Denise Welch confirmed for ITV's Stepping Out

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Newly-married Loose Women star Denise Welch is stepping out on a new dance show with husband Lincoln Townley.

The pair, who married in Portugal last month, are one of six celebrity couples starring in the ITV show Stepping Out, presented by Davina McCall.

Former Westlife star Brian McFadden and wife Vogue Williams will also appear in Stepping Out with JLS singer Oritse Williams and girlfriend AJ Azari.

Viewers will see them try to master a new dance style every week.

Host Davina McCall said: "I'm beyond excited to be hosting Stepping Out, I love dancing and I'm a nosey parker. I can't wait to see how the couples are going to cope trying to learn the cha cha or pirouette whilst doing the school run or cleaning."

The other stars include Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and wife Jackie, boxer Carl Froch and girlfriend Rachael Cordingley and Dempsey and Makepeace stars Glynis Barber and Michael Brandon.

Patrick McLennan
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.