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Saturday’s viewing guide, by Julia RaesideStrictly Come DancingBBC1, 6.35pmThe sound of the first leaf falling heralds the season of mist, mellow fruitfulness and the reactivation of the dance-bots, a shiny-eyed race of entertainment droids hellbent on dragging you from here to Christmas in a gale of glitter and confusing arm-ography. They pretend to be human, but there’s no way anything carbon-based could have that level of energy. Tonight, 15 terror-stricken celebrities will wobble out onto the famous Elstree dancefloor in new shoes, their knees knocking, to be paired with their robot partners. Among this year’s line-up are Angela Rippon, Les Dennis, Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington and Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Every
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