Source: mirror.co.uk
Bruce Forsyth is to cut back as Strictly Come Dancing’s top host.
The 82-year-old has told bosses he could not handle the “exhausting” new schedule after it was again decided to split the contest into two parts each weekend, with a Sunday results show.
Now the next BBC1 series set for September could be his last.
Brucie confessed he would struggle to maintain his energy and enthusiasm for up to four hours on a Saturday when both programmes are recorded.
And a BBC source said: “We have agreed he will just work on the main slot on the Saturday.
“It’s a compromise that keeps him on the show and everyone is happy he can ‘keep dancing’ for a while longer. But it is the beginning of the end in terms of his appearances.
“Most people think this will be his final year since he told us he couldn’t manage the whole series with the format we have in mind. It’s too much and would leave him exhausted.”
Bosses have yet to decide if Tess Daly will host the results show alone or if they will bring in a new man – as they did with Ronnie Corbett when Bruce fell ill once.
But they are close to signing Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson, 28, to team him with a young dancer to “sex up” the series that lost its last ratings war with the X Factor.
The move could upset singer Charlotte Church, mother of Henson’s two children.
The source said: “It’d be great viewing for everyone except her as they only split six weeks ago.”
Good Life star Felicity Kendal and ex-MP Anne Widdecombe are also expected to compete.