As any Strictly Come Dancing winner will tell you, hoisting the Glitterball aloft is just not possible without the support of your family.
So in the year of Covid, Bill Bailey needed the backing of his loved ones more than any other champion who came before him. As you would expect, the eccentric funnyman requires someone alongside him who really keeps him on his toes.
Bill was drawn to wife Kristin Bailey's "wild spirit" when they got together more than 30 years ago. They first met at one of Bill's comedy gigs in 1987 when she was running a bar in Edinburgh where he was reeling off the jokes.
He said of her: "She had a very distinctive style. She had this long brocade coat, and I realised she was a free spirit and did her own thing. "We