Amy Dowden shone on Saturday when she made her long-awaited return to Strictly Come Dancing. In a special celebratory welcome dance, Amy swept across the dance floor with her fellow pros for a dramatic number, including a dance with new dad Aljaž Škorjanec, who also returns to the series after a two-year absence .

Amy Dowden was hoisted aloft on to the shoulders of her fellow pro dancers tonight in a rousing celebration of her return to Strictly Come Dancing in the series opener. Following her cancer battle, the Welsh pro dancer, 34, was partnered by Aljaz in a pulsating dance routine among the glitter and sequins of Elstree Studios.

Amy Dowden returns to Strictly Come Dancing this weekend after sitting out on last year's series while she was receiving treatment for breast cancer