Last Saturday night, Alex Kingston had her first wobble on Strictly Come Dancing.

After coming near the top of the leaderboard week after week and being universally adored by the judges, she struggled through her Paso Doble with Johannes Radebe.

This was particularly surprising given how much the dance relies on drama, and if anyone knows how to bring drama, it’s the ER actor.

Craig Revel Horwood called the routine ‘middle of the road,’ while Motsi Mabuse noted, ‘It’s the first time that I’ve felt a bit of insecurity from you’ and that the ‘old Alex’ needed to come back.

As Shirely said she ‘lacked a little bit of passion and fire’.

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Looking completely defeated as she headed to the Clauditorium for a debrief with Claudia Winkleman, Alex revealed th

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