Virus , almost 10 weeks.

The station had said, felt more like 10 Years , but That they are "grateful That he is Still Here ".

you confirmed That he is now free of The Virus , but in Critical Condition .

"the battle with The Virus was obtained, but it is wreaked Extraordinary damage to his body, and we do not know whether he will again," She Said .

"It is influenced from The Top of his head to the tip of his toes. "

"Absolute uncertainty"

Garraway is the co-anchor of ITV's Good Morning Britain, as well as a presenter on Smooth Radio , while Draper is a writer and former Labour political aide-de-camp is.

She was putting on a brave face for the sake of their Two young children, Darcey and Billy, and enjoyed the "moments of joy" and silliness with you, as your husband would have wanted.

But She suffered a major emotional crash Two Weeks ago, as "you can't stay like this, forever".

"I think That I need to feel safe, to have lost them for The Time being - let us pray - your father, and he is your world, so you need to see That your mom is OK," says Garraway.

"The Problem is, I have to give up the great hope and massive positivity and will never be, because Derek is The Core of our life, but at the same time, I have absolute uncertainty," She added.

Kate Garraway gave an emotional interview on Good Morning Britain

The TV personality showed up, I ' m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Strictly Come Dancing , added: "And it's not Just Me by The Way , it is his mother and his father and his sisters and everyone who loves Him - All of his friends, we All go through That . "

"And The Doctors don't know, because you have never seen before. A doctor said to me That he treated most severely affected was the person he was to who lived.

"talk about a bad virus, and it is. "

'Unforeseen circumstances"

Garraway, She Said "don't want to scare people", as the damage suffered by Her Husband , is "extremely rare".

But, She noted, such as doctors and Nurses -which She described as "exceptional "- were beginning now to see, "totally unforeseen circumstances" and to follow to remove The Virus .

"This is A War , Derek fight, and tens of thousands of others," She continued. "It's an absolute miracle That he is here.

"I always say, I know, I already had a miracle, but if I make just One More , and this he could do only the next Step - I know I'm pushing my luck. "

Back at The End of March, She Said , and Draper thought he could coronavirus his suffering with sinusitis, not because he had no persistent cough or temperature - Two of the most important official symptoms of the disease. He has no underlying health conditions.

He Soon developed a splitting headache and a numbness in his right hand and began to struggle to breathe. After consultation with the ITV's Dr Hilary Jones, Garraway decided to make the emergency call.

'you saved My Life '

Once in the hospital he was finally placed in a coma, at his own request, in order to recover his lungs, as he felt That he threatened to suffocate.

Garraway said, before he went, told Her Husband : "'You saved My Life '. I think he thought I convinced The Doctors to put Him into a coma. But obviously I had not.

"He Said , 'you have saved My Life , and I don't just mean now, I mean everything. You are married, you and The Children '.

"Then I said, 'I love you, I love you," and The Doctors said, 'he is gone, he goes," and That was it - That was The Last Time I spoke to Him . "

Kate Garraway with Her Husband and her children

He was only in The Coma for three to Five Days , but remains in a 10 weeks later. Eventually, The Doctors described Him as "off-the-scale with the infection," She Said .

"It is unbelievable what you have done, with a disease That no one knows How To cure you," added Garraway.

While The Doctors did not say whether Draper will recover or not - or how quickly - the Moderator is sure That the lives of your family must now begin to return to normality.

Billy back to class 6 of the school next week, while Darcey have some intensive home schooling with her mother as a teacher.

"It's about to really try to continue with life, if you do not know, said, life certain," Garraway.

"And I know That is what many people are going through. "

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