Robert Webb is crowned Let's Dance winner!

Robert Webb is crowned Let's Dance winner!
Robert Webb is crowned Let's Dance winner!

Comedian Robert Webb has won Let's Dance for Comic Relief after receiving the most votes from the viewers. The funnyman - one half of the Mitchell and Webb duo - scooped the series title with his recreation of the main routine from the 80s classic Flashdance, which saw him don a curly wig and leotard. Webb had been the bookies favourite to take the title. He was one of six acts taking part in the show, which saw celebrities recreating famous dance routines from films and theatre in aid of Comic Relief. Comedians Paddy McGuinness and Keith Lemon were runners-up with their reworking of I've Had The Time Of My Life from Dirty Dancing. The other performers in the final were TV presenters Dick and Dom, comedienne Jo Brand, athletes Denise Lewis and Martin Offiah, and Lisa Maxwell and Patrick Robinson from The Bill. Webb said he felt "fantastic" to have been crowned series champion. "It's been marvellous," he said, "it's been like falling in love with myself all over again." "I'd like to thank all the viewers who voted for me and my fellow performers who have put on a great show. Hopefully we've raised a great deal of wonga for Comic Relief." Co-presenter Steve Jones revealed that the series had raised over £300,000 for the charity through phone votes.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.