Nigel Harman withdraws from Strictly Come Dancing

Nigel Harman has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing after sustaining an injury just hours before the quarter-finals of the competition.

The actor, 50, had been due to compete with a Charleston to Step In Time from Disney’s Mary Poppins with his partner. Katya Jones, on Saturday night.

Harman’s departure leaves just four celebrities in the competition – the actor Ellie Leach, tennis star Annabel Croft, theatre and TV star Layton Williams and EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier.

A BBC spokesperson said: “Unfortunately Nigel has sustained an injury which means he is unable to perform in tonight’s show and has had to withdraw from Strictly.”

A post on the show’s Instagram page wished Harman a speedy recovery and said the couple would be “very much missed by our entire Strictly family”.

Last Saturday, Harman danced the rumba to It’s All Coming Back To Me Now by Céline Dion, scoring 33 points.

Anton Du Beke called the performance “super duper” but said Harman tried to dance with Jones, instead of letting her perform around him.

More details soon …