Strictly is scary in high definition

I've been watching the new series of Strictly Come Dancing in high definition for the first time - and frankly, it's strictly scary.

I don't think I want to get quite so close to the celebs, dancers, presenters and judges.

In HD, you can see the layers of caked make-up, all the wrinkles (Bruce's face looks like it's been left in the bath for far too long) and who has overdone it with the fake tan, like Tess Daly.

I find her increasingly annoying as a presenter. Bruce is past it, of course, and they should get rid of him, but at least he makes me laugh occasionally. Tess is just an irritating distraction, with those silly faces she pulls and vacuous comments.

In HD, new judge Alesha Dixon's eye make-up was terrible last night, like it had been put on with a shovel. It made her look 10 years older and horribly haggard.

I'm not sure yet if I like her as a judge. She's OK, but not exactly incisive with her comments, which seem to concentrate on everyone's arms.

I bet she's gutted that her former partner Matthew Cutler was the first to go out, despite her giving him higher marks than the rest of the panel.
And it's true, he and Martina Hingis should not have gone, not when Joe Calzaghe was so painful to watch.

Ricky Groves was great, though. That's the way to entertain when you know you're not the best dancer!