Chris McCausland: Strictly’s first blind celebrity hoping to lift Glitterball trophy

I don’t dance, I haven’t danced, I can’t dance, I can’t see the dancing I will have to do.

McCausland is blind and lost his sight when he was 22 due to a hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa.

Among those hoping to follow in the footseps of Ellie Leach, Hamza Yassin and Rose Ayling-Ellis is Chris McCausland, a comedian and CBeebies actor whose appearance marks a first for Strictly.