Bookmakers have finalised their odds for Strictly The rank outsider at 33-1? LesDennis, the BBC contest’s oldest male by some distance Write him off at your peril, bookies
It was unlikely saviour Ricky Gervais who resurrected Dennis for a new generation. In 2005, he guest-starred in, he’d been dubbed “Les Miserable” by tabloids. This was a chance to remind viewers that he still had a sense of humour.
Playing a fictionalised version of himself, Dennis gamely lampooned his own image. Appearing in “a shitty little panto in Guildford”, he despaired about multiple career setbacks and how his younger girlfriend was being unfaithful. Remind you of anyone? He even bared his bottom, declining the offer of “an arse double” because “you won’t find one as bad”. ”You could saychanged my life,” Dennis later reflected. “It totally rebooted my career.
, Dennis has enjoyed a pleasing late-career purple patch. On stage, he’s acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Opera. He’s starred in hit musicals and is one of the hardest-working men in panto .spoof – invariably ending on Dennis-as-Mavis Riley’s regular punchline: “Well, I don’t really know.” The real Corrie came calling in 2014 and Dennis spent two years on the Weatherfield cobbles.
Nowadays he’s a multi-hyphenate – actor, presenter, comedian, impressionist – often given the catch-all job title of “entertainer”. It’s a fitting description. There’s something old-school about Leslie Dennis from Liverpool. He’s a showman through and through, on a mission to make audiences enjoy themselves – even if it’s sometimes at his own expense. He says his biggest achievement is “I’m still here”.dancefloor.
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